DC finally cracks down on campus secrets after years of universities cozying up to foreign threats

It’s about time Washington stops pretending that our college campuses are harmless playgrounds. The Department of War just did something that should’ve happened years ago—they’re telling American universities to start reviewing every suspicious research collaboration with foreign countries. That’s right: at least thirty schools are now officially under scrutiny. For far too long, our academic elites welcomed sketchy international partnerships with open arms, all in the name of “global cooperation.” How naïve can they get?

For decades, American taxpayers have been footing the bill, while radical professors let foreign actors—some not exactly our friends—get cozy with cutting-edge technology and sensitive research. And what do we get in return? Stolen secrets. Lost jobs. A weakened America. The left loves to sing the praises of “diversity” and “openness,” but let’s get real: is it smart to hand over our scientific advances to hostile regimes?

It’s not just incompetence; it’s a collective case of willful blindness. The so-called “experts” running these institutions are more concerned with virtue-signaling to their globalist friends than defending American interests. How many times have we watched liberal campus administrators roll out the red carpet for communist researchers or foreign agents, all while silencing conservative students on their own turf? Yet when it comes to protecting America’s security, they act like it’s none of their business—unless they’re forced.

This crackdown from the Department of War represents a rare moment of sanity. Finally, someone in D.C. is demanding accountability and common sense. Universities shouldn’t get a free pass just because they wave around fancy degrees. When our nation’s secrets are at risk, playing nice with the rest of the world ends up playing right into our enemies’ hands.

Sadly, there’s no shortage of tenured leftists who will complain that these new rules are “xenophobic” or “isolationist.” But ordinary Americans know better. Real national security doesn’t happen by accident. If we can’t trust our universities to safeguard American innovation, maybe they deserve a dose of federal oversight. Want to study with hostile foreign nations? Do it on your own dime—not ours. How much longer are we supposed to let the ivory tower sell our future to the highest bidder?

Source: Redstate