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Stupid Chinaman
by Rishi Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:08 pm
NEWARK, N.J. — Measured in millimeters, the tiny device was designed to allow drones, missiles and rockets to hit targets without satellite guidance. An advanced version was being developed secretly for the U.S. military by a small company and L-3 Communications, a major defense contractor.
On Monday, Sixing Liu, a Chinese citizen who worked at L-3’s space and navigation division, was sentenced in federal court here to five years and 10 months for taking thousands of files about the device, called a disk resonator gyroscope, and other defense systems to China in violation of a U.S. arms embargo.
Liu, who holds a doctorate in electrical engineering, came to the United States in 1993 and held a series of jobs at Bandag and Primex, tire manufacturers, and John Deere. In 2009, he went to work at L-3’s space and navigation division in northern New Jersey, where he was part of a team of engineers testing the technology created by Sensors in Motion, a pioneer in gyroscope-based navigation and guidance systems.
Liu made two trips to China, in 2009 and 2010, and each time he made several presentations on the technology he was working on without the permission of his employers, according to prosecutors. Before the second trip, in November 2010, Liu made an electronic archive of his work e-mail and transferred it to his personal computer along with the entire Sensors in Motion program folder, according to court records.
Liu told his supervisor he was going on vacation to Chicago, but instead he spent more than two weeks in China, speaking at a technology conference organized by the Chinese government and Chinese universities, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors said that Liu was in China to use his knowledge about cutting-edge defense technology get a job at a premier Chinese aeronautical institute. Along with thousands of proprietary documents, Liu’s computer contained a lengthy résuméof 25 projects on which he had worked for L-3; each project was identified by its connection to the U.S. military, according to court records.
Liu was stopped on his return from China in November 2010 and eventually arrested in March 2011. After a jury trial, Liu was convicted last September of violating the Arms Export Control Act and possessing and transporting stolen trade secrets.
In court Wednesday, Liu, the 50-year-old father of three, including two U.S. citizens, told the judge that he did not intend to harm the United States and suggested that the case was a political prosecution.
Addressing the judge before sentencing, he said he had a message for his children, “Believe me, Daddy didn’t do anything.”
Liu’s attorney, James D. Tunick, interrupted his client’s rambling speech several times, apparently to get Liu to tone down assertions that the case was political. Tunick had previously argued that Liu “only revealed very limited information in China” and the downloaded documents were for the scientist’s “own personal knowledge.”
“Doctor, this is not a political prosecution,” said U.S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler who ruled that Liu’s actions benefited the Chinese government. He noted that Liu downloaded documents for programs in which he had no involvement, though the judge said Liu knew “just how sensitive the material he had was.”
When FBI agents raided Liu’s house in March 2011, they found proprietary material from Bandag, Primex and John Deere as well as L-3. “We believe Sixing Liu was a serial thief,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney L. Judson Welle, who had asked for an eight-year sentence.
Officials from the other companies declined to comment or did not respond to requests from The Washington Post. But Smukowski of Sensors in Motion said: “What a tragedy all around. For us, for him, and for American technology prowess.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-citizen-sentenced-in-military-data-theft-case/2013/03/25/dc4567fa-9593-11e2-ae32-9ef60436f5c1_story_1.html
On Monday, Sixing Liu, a Chinese citizen who worked at L-3’s space and navigation division, was sentenced in federal court here to five years and 10 months for taking thousands of files about the device, called a disk resonator gyroscope, and other defense systems to China in violation of a U.S. arms embargo.
Liu, who holds a doctorate in electrical engineering, came to the United States in 1993 and held a series of jobs at Bandag and Primex, tire manufacturers, and John Deere. In 2009, he went to work at L-3’s space and navigation division in northern New Jersey, where he was part of a team of engineers testing the technology created by Sensors in Motion, a pioneer in gyroscope-based navigation and guidance systems.
Liu made two trips to China, in 2009 and 2010, and each time he made several presentations on the technology he was working on without the permission of his employers, according to prosecutors. Before the second trip, in November 2010, Liu made an electronic archive of his work e-mail and transferred it to his personal computer along with the entire Sensors in Motion program folder, according to court records.
Liu told his supervisor he was going on vacation to Chicago, but instead he spent more than two weeks in China, speaking at a technology conference organized by the Chinese government and Chinese universities, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors said that Liu was in China to use his knowledge about cutting-edge defense technology get a job at a premier Chinese aeronautical institute. Along with thousands of proprietary documents, Liu’s computer contained a lengthy résuméof 25 projects on which he had worked for L-3; each project was identified by its connection to the U.S. military, according to court records.
Liu was stopped on his return from China in November 2010 and eventually arrested in March 2011. After a jury trial, Liu was convicted last September of violating the Arms Export Control Act and possessing and transporting stolen trade secrets.
In court Wednesday, Liu, the 50-year-old father of three, including two U.S. citizens, told the judge that he did not intend to harm the United States and suggested that the case was a political prosecution.
Addressing the judge before sentencing, he said he had a message for his children, “Believe me, Daddy didn’t do anything.”
Liu’s attorney, James D. Tunick, interrupted his client’s rambling speech several times, apparently to get Liu to tone down assertions that the case was political. Tunick had previously argued that Liu “only revealed very limited information in China” and the downloaded documents were for the scientist’s “own personal knowledge.”
“Doctor, this is not a political prosecution,” said U.S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler who ruled that Liu’s actions benefited the Chinese government. He noted that Liu downloaded documents for programs in which he had no involvement, though the judge said Liu knew “just how sensitive the material he had was.”
When FBI agents raided Liu’s house in March 2011, they found proprietary material from Bandag, Primex and John Deere as well as L-3. “We believe Sixing Liu was a serial thief,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney L. Judson Welle, who had asked for an eight-year sentence.
Officials from the other companies declined to comment or did not respond to requests from The Washington Post. But Smukowski of Sensors in Motion said: “What a tragedy all around. For us, for him, and for American technology prowess.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-citizen-sentenced-in-military-data-theft-case/2013/03/25/dc4567fa-9593-11e2-ae32-9ef60436f5c1_story_1.html
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Re: Stupid Chinaman
by FluteHolder Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:11 pm
No. This is seriously wrong. He should not be sent to jail. He was just foolish to do that. He is a honorable man. Look at the service he has done to this country by working in such great companies prior to this incident. So he should be pardoned. He just copied those files/info to his PC just to enhance his knowledge..etc etc. Where I can find a Kaju Katli for him?
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