Charles Lieber leaves federal court after he and two Chinese nationals were charged with lying about their alleged links to the Chinese government, in Boston, Mass., on Jan. 30, 2020. Katherine Taylor/Reuters
The State Department ought to revoke Charles Lieber’s passport. He has gone to work for China and his work poses a danger to the United States. Our government was lax when it let Lieber leave the country; the least we can do is make sure that it is a one-way journey.
Peter W. Wood is president of the National Association of Scholars and author of “1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project.” Wood was previously tenured at Boston University as a professor of anthropology, where he served as associate provost and chief of staff to the president. He later held the position of provost at The King’s College in New York.