2018/12/07 FBI Meeting

On December 7, 2018, a group of community leaders met with a senior-level FBI official and representatives at the FBI headquarters to convey concerns raised within the Chinese American community about the role of bias in its investigations, among other issues.  A public statement about the meeting is here: English | 中文 . 

Each of the five community leaders brought his/her talking materials to the meeting with the FBI official and representatives:
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• Aryani Ong, community advocate
• Robert Gee, Vice Chair, Washington DC Region, Committee of 100: Letter to FBI Official
• Andrew Kim, Visiting Scholar, South Texas College of Law and Litigator, Greenberg Traurig: Prosecuting Chinese “Spies:” An Empirical Analysis of The Economic Espionage Act
• Steven Pei, scientist and Honorary Chair of United Chinese Americans: FBI Meeting Talking Points
• Jeremy Wu, retired government official: FBI Meeting Talking Points

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​Additional Information

• 2018/12/23 Houston Chronicle: Houston Asians meet with D.C. FBI about economic espionage, racial bias
• 2018/10/12 Six Hues: Summary: Panel Addresses Concerns that Chinese Americans Are Targeted by Law Enforcement as U.S.-China Tensions Flare
• 2018/09/22 Houston Chronicle: Houstonians respond to Asian-Americans being increasingly targeted in economic espionage cases
• 2018/09/22 Community Educational Forum: A Dialogue with the FBI and Legal Experts: The Impact of Espionage Investigations on the Asian American Community
• 2018/08/26 CBS 60 Minutes: U.S. fight against Chinese espionage ensnares innocent Americans
• 2018/08/08 Houston Chronicle: FBI warns Texas academic and medical leaders of ‘classified’ security threats
• 2018/05/17 New York Times: ​Cleared of Spying for China, She Still Doesn’t Have Her Job Back
• 2018/05/05 South China Morning Post: Spying charges against Chinese-American scientists spark fears of a witch hunt​
• 2018/03/01 Community Organizations: Joint letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray
• 2017/05/10 New York Times: Former Espionage Suspect Sues, Accusing F.B.I. of Falsifying Evidence
• 2015/09/15 New York Times: ​The Rush to Find China’s Moles