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From the article: "Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army cannot lie on their visa applications and come to the United States to study without expecti
by syops 6y ago
From the article:
"Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army cannot lie on their visa applications and come to the United States to study without expecting the FBI and our partners to catch them." said Assistant Director Alan E. Kohler Jr. of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division. "Time and again, the Chinese government prioritizes stealing U.S. research and taking advantage of our universities over obeying international norms."
It doesn't matter if she was unsuccessful at exfiltrating secrets. What matters is that, apparently, she's an agent of a foreign government who lied about said affiliation on her application for a visa.
- dogma1138 6y agoThis is what foreign nationals are prosecuted for when it comes to espionage - failure to declare yourself as a foreign agent. Most espionage laws are only directly applicable to citizens of the state in question.