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.
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.
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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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.
Not at all, it's much more believable than the original story. Traveling scientists frequently work at national labs.
Nondisclosure agreements are civil in nature, not criminal.
Are civil affairs litigated at the border by custom agents now?
yes
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.