U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China

[Oldman1]

The witch hunt simply won't stop.

Course it won't. Got one of the witches.

 

[VCheng]

No, Japanese Citizen with US Permanent Visa.

A valid green card will grant you the same protections as a US citizen.

 

[Oldman1]

The witch hunt simply won't stop.

Course it won't. Got one of the witches.

 

[Aepsilons]

A valid green card will grant you the same protections as a US citizen.

So you're saying I can contact the A.C.L.U in case i get tagged? lol.

j/k

j/k


ha..ha.....haaa

 

[VCheng]

So you're saying I can contact the A.C.L.U in case i get tagged? lol.

j/k

j/k


ha..ha.....haaa

Actually, yes. The ACLU would love to take on a case like this if it ever comes to that.

 

[Beast]

I hope they banned all Chinese scientist in US. US science will go on decline. Those scientist will return to motherland and make China stronger China science is at ever strong and with those pool of talent returning. China will be invincible.

 

[Aepsilons]

I hope they banned all Chinese scientist in US. US science will go on decline. Those scientist will return to motherland and make China stronger China science is at ever strong and with those pool of talent returning. China will be invincible.

That'll never happen. LOL!

You know that, I know that, Everyone knows that.

 

[Beast]

That'll never happen. LOL!

You know that, I know that, Everyone knows that.

It will happen. Chinese scientist knows they can't work for the US government. Even so , many of them knows their work in US is temporary and they will soon need to return to China to share their work and only in China, their life time work is gurantee and their status is respected.

 

[Aepsilons]

It will happen. Chinese scientist knows they can't work for the US government. Even so , many of them knows their work in US is temporary and they will soon need to return to China to share their work and only in China, their life time work is gurantee and their status is respected.

LOL, that probably will never happen in the near to long term future since most of the foreign student visas issued by the US is to Chinese international students.

And the Americans are actually enticing ,


The United States and China Agree to Extending Visas for Short-term Business Travelers, Tourists, and Students

 

[terranMarine]

LOL, that probably will never happen in the near to long term future since most of the foreign student visas issued by the US is to Chinese international students.

And the Americans are actually enticing ,


The United States and China Agree to Extending Visas for Short-term Business Travelers, Tourists, and Students

Let the hunt continue and you will see who foresaw what was written on the wall

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Let the hunt continue and you will see who foresaw what was written on the wall

Just remember Qian Xuesen and many other early PRC scientists.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

This particular scientist was already interested to come back to China and build a top notch thin film laboratory.

Why not give him the opportunity?

As far as I know, the idea was not accepted by Chinese Universities he talked to.

 

[terranMarine]

Just remember Qian Xuesen and many other early PRC scientists.

Exactly, whether they hunt and prosecute Chinese Americans or not many will always seek opportunities in China. China will always remain as the winner

 

[cirr]

Time for the professor to head home and leave behind what is essentially a heap of dung。

 

[JSCh]

"In March, U.S. federal prosecutors dropped charges against Sherry Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Chen, whose given name is Xiafen, was accused of stealing sensitive information from a database for the nation's dams and lying about the breach."




Here is Ms Sherry Xiafen Chen's story:

Feds to drop charges against Wilmington NWS employee
Woman accused of stealing dam information
Published 11:02 AM EDT Mar 11, 2015

related WILMINGTON NOAA WORKER ACCUSED OF STEALING GOVERNMENT FILES

DAYTON (AP) —A National Weather Service employee accused of illegally accessing a restricted federal computer database containing information about the nation's dams, stealing information and lying to federal investigators will have charges against her dismissed if a judge approves the prosecution's request.

A woman working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Wilmington was arrested Monday on federal charges.

Prosecutors filed the motion Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Dayton to dismiss charges against Xiafen "Sherry" Chen just days before her trial is scheduled to start on Monday.

A statement by prosecutors said only that they were exercising "prosecutorial discretion" and were unable to comment further.

Chen's attorney, Peter Zeidenberg, said the Wilmington hydrologist was "overjoyed."

Chen, 59, was indicted in October and pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally accessing a U.S. government computer database, theft of U.S. government property and making materially false statements to federal agents.

Zeidenberg said he met with prosecutors Monday, telling them why he thought the case should be dismissed. He said he was surprised and grateful that they agreed.

Chen was accused of illegally accessing the restricted area of the database and downloading sensitive files from the National Inventory of Dams, prosecutors had said in court documents. The inventory maintained and controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Dam Safety Review Board includes information on about 87,000 dams.

Prosecutors had said Chen illegally accessed restricted information after meeting with a former Chinese colleague on a visit to family in the People's Republic of China in 2012. But she was not charged with providing restricted data to anyone.

The defense said Chen had legitimate reasons to be on the website because of her job and never gave restricted information to anyone.

Chen has been on non-duty, non-paid status with the weather service.

Despite DOJ dropping charges, the damage is done.
Sherry Chen was charged on october, 2014, case dropped march, 2015.
Fired from Department of Weather Service september, 2015.

Asian-American Scientist Accused Of Espionage Reportedly Fired - NBC News
by Emil Guillermo
Sep 9 2015, 9:06 pm ET

For Asian-American scientists accused by the U.S. government of spying, Wednesday was a day of mixed signals.

For Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, the former chair of the Temple University physics department, accused of criminal wire fraud and sharing sensitive information with China, there was a reprieve for now.

But at the National Weather Service, Sherry Chen's world went upside down--again.

Chen, a naturalized American and a National Weather Service hydrologist who was facing 25 years in prison and $1 million in fines for spy allegations--only to have the charges dropped by federal prosecutors-- once again finds herself under scrutiny. This time, Chen's employer, who had placed her on administrative leave with pay and benefits since the summer, has proposed to terminate her from federal employment.

In a letter signed by Laura Furgione, Deputy Director of the National Weather Service and dated Sept. 4, 2015, Chen was informed of her proposed removal for "Conduct demonstrating untrustworthiness; Misrepresentation; Misuse of a Federal Database; and Lack of Candor."

The letter, obtained by NBC News by sources close to the story, gave Chen, whose given name is Xiafen, 30 days notice and allowed her to remain on paid administrative leave for now.

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