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Don't really see why that's surprising. If you are from: - China - Russia - Iran - North-Korea - Pakistan And some other countries, you should absolutely

Don't really see why that's surprising. If you are from: - China - Russia - Iran - North-Korea - Pakistan And some other countries, you should absolutely expect full to be under full scrutiny if you plan on working with anything related to research and development (which includes academia), infrastructure, or anything that poses a national security risk. The cold hard truth is that (especially) those nations send operatives and assets to western countries, for the single reason of espionage and intelligence gathering. This is such a known problem that said countries tend to send their people via proxy countries. Of course, these agencies and people are not amateurs - and blending in by the numbers is just one way to make it harder to get caught, and unfortunately means legitimate people will have a harder time to get in.

6stringronin 3y ago
Interesting that you added Pakistan to the list, have they ever been accused of espionage in the US? Or trying to hack anyone for sensitive information? Doesn't seem likely. Have any reference to this? I'm only seeing them in reference to India which would seem par for the course on both sides.
- bzzzt 3y ago
  Here in The Netherlands there was a big scandal in the 70s concerning Pakistani scientist Dr Abdul Qadir Khan who worked in a nuclear research lab and was accused of being a spy. He's regarded as the 'father' of the Pakistani atom bomb.
  - serallak 3y ago
    And later sold the technology to North Korea if I remember correctly.
- HexDecOctBin 3y ago
  Pakistan stole nuclear secrets from Netherlands, and then sold them to North Korea (in exchange for ballistic missile technology), Libya and Iran. The nuclear arsenals of all rogue nations threatening armageddon today (other than Russia) were midwifed by Pakistan. Sources: 1. https://archive.ph/EgTF0 https://archive.ph/EgTF0 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070701103529/http://www.pakistan-facts.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20030111164804284 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701103529/http://www.pakist...
- seatac76 3y ago
  [1] Illegal nuclear proliferation [2] Potential terrorism, it is a breeding ground for it. Lot of past perpetrators got training, planned it there or had some connection. [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-indicted-operating-international-procurement-network-export-us-origin-goods-pakistan https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-indicted-operating-i... [2] Lot of Wikipedia pages on Pakistani involvement in terror attacks on US: San Bernardino shooting, aaifa siddiqui case, support for OBL etc
karencarits 3y ago
Indeed, two years age a researcher was arrested in Norway; he claimed he was Brazilian but the security services had identified him as a Russian spy https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/spionsiktet-gjesteforsker-1.16157371 https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/spionsiktet-gjesteforsker-1.16157...
namaria 3y ago
It's not surprise. It's concerning. Innocent people are paying for policies they have no control over.

6stringronin 3y ago

Interesting that you added Pakistan to the list, have they ever been accused of espionage in the US? Or trying to hack anyone for sensitive information? Doesn't seem likely. Have any reference to this? I'm only seeing them in reference to India which would seem par for the course on both sides.

bzzzt 3y ago
Here in The Netherlands there was a big scandal in the 70s concerning Pakistani scientist Dr Abdul Qadir Khan who worked in a nuclear research lab and was accused of being a spy. He's regarded as the 'father' of the Pakistani atom bomb.
- serallak 3y ago
  And later sold the technology to North Korea if I remember correctly.
HexDecOctBin 3y ago
Pakistan stole nuclear secrets from Netherlands, and then sold them to North Korea (in exchange for ballistic missile technology), Libya and Iran. The nuclear arsenals of all rogue nations threatening armageddon today (other than Russia) were midwifed by Pakistan. Sources: 1. https://archive.ph/EgTF0 https://archive.ph/EgTF0 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070701103529/http://www.pakistan-facts.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20030111164804284 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701103529/http://www.pakist...
seatac76 3y ago
[1] Illegal nuclear proliferation [2] Potential terrorism, it is a breeding ground for it. Lot of past perpetrators got training, planned it there or had some connection. [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-indicted-operating-international-procurement-network-export-us-origin-goods-pakistan https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-indicted-operating-i... [2] Lot of Wikipedia pages on Pakistani involvement in terror attacks on US: San Bernardino shooting, aaifa siddiqui case, support for OBL etc

karencarits 3y ago

Indeed, two years age a researcher was arrested in Norway; he claimed he was Brazilian but the security services had identified him as a Russian spy https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/spionsiktet-gjesteforsker-1.16157371 https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/spionsiktet-gjesteforsker-1.16157...

namaria 3y ago

It's not surprise. It's concerning. Innocent people are paying for policies they have no control over.