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Scott speaks with Paul Moore, who was the FBI's chief China analyst for 20 years, and with Jonathan Turley, who teaches law at George Washington University, about the Justice Department's handling of the case against Wen Ho Lee.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Toby Gottfried from Santa Ana, California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member stations KPCC, Pasadena and KCRW, Santa Monica.)

Liane talks with NPR's Tom Goldman from Sydney on events at the Summer Olympics in Australia. Swimming has taken center stage in the opening weekend.

Former CIA director John Deutch had been under investigation for storing extremely sensitive government information on his home computer, in direct violation of rules that Deutch himself enforced. Attorney General Janet Reno recently reopened his case with respect to similar violations while he was an employee of the Department of Defense. All of this follows the overwhelming media frenzy surrounding the investigation of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. Liane sorts out the details with Vernon Loeb, National Security Correspondent with The Washington Post.

Liane reads letters and e-mails from listeners, many of whom wrote in about last week's all-South Dakota show.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:30) Send e-mail to atc@npr.org or actual paper letters to "Letters, All Things Considered," National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20001.

Women are competing in Olympic triathlon for the first time and their race will determine the first medal winners of the Games. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the competition begins at the foot of the Sydney Opera House. Swimmers will plunge into the chilly waters of the harbor and then bike and run around Sydney's picturesque central business district.

For some time, scientists have generally agreed that carbon dioxide from tailpipes and smokestacks is the principal gas responsible for global warming. Now, some scientists are suggesting that more attention should be paid to other gases that contribute to climate change. A new study in Science magazine finds that farming practices that are supposedly environmentally friendly actually contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Weekend Edition's Information Age specialiast Rich Dean wades into the battle over digital music online, as companies such as MP3.com and Napster try to post free music on the internet in the face of growing legal challenges.

The Summer Olympics in Sydney will surely attract travelers to Australia. Liane talks to Bill Bryson, author of In A Sunburned Country, about his adventures down under. He says there's a lot more to this vast continent than kangaroos and Crocodile Dundee. (Broadway Books)