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Remember the old MasterCard commercials that started out by listing two items and their cost, followed by a third thing that was “priceless”?\u00a0 Well, how about this one:<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what Sixing Liu \u2013 a permanent legal resident of the US \u2013 found out the hard way.\u00a0 <\/span>Liu had obtained a doctorate in engineering and was working as a contractor for a division of L3 Corporation.\u00a0 <\/span>He was working on numerous military projects.<\/p>\n In 2009 and 2010, he took technical data concerning his work with him to conferences in China.\u00a0 <\/span>At those conferences, he gave presentations regarding his current work assignments.<\/p>\n Liu was working on defense-related weapons programs.\u00a0 <\/span>He did not have prior authorization to release the data in question.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Liu \u2018s attorney claimed that Liu had made a \u201cgrave error\u201d, but had never intended to pass secrets to the Chinese government. Yeah, right.\u00a0 <\/span>Did Liu really<\/i> think no one at his presentation might be from the Chinese government or military?\u00a0 <\/span>Or that no one in Chinese industry would pass the information along to the Chinese government?\u00a0 <\/span>If so, he has to be the dumbest SOB on earth with a doctorate in engineering.<\/p>\n Liu was arrested at his home in Deerfield, IL, in 2011.\u00a0 <\/span>He was found guilty last fall on six counts of exporting defense data without permission, as well as on charges of possessing stolen trade secrets and lying to authorities.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n