SAN JOSE - A Cupertino man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally exporting night-vision technology to China that could be used for military purposes.
Philip Cheng, 60, was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine in a hearing Monday before U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose. Cheng will begin serving his sentence Feb. 12.
Cheng, who operated a San Jose company called SPCTEK, pleaded guilty in October 2006 to brokering the sale of a thermal-imaging infrared camera called Panther I without the approval of the State Department. He pleaded guilty after a trial last year ended in a hung jury.
Isn’t there worse charge that spies, defectors, and traitors should receive for selling out their country, and giving sensitive defense technology to China, or any other country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
Yes, it’s called a firing squad.
No one has the guts to use it, but it exists.
Speaking as a resident of NJ, the state that is moving quickly to outlaw the death penalty, I hold no hope whatsoever that these swine will be brought to justice in any meaningful way.