Re:PhD Timeline
by ayhanfuat on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:33AM
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It is hard to believe a French researcher, traveling from France to the US, was in possession of confidential information he retrieved from a US national lab. It is harder to believe they didn't arrest him for this.
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Re:PhD Timeline
by anonfordays on Monday April 28, 2025 @12:21PM
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>It is hard to believe a French researcher, traveling from France to the US, was in possession of confidential information he retrieved from a US national lab.
Not at all, it's much more believable than the original story. Traveling scientists frequently work at national labs.
>It is harder to believe they didn't arrest him for this.
Nondisclosure agreements are civil in nature, not criminal.
Are civil affairs litigated at the border by custom agents now?
Re:PhD Timeline
by anonfordays on Monday April 28, 2025 @03:40PM
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They always have been, overstaying your visa is an example of a civil violation, placing it in the purvue of ICE. You have less protections/rights afforded to you in civil proceedings versus criminal ones.