Doc: Foreign Student Visa Holder Tried To Leave US With Sensitive Military Intel
District of Columbia | July 1, 2021
Law enforcement officials identified a foreign national in the United States on a student visa who attempted to leave the country while carrying sensitive military intelligence, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
During the week of June 12, the individual tried to leave the United States with photographs and data from a defense-related research laboratory, according to the confidential document. There was no mention of whether the suspected spy was arrested or is being held in detention, but law enforcement is sure of one thing: The person was in the United States on a Student and Exchange Visitor Program visa.
The identification of the foreign national is part of a broad effort by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials to focus on Chinese students and researchers brazenly stealing classified information from universities and labs partnered with the American military. Reports on such activity are regularly circulated throughout the federal government, including in President Biden’s National Security Council….
(Excerpts from the Washington Free Beacon)