Andrew Daulton Lee (1952- ) a United States citizen and Los Angeles native, was portrayed by actor Sean Penn in director John Schlesinger's 1985 movie The Falcon and the Snowman based on the novel by Robert Lindsey. The book and the film documented the true to life espionage activities of Lee (a heroin and cocaine dealer by trade, hence his nickname, "The Snowman") and his childhood friend Christopher Boyce during the mid-1970s. The Boyce character (nicknamed "The Falcon" because of his long interest in the sport of falconry) was played in the film by actor Timothy Hutton. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Sean Penn winning the 2004 Oscar for the Best Actor Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film actor. ... John Richard Schlesinger (February 16, 1926–July 25, 2003) was a British film director. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 film about the American walk-in spies and convicted traitors, starring Timothy Hutton as Christopher Boyce and Sean Penn as Andrew Daulton Lee who became agents for the Soviet Union out of angry disillusionment at American foreign policy for Boyce and personal... Heroin or diamorphine (INN) (colloquially referred to as brown sugar, junk, babania, horse, golden brown, smack, black tar, H, big H, lady H, dope, skag, juice, jude, diesel, boy, etc. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... Christopher John Boyce was an American citizen who was arrested in 1979 for selling US spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union. ... Falconry is the art or sport of training raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game. ... Timothy Hutton (born 16 August 1960) is an American actor. ...

For nearly two years, Lee (the adopted eldest son of a wealthy physician) traveled to Mexico City operating as the courier for a espionage scheme which had consisted of his delivering to Soviet Embassy officials classified documents concerning how to decrypt secure US government message traffic and detailed specifications of the latest US spy satellites. These documents were supplied by Boyce, a code clerk employed with the large US defense contractor TRW, headquartered in the Los Angeles community of Redondo Beach. Boyce (whose father was an aerospace corporation security officer and a retired FBI agent) held a top secret clearance and worked in the company's "Black Vault" (classified communications center.) Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... For other things named TRW, see TRW (disambiguation). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... The citys unusually shaped pier Redondo Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

In December 1976, Lee (with top secret microfilm on his person) was arrested by Mexican police in front of the Soviet Embassy on the false suspicion of having killed a Mexico City police officer, but under torture instead confessed to espionage, quickly implicating Boyce in the scheme. Lee was convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison at the federal penitentiary in Lompoc, California. He was released on parole in 1998. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Lompoc (pronounced Lom poke) is a city located in Santa Barbara County, California. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Further reading

• Robert Lindsey, The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage, Lyons Press, 1979, ISBN 1-58574-502-2