It doesn't matter whether the questions are important to you, they are important to the Federal agencies that hold in their hand life changing stuff: whether yo

It doesn't matter whether the questions are important to you, they are important to the Federal agencies that hold in their hand life changing stuff: whether you are allowed to live in the US, whether your grant gets funded, whether you get employment at a US funded research department. These are high stakes disclosures to obtain much sought after benefits. Omit something that would instantly disqualify you from said benefits and expect to have a house fall on you that is the same order of magnitude as the benefits obtained. Now what is the value of a given career, US residency, Stanford employment, or Federal grant? At least hundreds of thousands of dollars - easily in the millions. That is the scale of fraud being committed here, as none of these would have been an option for her if the PLA ties were disclosed. She would not be at Stanford, nor even in the US, nor in her current employment if her status were known. Now you may disagree with the policy of not giving Federal dollars to PLA members or not hiring them in US research departments, but just because you disagree with the policy doesn't make the stakes any lower.