Temple Physics Dept. chair accused of selling sensitive information to China

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 05/22/2015 | Jeremy Roebuck and Susan Snyder,

[Kid Shelleen]

--SNIP-- The chairman of Temple University's physics department was charged Thursday in an alleged scheme to provide sensitive U.S. defense technology to entities in China, including its government.

Federal prosecutors allege Xiaoxing Xi, a world-renowned expert in the field of superconductivity, sought prestigious appointments in China in exchange for sharing information on a device invented by a private company in the United States

[Kid Shelleen]

**** Philly Metro Ping ****

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

For all these univerity types that get caught doing this, I shudder think how many of them do it and get away clean.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

My old alma mater is loaded with reds and has been for decades. Looks like the quality has gone up from hip-hop clowns and legal Marxists to good old sell-out espionage/greedy traitors.

Used to get a BA degree.
Today it is a BT degree, Bachelors of Treason, and is issued by the professors.

[omega4412]

The story says he is a naturalized citizen and was released on $100,000 bond. What could possibly go wrong?

[dynachrome]

Sleeper agent?

[Kid Shelleen]

The article says he was assisted by several “Chinese postdoctoral students” but does not mention where they reside. The worst part is he actually used a DOD grant to fund his treason.

[Iron Munro]

Selling defense secrets to the Chinese is covered in chapter 13 of Bill and Hillary Clinton's new book.

[vbmoneyspender]

“The concern is this certainly will affect his ability to do administrative duties,” Temple Provost Hai-Lung Dai said.

I could make a number of comments in regard to this quote, but I will refrain because the quote speaks for itself.

[Chickensoup]

There are a number of politicians who should be investigated and brought up on charges of influence peddling and graft which to me is a form of treason.

[Kirkwood]

The majority of postdocs in the US are chinese.

[terycarl]

If we would take these traitors...convict them...and within 48 hours have them face a firing squad.....maybe it would slow down considerably....but we don’t, we let them lawyer up, appeal their convictions forever (at our expense) and then, eventually let them go...and then we wonder why it happens over and over......sigh

[Kid Shelleen]

I was wondering if they were Chinese citizens in the US on student Visas or in China as part of a larger spy network or naturalized citizens like the professor.

[Lurker]

Give him a fair trial. If convicted shoot him in the neck and bill the ChiComs for the bullet.

[SunkenCiv]

This wouldn't have happened if he weren't Asian, you right-wing racists. /s

[freedomfiter2]

Let’s use the rest of his grant to fund his hanging.

[scrabblehack]

Hmm...has DoD ever pressed charges against a recipient of a research grant?

They have charged and convicted many DoD employees....not sure about recipients of research grants....

[ogen hal]

I believe LIBs, DIMs and RINOs love to see these traitors and spies take America down a notch or two. How sick.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Forget this, the real issue is that Harvard and the other elite collages are racists because they aren’t letting in enough Chinese.

[scrabblehack]

Obviously this guy’s been charged, but whether they’ll get a conviction is another story.