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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:48PM (#28823768)
They plant grad students on their research teams.
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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by jacquesm on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:56PM (#28823820)
Exactly.
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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by slt2021 on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:11AM (#28824584)
all key research is open and googleable. There is no need to do that.
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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:27AM (#28824670)
No it isn't. Many schools do DARPA work on their own or in partnership with commercial operations. These frequently involve data with restricted access (not classified but still sensitive) and there are active espionage efforts to retrieve that information by taking advantage of lax academic security.
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