U.S. professor guilty in military secrets case

reuteurs ^ | 9/3/08 | reuteurs

[Flavius]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee was convicted on Wednesday of violating U.S. arms export controls and passing sensitive data to a Chinese national, the U.S. Justice Department said.

[Flavius]

was it just the mystical mythical awe of communism that inspired or was it just old fashioned greed...

[farmer18th]

Hang the bastard from the highest tree.

[pissant]

Hang the worthless bastard

[skeeter]

If the Chinese can orchestrate a thousand drummers beating in perfect time, or make giant footprints walk across the sky you'd think they could make their own 'sensitive information'.

So why are they stealing our's?

[Lurker]

was it just the mystical mythical awe of communism that inspired or was it just old fashioned greed...

I don't care which it was. I just want to watch his hanging on pay-per-view.

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[Flavius]

cheap they like to copy

[The Unknown Republican]

I am by no means excusing this, but you would be surprised how easy it is to have a deemed export issue under the law. Many companies are unknowingly violating our export control laws but would be seen to be “knowingly” doing so since they are employing foreign nationals from restricted countries.

I am happy to see that the government is really cracking down on this, but be careful about seeking to string up this dude. It may be that he knowingly employed a Chinese assistant but was completely ignorant of the license requirement. Of course that is no excuse, but I think this may fall well short of the Rosenbergs.

[LibLieSlayer]

ward churchill?

LLS

[StopGlobalWhining]

...but I think this may fall well short of the Rosenbergs.

Nevertheless, electrocution worked splendidly to eliminate any possibility of future leaks by the Rosenbergs.

55 years ago on June 19, 1953 at Sing Sing prison in NY.

Can't we just give execution one more chance?