Emergency Hearing Under Way in Wen Ho Lee Case; Prosecutors Object to Jail Release Order
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Fired Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee had been set to walk out of jail in just a few minutes on a million dollars bail. Apparently that will not be the case now after a last-minute move by the federal government. CNN national correspondent Tony Clark joins us now from the Lee home in White Rock, New Mexico -- Tony.</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, the government prosecutors have wanted for some time to keep Wen Ho Lee behind bars when they met the judge last Tuesday in a hearing. They suggested a stay much longer in prison so they would have time to appeal the judge's release order to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. There is a hearing under way now in the judge's courtroom in Albuquerque and the prosecutors are again asking the judge to at least delay his release until Wednesday to give the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals time to hear their objections, their appeal of his order releasing Wen Ho Lee. Up until then, everything was in readiness for his release right about now. The FBI searched the house -- Wen Ho Lee's house yesterday for some 12 hours looking for any evidence that they may find against him, looking for seven tapes, computer tapes, that supposedly have nuclear weapons data on it. They, this morning, set up monitoring systems inside the house. And just, oh, I don't know, a couple of hours ago, Lee's wife and next-door neighbors drove to Albuquerque anticipating signing the proper papers so that he could be brought home under house arrest until his trial, which is scheduled for the first part of November. But as I say, the prosecutors now are asking the judge to at least extend his stay, to stay his release order until Wednesday, this being a holiday weekend. And that to give the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals time to consider their objections to his release order -- Kyra.</s>PHILLIPS: All right, Tony Clark, live from New Mexico, thanks for the update.