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The article says they apparently didn't do anything illegal. I'm surprised by that. I would guess this would be highly illegal in the US - I'm reminded of the

• elliekelly 4y ago
  Intent matters. It sounds like maybe the pilots are being led to believe they’re teaching at a flight school in South Africa rather than being outright offered to help the Chinese government spy on British tech. The Bitcoin guy knew full well what he was doing and IIRC he had been explicitly told by the US government that his planned travel/speech was illegal.
• rasz 4y ago
  >I would guess this would be highly illegal in the US https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/18/defying-pentagon-secrecy-reporting-exposes-retired-us-generals-saudi-payroll https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/18/defying-pentago... >"The government fought us for two years to keep these records a secret," said one Washington Post journalist. "We sued, and won."