on ▁Act , ▁was ▁passed ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁phys ic ist ▁Alan ▁N unn ▁May ▁after ▁he ▁conf essed ▁to ▁giving ▁Manh attan ▁Project ▁secre ts ▁to ▁the ▁USS R .) ▁Jan et ▁Ren o ▁confirmed ▁with ▁C IA ▁Director ▁George ▁Ten et ▁and ▁F BI ▁Director ▁Louis ▁Free h ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁pres iding ▁judge ▁rules ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁must ▁reve al ▁in ▁open ▁court ▁what ▁specifically ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁t apes , ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁ple a ▁out ▁the ▁case ▁or ▁risk ▁je op ard izing ▁state ▁secre ts . ▁▁ ▁Dr . ▁Lee ▁spent ▁nine ▁months ▁in car cer ated ▁in ▁solit ary ▁conf in ement ▁with ▁limited ▁access ▁to ▁family . ▁His ▁treatment , ▁which ▁included ▁constant ▁sh ack ling , ▁was ▁incons istent ▁with ▁treatment ▁of ▁other ▁prisoners ▁at ▁the ▁Santa ▁Fe ▁County ▁det ention ▁facility , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁great ▁controvers y ▁for ▁the ▁DO J . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Judge ▁Parker ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁disc lose ▁the ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁t apes . ▁According ▁to ▁Louis ▁Free h ▁and ▁Jan et ▁Ren o , ▁they ▁were ▁left ▁with ▁no ▁option ▁but ▁to ▁ple a ▁out ▁Dr . ▁Lee ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁where ▁the ▁missing ▁t apes ▁were , ▁and ▁not ▁risk ▁sensitive ▁government ▁information ▁by ▁bringing ▁it ▁to ▁trial . ▁Dr . ▁Lee ▁was ▁fre ed , ▁and ▁at ▁ple a ▁he ▁admitted ▁to