Posted on 11/21/2020 12:49:47 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
An electrical engineer who worked for Raytheon Missile and Defense was sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US export control law, the US Justice Department announced.
The department said that Wei Sun, 49, a Chinese national and naturalised US citizen, worked for the Raytheon unit in Tucson, Arizona, for 10 years.
Lawyers for Sun did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sun's case is the latest in a lengthening list of prosecutions launched by the administration of President Donald Trump related to alleged Chinese spying and technology theft.
On Wednesday, an official confirmed to Reuters a report by the Axios website that US director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe was planning soon to "describe in granular detail" US intelligence findings regarding China's "nefarious actions inside the US."
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Bring back public hanging.
H1-B or whatever. what could go wrong with letting the CCP buy US citizenships? thank you GOPE and the chamber of commerce cheap labor express (or slave traders and exploiters in and out of the US).
10 years. shaking my head.
I like the Arabian method better..chop off fingers or entire hand making it very difficult to type.
Does the article reference H1-B visa? Most Chinese national are admitted sponsored by another immigrant. That sponsorship brings them permanent residence visa (green card) with a straight path to citizenship.
H1-B visa is a temporary work visa and has no easy path to citizenship.
“Naturalised” citizen.
That’s no surprise. Our public schools, universities and big corporations are staffed by anti-American feminists and foreigners. Conservative American men haven’t been welcome for a couple of generations.
yeah, i’m aware. that’s why i said “and whatever.” the visa system is corrupt.
Before one can be naturalized, as I was way back in 1970. I first had to obtain a green card. Back then it was 3 years on green card without any criminal record to apply for citizenship. My green card was expedited after I married an American citizen.
It says he’s been here a decade.
Not sure when he became a citizen.
Green card. Requires lawyer, but everyone goes this route.
It has fundamentally and massively changed California, for the worse.
Wanna stop this crap? Public hangings.
The article does not state that he gave the information to the chicoms. The information was in his possession via a company laptop; if I recall correctly, that in of itself is a ITAR violation. The guy gets 38 months for being an idiot and good luck ever getting a EE job again.
If I recall an earlier article about this case he was told not to do this by security before he made the trip. The compromised data related to the guidance system for the ARMRAAM air to air missile.
“If I recall an earlier article about this case he was told not to do this by security before he made the trip. The compromised data related to the guidance system for the ARMRAAM air to air missile.”
If he declared his intent to travel to China I am sure security would warn him. Companies that do not take ITAR seriously will lose their export licence. The state department maintains a online list of violations, it is a real eye opener.
Here’s the most important sentence in the article:
“Prosecutors said Sun was arrested on January 24, 2019 en route to Tucson Airport for a flight connection to China, and that he later admitted his intention was to enroll in a Chinese university.”
So, here is a naturalized citizen of the U.S. who had previously flown to China with his laptop containing sensitive military data planning to return to China and enroll in a Chinese university. 38 months seems like a light sentence.
The government may not have been able to prove the information was downloaded. It is reasonable to assume it was but can you prove it? Thus, perhaps only an ITAR violation.
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