ANOTHER ACADEMIC ELITE IN JAIL

   One of the most positive things that the Trump Administration's Justice Department has been doing is draining the Swamp and putting once-untouchable self-styled 'Elites' in jail where they've belonged for a long time. Academia is one of the most corrupt and fouled sectors of the Swamp. From Headstart to Postgraduate levels, American public education has been a cesspool of corruption---operating with practically no public oversight---willing to sell out to the highest bidders while failing to educate the youth in anything other than Political Correctness, anti-Americanism, and the Art of the Graft. 

   Today, the FBI announced that it had bagged a big Swamp Rat at Harvard. 

   Dr. Charles Lieber, one of the highest-ranking professors at the formerly-prestigious school was arrested for selling classified information to the Chinese. Specifically, Lieber conveniently forgot to tell the NIH---from whom he was receiving fat research grants---that China was also paying him over $200,000 in cash and perks; along with a $1.5 million 'research grant' of their own. One of the conditions of receiving these particular federal grants, which involved sensitive nanotechnology studies, was that the research was secret. A research assistant at Boston College working on the same programs was also indicted, but had already escaped back to China. As it happened, this assistant is a Chinese national on a J-1 student visa sponsored by Lieber. The good professor also conveniently forgot to mention to ICE that she was a Lieutenant in Chinese Military Intelligence, among her other skills.

   According to the FBI, Harvard University itself was unaware of Lieber's activities. That may well be true, given the uncharacteristic rigor with which the University responded.

  "The charges brought by the U.S. government against Professor Lieber are extremely serious. Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities, including the National Institutes of Health, and is initiating its own review of the alleged misconduct.  Professor Lieber has been placed on indefinite administrative leave and will not be allowed on campus. He will not be able to participate in his teaching or research roles." a Harvard Press Release said. This is what happens in Academia when one of its own is caught stealing---from the wrong people. 

   Well, at least taxpayers in China got their monies' worth. But I wonder how much American taxpayers ended up getting fleeced in this whole fiasco; not to mention how much nanotechnology American manufacturers lost to Chinese competitors. At any rate, Lieber's going to be changing his lab coat for a black-and-white striped suit and missing the Boston Cocktail Circuit for the foreseeable future.