I don't think there's any debate over whether or not these scientists did something wrong. The question is the nature of the wrongness. Was it some trivial cle

I don't think there's any debate over whether or not these scientists did something wrong. The question is the nature of the wrongness. Was it some trivial clerical error being painted as treason by insane anti-China zealots? Or did what they do actually rise to the level of fraud/treason? I.e., is this communist witch hunt v 2.0, or did these scientists really deserve to be fired/face criminal charges? And, again, I don't think an answer to that question is possible without looking at each case individually. Anyone claiming to have an answer without going case-by-case is in over their head. The rest of your post is wild speculation about the nature of the foreign talents program and level of involvement in that program of particular individuals.