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espionage act for non political / military related corporate secrets? Kinda glad it doesn’t work that way



Even if you're giving the secrets to another state?

Especially in this case, where autonomous vehicles could have military applications...


>Even if you're giving the secrets to another state?

Industrial espionage / theft of trade secrets is not in the realm of the Espionage Act (even if that industrial espionage is directed by a foreign state).

Apple's Neat Car That Drives Itself is not classified technology and is not national defense information.

See: Economic Espionage Act




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