11.   He served as legal adviser for a select House committee that said China had obtained American nuclear secrets by theft, espionage and other means.

12.   He was firmly opposed to China stealing American nuclear secrets.

13.   Last fall, the committee uncovered the evidence of Chinese theft of American nuclear secrets.

14.   Lee has been charged with illegally downloading American nuclear secrets onto unsecure computers and portable tapes.

15.   Meanwhile, allegations of Chinese misdeeds, such as the theft of American military secrets, are not reported in the press, promoting a one-sided view.

16.   Stricter export laws and tighter security at nuclear weapons laboratories will help safeguard American secrets.

17.   The annual renewal of trade privileges came amid allegations that China stole American nuclear secrets, and critics said the move would reward an oppressive government.

18.   The Australian intelligence organization had obtained them under treaties with the United States that grant close allies access to American military secrets.

19.   The Cox report concludes that there is no doubt that thefts of American secrets accelerated Chinese weapons development, officials said.

20.   The cooperative basis for such insights is under fire in Washington after Congress last year asserted that Chinese spies had made off with top American nuclear secrets.