Editing Cox Report (section)

===U.S. Government===
The Cox Report's release prompted major [[legislation|legislative]] and [[Administration (government)|administrative]] reforms.  More than two dozen of the Select Committee's recommendations were enacted into law, including the creation of a new [[United States National Nuclear Security Administration|National Nuclear Security Administration]] to take over the nuclear weapons security responsibilities of the [[United States Department of Energy]].  At the same time, no person has ever been [[conviction (law)|convicted]] of providing nuclear information to the PRC, and the one case that was brought in connection to these charges, that of [[Wen Ho Lee]], fell apart.<ref name="WHL">{{cite news|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2000/09/28/wen-ho-lee-to-be-released/|title=Wen Ho Lee to Be Released|author=Sam Chu Lin|publisher=[[AsianWeek]]|date=2000-09-28|accessdate=2009-07-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604182655/http://www.asianweek.com/2000/09/28/wen-ho-lee-to-be-released/|archivedate=2011-06-04}}</ref>

In response to the allegations contained in the report, the [[CIA]] appointed retired U.S. Navy Admiral [[David E. Jeremiah]] to review and assess the report's findings. In April 1999, Admiral Jeremiah released a report backing up the Cox Report's main allegation that stolen information had been used to develop or modernize Chinese missiles and/or warheads.<ref name=jeremiah>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/dci042199.html "DCI Statement on Damage Assessment"], Central Intelligence Agency, April 21, 1999</ref>