The Thousand Traitors Program
David Acevedo
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published under the name “John David,” the former pseudonym of NAS Communications & Research Associate David Acevedo. To learn more about why David no longer writes under this name
Charles Lieber was recently charged with “making a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement” to the Department of Defense. Lieber, Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, allegedly lied repeatedly to federal investigators about his participation in China’s “Thousand Talents Program,” and in particular about his collaboration with Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) as a “Strategic Scientist.” Lieber’s case is the latest in a slew of reports about proven and suspected Chinese infiltration of America’s universities.
