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Here is the indictment since AP News can't be bothered to link to it... https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341356/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1

Here is the indictment since AP News can't be bothered to link to it... https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341356/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341356/dl?inline

_cs2017_ 3y ago
Interesting. The guy copied source code via copy paste... And it seems, also regular Google documents. He was already caught uploading secret stuff, quit Google and bought a ticket to go to China, and was arrested only because he delayed the trip by a few weeks which was enough time for Google to discover more violations and contact the FBI. Google didn't contact the FBI until they learned of older violations. Which begs the question: what triggered that: the fact that the earlier documents were more secret, more numerous, or the fact that the guy lied about destroying all previously downloaded data?
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  Reminds me of the time I quit my job at a large corp and my boss advised me to not do any large downloads in the days just before I left because "IT has tools to scan for that and they might think you're trying to take secrets with you." Guess this guy didn't get the memo.
  - hilux 3y ago
    Good boss!
    - whiplash451 3y ago
      I don't want to discount his kindness, but I guess he was also trying to prevent some mess for himself. Being the direct manager in these situations is a hell of a ride no matter what your involvement is.
throw393200 3y ago
There have been a lot of falsely accused "spies" recently like Xiaoxing Xi, Sherry Chen, and Anming Hu. All charges were eventually dropped. I wonder what will happen with this case.
- tracker1 3y ago
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  - timthelion 3y ago
    So in your oppinion the US, despite being not at war, should make as much munitions as a country that is very much at war?
    - tracker1 3y ago
      It's about capability more than current production. And given they're supplying arms to two separate wars, one of them against the country in question, it does matter. I'm not supporting either war, or even applying either. The limitations on domestic production capability are absolutely concerning. Not just in terms of arms, but medication and technology. This should have been a key lesson learned from COVID supply issues.
  - ljm 3y ago
    The survival of this comment is ironically impacted by its bizarre tangent into populist conservative rhetoric
    - tracker1 3y ago
      Should note that the talking points mentioned weren't in terms of for our against only that they are prioritized over production capabilities. I think the lack of production capability is extremely detrimental to security. This should have been the major lesson from supply issues during COVID IMO. Improving production independence shouldn't be a politicized issue and should be a broad concern. Not to mention the context of picking fights with relatively powerful foreign nations.

Here is the indictment since AP News can't be bothered to link to it... https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341356/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1341356/dl?inline

_cs2017_ 3y ago

Interesting. The guy copied source code via copy paste... And it seems, also regular Google documents. He was already caught uploading secret stuff, quit Google and bought a ticket to go to China, and was arrested only because he delayed the trip by a few weeks which was enough time for Google to discover more violations and contact the FBI. Google didn't contact the FBI until they learned of older violations. Which begs the question: what triggered that: the fact that the earlier documents were more secret, more numerous, or the fact that the guy lied about destroying all previously downloaded data?

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
Reminds me of the time I quit my job at a large corp and my boss advised me to not do any large downloads in the days just before I left because "IT has tools to scan for that and they might think you're trying to take secrets with you." Guess this guy didn't get the memo.
- hilux 3y ago
  Good boss!
  - whiplash451 3y ago
    I don't want to discount his kindness, but I guess he was also trying to prevent some mess for himself. Being the direct manager in these situations is a hell of a ride no matter what your involvement is.

throw393200 3y ago

There have been a lot of falsely accused "spies" recently like Xiaoxing Xi, Sherry Chen, and Anming Hu. All charges were eventually dropped. I wonder what will happen with this case.

tracker1 3y ago
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- timthelion 3y ago
  So in your oppinion the US, despite being not at war, should make as much munitions as a country that is very much at war?
  - tracker1 3y ago
    It's about capability more than current production. And given they're supplying arms to two separate wars, one of them against the country in question, it does matter. I'm not supporting either war, or even applying either. The limitations on domestic production capability are absolutely concerning. Not just in terms of arms, but medication and technology. This should have been a key lesson learned from COVID supply issues.
- ljm 3y ago
  The survival of this comment is ironically impacted by its bizarre tangent into populist conservative rhetoric
  - tracker1 3y ago
    Should note that the talking points mentioned weren't in terms of for our against only that they are prioritized over production capabilities. I think the lack of production capability is extremely detrimental to security. This should have been the major lesson from supply issues during COVID IMO. Improving production independence shouldn't be a politicized issue and should be a broad concern. Not to mention the context of picking fights with relatively powerful foreign nations.