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2020-01-29 -Land of the Free

Harvard's chemistry chair charged with lying about China contract

[NBC] Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a top Harvard University scientist with lying to the Department of Defense about his work for a Chinese-run talent recruitment program.

Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, allegedly violated federal law by not disclosing his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan to the Defense Department, including money he received, according to the charging document.

"The charges brought by the U.S. government against Professor Lieber are extremely serious," Harvard said in a statement. "Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities, including the National Institutes of Health, and is initiating its own review of the alleged misconduct."

The university added that Lieber has been put on "indefinite administrative leave."

The Thousand Talents program tries to recruit experts from Western universities to work in China and ramp up its progress in science and technology. In a complaint, the FBI said the program has "rewarded individuals for stealing proprietary information and violating export controls."

The charging documents, unsealed Tuesday, allege that under the Thousand Talents contract Lieber was paid $50,000 in monthly salary by China's Wuhan University of Technology and another $158,000 in living expenses. He was also awarded some $1.74 million to set up a research lab there.

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-01-29 07:14|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Where our elites go to learn how to lie.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-29 08:03|| 2020-01-29 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 What other DoD work did he do and was it also compromised?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-29 09:47|| 2020-01-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#3 This guy is like academic royalty - a bunch of Nature & Science papers. Guess it never occurred to him that he's a big frog in a small puddle.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-29 16:26|| 2020-01-29 16:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Global Grifters Local #341, Cambridge

Posted by Lex 2020-01-29 17:13|| 2020-01-29 17:13|| Front Page Top

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