[telecom] Database Is Shut Down by NASA for a Review

Database Is Shut Down by NASA for a Review

By MARK MAZZETTI March 22, 2013

WASHINGTON - NASA has shut down a large public database and is limiting access to agency facilities by foreign citizens as part of a broader investigation into efforts by China and other countries to get information about important technology.

NASA announced the security procedures this week, after the F.B.I. arrested a Chinese citizen at Dulles International Airport in Virginia who had boarded a plane to Beijing.

The man, Bo Jiang, had been working as a contractor at NASA's Langley Research Center in southern Virginia. According to an affidavit filed on Monday, Mr. Jiang is being charged with making false statements to federal agents - failing to disclose that he was carrying a laptop, hard drive and SIM card that were discovered after a search of his belongings.

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