China is horrible, but I think I'll sell them military technology

[ShaneGR]

The bizarre story of a Chinese human rights activist who decided it was a good idea to get rich stealing US technology and selling it to the Chinese. Go figure.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/26/china.plea/index.html

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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) -- A noted Chinese-born human rights activist, who had been convicted by China of spying for Taiwan, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to helping export sensitive U.S. technology to China.

The case carries an unusual twist, because Gao Zhan, is known for her work opposing human rights violations in China.

Days after her spying conviction in July 2001, she was allowed to leave China for the United States, where she became a faculty research fellow at American University in Washington.

In a plea agreement struck with U.S. prosecutors, Gao admitted obtaining microprocessors that could be used for missile technology. Federal prosecutors say some of that technology reached Chinese military officials.