Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Chinese Spies In NASA?

FBI Arrests NASA Contractor Employee Trying To Flee To China -- Washington Examiner

Bo Jiang, the Chinese national scientist employed by a NASA contractor for work at the space agency's Langley Research Center, was arrested Sunday by the FBI at Dulles International Airport as he tried to flee to China, according to Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA.

Wolf said during a Capitol Hill news conference today that Jiang’s work at the NASA facility had given him access to information that “would be of the greatest interest to foreign spies, including China.”

Wolf is chairman of a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee that has budget oversight authority for NASA.

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More News On A Chinese National Scientist Employed By A NASA Contractor Arrested For Spying

Chinese contractor at NASA makes court appearance -- CNN
Former NASA Langley Research Center contractor arrested by FBI on plane bound for China -- Washington Post/AP
NASA researcher arrested on China-bound plane -- CBS
Chinese NASA scientist charged with lying to the feds -- PilotOnline.com
Analog Chinese Spying Is Not Dead, U.S. Prosecutors Allege -- New Yorker
Was Chinese Scientist a Spy at NASA? -- Discovery

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