[anonfordays]

>It is hard to believe a French researcher, traveling from France to the US, was in possession of confidential information he retrieved from a US national lab.

Not at all, it's much more believable than the original story. Traveling scientists frequently work at national labs.

>It is harder to believe they didn't arrest him for this.

Nondisclosure agreements are civil in nature, not criminal.

[jpambrun]

Are civil affairs litigated at the border by custom agents now?

[bdangubic]

yes

[anonfordays]

They always have been, overstaying your visa is an example of a civil violation, placing it in the purvue of ICE. You have less protections/rights afforded to you in civil proceedings versus criminal ones.