GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: In other news, there has been a break in the Wen Ho Lee espionage case. The former U.S. government nuclear scientist has agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of mishandling classified information. CNN Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas broke the story.</s>PIERRE THOMAS, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Gene, I've just now talked with three stories familiar with the plea arrangement, which is expected to be announced tomorrow, sometime in the afternoon. And there are two prevailing thoughts on this. One, the government's standpoint, they're saying that, look, they wanted to find out what happened to some missing tapes. They'll be able to get that information. But Wen Ho Lee's people in support of him are saying that Wen Ho Lee -- if this deal is approved by the court, will walk out, be a free man with no probation, no conditions on his release, and that there was no evidence of espionage and also no evidence that he had any intent to injure the United States government. So it will be interesting tomorrow to see how both sides present their particular points of view on the case -- Gene.</s>RANDALL: Pierre, do they both sides win or both sides lose, or is something else, a mixed decision?</s>THOMAS: Well again, it's hard to decipher until we get the intimate details of what exactly is being brought forth tomorrow. Clearly, from the government's standpoint, they're going to say, look, we are getting information about what happened to some of these missing tapes. Of course, Wen Ho Lee's camp will say that, look, he was facing life in prison several times over with the more than 30-some-odd counts that were lodged against him by the government. So he's now facing apparently no jail time if this agreement is approved by the court.</s>RANDALL: Pierre Thomas, thanks very much.
Wen Ho Lee to Face No Jail Time