Chinese Military Turns to U.S. University to Conduct Covert Research
wsj.com ^ | 02/23/20 | Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha
Posted on 2/23/2020, 7:23:46 PM by ransomnote
When a researcher from a Chinese military academy applied to study with celebrated Boston University physicist Eugene Stanley, he said her affiliation didn’t raise red flags.
“I’m not interested at all in politics. I’m a scientist,” said Mr. Stanley, whose wide-ranging research has included using artificial intelligence to decode financial markets and applying statistical physics to prevent diseases.
... The recent indictment of the researcher, who is accused of lying on her U.S. visa application to conceal she is a lieutenant in the Chinese military, shows how U.S. universities’ openness to international collaboration in cutting-edge research leaves them vulnerable to potential exploitation.
Mr. Stanley said that he receives droves of research requests and that he vets candidates’ scientific credentials. A Boston University spokesman said the school doesn’t engage in classified research and relies on the State Department to screen foreign applicants for national-security risks.... /snip
This problem has been going on for a long time. These alleged intellectuals are clueless fools, and then you have the ones who are simply traitors because they are fully aware of how they are undermining American national security, and approve of it.
There needs to be a purge of many in academia and the medical profession.