54 Scientists Given NIH Grants Fired for Failure to Disclose Foreign Ties

[rangerrebew]

54 Scientists Given NIH Grants Fired for Failure to Disclose Foreign Ties


Adam Kredo - June 14, 2020 4:00 PM

At least 54 scientists who received grants from the National Institutes of Health have been fired for failure to disclose their ties to foreign governments, particularly China, according to an ongoing investigation.

The NIH since 2018 has been investigating instances of fraud by scientists who received federal grant money. In 93 percent of cases investigated by NIH, these scientists failed to disclose their ties to China. Nearly $165 million in grants had been disbursed to these scientists.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/54-scientists-given-nih-grants-fired-for-failure-to-disclose-foreign-ties/

[sneakypete]

I would PERSONALLY see them all put on trial for treason.

[PeteS in CA]

This is a clear case of breach of contract - 54 cases, and possibly more to come - but calling it treason is absurd. What they did is not remotely close to the USC's definition of treason.

[sneakypete]

This is a clear case of breach of contract - 54 cases, and possibly more to come - but calling it treason is absurd. What they did is not remotely close to the USC's definition of treason.

@PeteS in CA

It is treason if they are using US knowledge and resources to fight diseases and discover cures for diseases,and then sell this information to a foreign power.

[Fishrrman]

I sense these 54 are but the tip of the iceberg.

Where's Senator McCarthy when you need him...?
He was right, you know...

[PeteS in CA]

@PeteS in CA

It is treason if they are using US knowledge and resources to fight diseases and discover cures for diseases,and then sell this information to a foreign power.

Got a US Code to support that? Or is that just what you feel the law should be?

[sneakypete]

Got a US Code to support that?

A US Code that specifically addresses intellectual theft of US Property to sell to a foreign power that is essentially our enemy,or potential enemy?

No,but I have no doubt a clever US Attorney in the appropriate foreign trade office could come up with something.

Or is that just what you feel the law should be?

Are you trying to claim there are no laws against industrial espionage,theft of intellectual property,and the sale of said property to a foreign government  that would result in economic harm to the US?