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Re:PhD Timeline by anonfordays on Monday April 28, 2025 @12:21PM (#43823166)
>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.

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Re:PhD Timeline by jpambrun on Monday April 28, 2025 @03:08PM (#43824858)
Are civil affairs litigated at the border by custom agents now?
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Re:PhD Timeline by anonfordays on Monday April 28, 2025 @03:40PM (#43825195)
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.
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Re:PhD Timeline by bdangubic on Monday April 28, 2025 @03:14PM (#43824922)
yes
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