Re: Chinese Human Rights Activist Gao Zhan pleads guilty to illegally exporting to China and Tax Evasion

beernuts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> e patashnikov wrote:
> > beernuts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> e patashnikov 
> >> wrote:
> >> > She's a spy, profiteer, tax cheat and unpatriotic to the US. It's a
> >> > disservice to call her a "human rights activist."
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> I don't get the profiteer or tax cheat bit.  The spy accusation will 
> >> be  decided before a court of law.  Also, in my opinion, she's no 
> >> less  patriotic than Clinton.  In fact, I think he's done more to 
> >> damage our  national security than she ever could.
> > 
> > 
> > Gao Zhan and her spouse conducted these transactions solely for
> > profit. Both she and her spouse reportedly made approximately $1.5
> > million from the sale of those chips, none of which was reported on
> > their Form 1040 income tax return. Yes, that money is taxable income
> > to them.
> > 
> > There's nothing for the court to decide. They've already admitted
> > guilt and, consequently, will be given their prison sentence shortly.
> > 
> > You're right about Clinton.
> > 
> 
> So, what accounts for this bizarre case - is she just a greedy human 
> rights poser / opportunist, or was she a flawed character that actually 
> managed to pull of some good human rights work?  Or, was she somehow 
> framed, or maybe a dbl agent?


The problem with Zhan's defense that she was going to use
the money to help human rights is that the prosecutor and
investigators could not find that she or her husband had
setup any organization or any mechanism with any organization
whereby those earning would be spent on the advocacy of
human right. For example, if Zhan or her husband have 
evidence that shows the had established or were in the
processing of establishing a (tax-free?) corporation to 
advocate human rights in China/Asia - before they were
arrested that would be very strong evidence wrt to showing
their intent of using their earning human rights ( which
inturn could sway a judge/jury to be more lenient on them
for not reporting their earnings and tax-evasion). 

Note that Ruggedized Integrated Circuits(RIC) are not always 
used for the military applications -albeit that's their most 
common function. Sometimes RICs are used in scientific 
instrumentation with regard to making exploratory scientific 
equipment to control automatic measuring devices in extreme cold
temperature , e.g. at the South Pole or in the upper
atmosphere. Even if Zhan were able to prove that the 80 cpus
were being used for non-military purposes - She would still
need to confront the current U.S. ban on exporting dual-use
technology. The only successful argument and defense against
this ban that I can think of would be to find another country 
that exports ruggedized 466DX2 chips (e.g. Russia/Japan/India).
That is to say that such hi-tech export bans do not hold for any 
devices that can be purchased in other countries.