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That was fake news.

“The French researcher in question was in possession of confidential information on his electronic device from Los Alamos National Laboratory — in violation of a nondisclosure agreement — something he admitted to taking without permission and attempted to conceal,”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/world/europe/us-france-sc...



The article doesn't say exactly what information. Is it something that technically maybe could possibly be considered under NDA? Or something more substantial? France said:

> “Each country is free to regulate their borders,” Mr. Baptiste acknowledged. But he said the scientist’s case was “extraordinarily atypical” and a “subject of concern.”

I'm inclined to believe that they think this is atypical. How did he "attempt to conceal" it?




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