▁having ▁made ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁t apes ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁destroyed , ▁according ▁to ▁his ▁book ▁My ▁Country ▁Vers us ▁Me , ▁and ▁other ▁sources . ▁ ▁Lee ▁ple aded ▁guilty ▁to ▁one ▁fel ony ▁count ▁of ▁illegal ▁" ret ention " ▁of ▁" n ational ▁defense ▁information ." ▁In ▁return , ▁the ▁government ▁released ▁him ▁from ▁j ail ▁and ▁dropped ▁the ▁other ▁ 5 8 ▁counts ▁against ▁him . ▁Judge ▁Parker ▁apolog ized ▁to ▁Dr . ▁Lee ▁for ▁the ▁unf air ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁treated . ▁The ▁judge ▁also ▁reg rett ed ▁being ▁mis led ▁by ▁the ▁executive ▁branch ▁into ▁ordering ▁Dr . ▁Lee ' s ▁det ention , ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁led ▁ast ray ▁by ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice , ▁by ▁its ▁F BI , ▁and ▁by ▁its ▁United ▁States ▁att orney . ▁He ▁formally ▁den ounced ▁the ▁government ▁for ▁ab use ▁of ▁power ▁in ▁its ▁pro sec ution ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁Later , ▁President ▁Bill ▁Cl inton ▁remarked ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁" tr ouble d " ▁by ▁the ▁way ▁Dr . ▁Lee ▁was ▁treated . ▁ ▁Post - release ▁Lee ▁is ▁now ▁retired ▁and ▁lives ▁in ▁Al bu quer que , ▁New ▁Mexico ▁with ▁his ▁wife . ▁He ▁also ▁has ▁two ▁grown ▁children ▁- ▁a ▁son , ▁and ▁a ▁daughter , ▁Al berta , ▁who ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁was ▁an ▁intern ▁at ▁Los ▁Al amos ▁Labor atory . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁mem oir , ▁My ▁Country ▁Vers us