Comments on: One That Should Have Gotten Away

By: ExportLawBlog » BIS Has Some Moore Fun

ExportLawBlog » BIS Has Some Moore Fun — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:17:57 +0000

[...] So BIS is clearly looking for something exported by Moore to Cuba. One possibility is the horse boat he road in on. We’ve seen that before when BIS nailed a sport fishing boat that chased a fish into Cuban waters. Outside of that it’s hard to see what Moore would have exported. Maybe he spit out some gum he brought with him from the United States. This would be problematic because section 746.2 doesn’t contain the LVS exception for limited value shipments that might otherwise cover the export of a stick of chewed-up chewing gum to Cuba. [...]

By: L. A. Borguss

L. A. Borguss — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:23:07 +0000

JKB-

They were fishing for FISH,….not Cuban Immigrants,..so get over that.
Besides, the embargo against Cuba is NOT working!

Cuban has investors from all over the world just pouring money into ‘Castros Machine’.

Castro doesn’t care if the U.S. does not send business his way, he has many countries that support his ‘habit’ of being a Carribean Tyrant, so why should he really care about the U.S. embargo?

Castro uses that “EMBARGO” as an excuse to have have to share his millions with the people of his country, they live dirt poor and have no way of knowing that they are being left out of the money Cuba makes off of the other countries of this world.

Man,..Do your research.

- L.A.Borguss

By: Clif Burns

Clif Burns — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:28:47 +0000

JKB — Agreed. I wouldn’t want to be in Cuban waters at that time either. But I’m unlikely to be in Cuban waters at any time in the forseeable future since, even though I don’t agree with the embargo, I certainly abide by it.

By: JKB

JKB — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:21:18 +0000

I took the risk of getting shot up from the Federal Register write up. It was one of the reasons for the permit requirement. But still some of these idiots are going to be in Cuban waters when Castro dies and you don’t want to be an American in Cuba when that happens. The new guy will either feel threatened or want to show his determination. Plus for a while the military will be shall we say left to its own devices.

By: Clif Burns

Clif Burns — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:42:39 +0000

JKB – I admitted that Lethal Weapon broke the law and that BIS had the right to impose a fine. I just questioned the BIS enforcement priorities involved.

And if you have some evidence of Cuba shooting up fishing boats, I think we’d all be interested in seeing it.

By: JKB

JKB — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:27:39 +0000

Well, before your too harsh on the BIS, the Lethal Weapon and her captain may be getting of easy. Obviously, they willfully violated the requirement to get permission from the USCG before going into Cuban waters. Obvious because permission is contingent upon the proper BIS and OFAC licenses are in hand. The rules are even more onerous now. http://www.uscg.mil/d7/d7o/mic/cubapermit.htm I wonder if the wayward sailors got a USCG fine for their flagrant disregard for US law.

It isn’t just the embargo against Cuba that is driving this. Cuba has been known to take hostile action against boats in their waters. Last thing we need is some idiot charter boat shot up and creating an incident. As for illegal aliens, the permit rule appears to also be aimed at preventing another boat lift of Cuban criminals into Florida.

By: L. A. Borguss

L. A. Borguss — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:05:04 +0000

Yes, there are bigger issues to spend time on other than busting a couple of fishing out-fits. !!!

I say: “Get to work with dealing with the illeagal aliens coming across our borders, and student terrorist that only want to play for flight classes in order to steer planes into our buildings!”

L.A.Borguss