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发帖数: 3205 | 1 U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-McLean, has linked Jiang to the congressman's
contention that NASA has farmed out much of its work to contractors in order
to circumvent federal restrictions on workers from China and certain other
countries. Wolf has also connected Jiang to the possibility that Chinese
workers were stealing NASA technology and sharing it with the Chinese
military.
But Jiang's lawyer, Fernando Groene — a former federal prosecutor who now
practices out of Williamsburg — said he's not going to let Wolf misportray
Jiang. Groene briefly spoke to reporters after a federal court hearing
Thursday in which Jiang's bond hearing was continued until next week
When asked by a reporter if Jiang was going to plead not guilty to the
charges next week, Groene answered with his own question: "To the witch hunt
for which he's being made a scapegoat, or the (allegations) for which he's
charged?"
Groene challenged Wolf to come to the trial in Newport News federal court to
present his evidence against Jiang. If Congressman Wolf is called as a
government witness, Groene said, "we'll be glad to cross-examine him."
Asked why Jiang was going to China, Groene said, "He was going home."
Groene said Jiang had lost his job at the National Institute of Aerospace in
Hampton in January, for reasons that Groene said were not performance
related.
Jiang is in the United States under a visa program for highly qualified
workers, Groene said, and had put in "over 100 applications" for a new job,
but didn't find one. Because his visa was "soon" expiring, Groene said,
Jiang decided to leave the country.
Groene contended that Jiang's attempted departure had nothing to do with the
FBI's opening of an investigation into Jiang last week for possible
violations of the federal Export Control Act. "He wants to tell his side of
the story and to be vindicated," Groene said.
Jiang was not stopped "on a plane," Groene said, in contrast to an affidavit
by an FBI special agent investigating the case. Instead, Groene said, Jiang
was stopped inside Dulles International Airport. |
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