Chinese “spy” caught with NASA laptop full of porn, not secrets

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

This was kind of humorous. Its too bad the fellow is being charged
with a misdemeanor for violating policy so the government can save
face. Perhaps Homeland Security will jump in and charge him for the
movies too.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/chinese-spy-caught-with-nasa-laptop-full-of-porn-not-secrets/.

On March 16, in what appeared to be another case of Chinese espionage,
FBI agents boarded a plane at Dulles International Airport to arrest
Bo Jiang, a Chinese national with a doctorate in electrical
engineering from Old Dominion University. Jiang, a former contractor
at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, had recently
been let go by his employer because of pressure from Republican
congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia. Wolf had claimed Jiang and other
Chinese engineers employed by NASA contractors were a security risk.
And that day, it seemed so—Jiang had a NASA-owned laptop in his
possession, and was on a plane back to China.

But it quickly became apparent that Jiang was at worst guilty of
violating NASA policies. There was no evidence of any sensitive
material on the laptop, and Jiang didn't have clearance to such
projects at Langley as an employee of the National Institute of
Aerospace. Instead, investigators found, the laptop was loaded with
pornography and pirated movies. Since he had lost his job and his work
visa was expiring, Jiang simply was going home—with a little
entertainment.
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