In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist

Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by ping333pong on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:00AM (#30114002)

Chen has to declare foreign conflicts of interest if he takes federal grants.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by perihelions on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:45AM (#30116046)

There was no such legal requirement on this grant.

>"What tipped the scale, the people said, was an interview by prosecutors this month of a senior Energy Department official who is considered an authority on what disclosures are material on grant forms. The official confirmed that the 2017 form did not require disclosures of Chen’s ties to the technology university or other Chinese government organizations and programs, one person said"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mit-gang-ch...

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by pverghese on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:06AM (#30114073)

The prosecution themselves have said that there was no reporting requirement for that.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by ping333pong on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:28AM (#30114276)

I got my initial understanding of the reg. from an article on Charles Lieber’s case, which boiled them down to “must report conflicts of interest.” The reality (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/index.htm) is more nuanced and up to the courts to decide, but as a one sentence summary I think it’s fair.

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