U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/12/us/politics/us-drops-charges-that-professor-shared-technology-with-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The schematics, prosecutors said, revealed the design of
a device known as a pocket heater. The equipment is used in
semiconductor research, and Dr. Xi had signed an agreement
promising to keep its design a secret. But months later, long
after federal agents had led Dr. Xi away in handcuffs,
independent experts discovered something wrong with the evidence
at the heart of the Justice Department's case: The blueprints
were not for a pocket heater.
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The Feds were in such a rush to file charges, they didn't bother
checking the technical facts first. And these are the clowns who want
access to our encryption keys?
--Lauren--
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