Alert Reader writes in: The CCP program to infiltrate American academia to steal U.S. tax payer funded research results is the Thousand Talents Program. It aims, under the cover of an “intellectual exchange program,” to steal , U.S. taxpayer funded research, and intellectual property from U.S. universities funded by the DOD, NIH, NSF, and other large federal funders. The CCP is succeeding at a rapid pace that threatens U.S. economic, and military security. U.S. federally funded research serves 4 main purposes in the best university system in the world: (1) It advances science, and engineering knowledge through cutting-edge research; (2) It educates undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate leaders in those fields who become leaders of industry, and academia who keep America economically competitive; (3) It spins off numerous start up companies in places like Silicon Valley, C.A., Research Triangle Park, N.C., Madison, W.I., Chicago Technology Park, and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, Brooklyn Poly Tech and other universities in NYC, and other cities, and towns with large university presences; (4) The U.S. Armed Services utilize academic research results to develop military intellectual property to keep Americans safe.