Unacceptable

Leland NC

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Apparently the Biden administration is preparing to give a free pass to researchers and scientists who knowingly defrauded U.S. taxpayers in cooperation with China. The administration has yet to announce the amnesty plan but is expected to start the program in the next few weeks. The number of scientists and researchers who would stand to benefit from an amnesty is massive and multiplying constantly. More than 500 scientists involved in federally funded research are under investigation for being compromised by China and other foreign adversaries, National Institutes of Health officials told Congress last month. Federal prosecutors should be applauded for bringing more than a dozen criminal cases against researchers and professors who allegedly stole intellectual property or failed to disclose partnerships with foreign governments, including with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). We should be concerned about the effect that this amnesty program will have on those ongoing criminal cases and the signal that it sends to future researchers contemplating breaking U.S. law to steal research or hide affiliations with foreign governments or militaries.” The apparent amnesty for scientists who steal American technological innovation for China and others was uncovered by the lawmakers in material gathered by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and in public reporting, Capitol Hill sources said.