By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Professor Rongxing Li gained international attention for his role in helping NASA explore Mars.
But after a decade of help at Ohio State University, Li quit and disappeared. The university made no mention of his departure and removed information about him from the website.
Now, the Columbus Dispatch reports, the FBI is investigating whether Li shared defense secrets with China.
Li, who was the director of the mapping and geographic information system laboratory, “had access to Department of Defense technical information that was prohibited from sharing with the Chinese,” the Dispatch wrote, citing search warrants filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus.
The FBI, OSU and NASA declined to comment.
