A Fool for a Lawyer
Clarence Darrow once said that a man who represents himself has a fool for a lawyer and an idiot for a client. And that seems to be aptly demonstrated by the antics of Londoner Guy Savage who is waging a…
Clif Burns
U.S. Threatens Thales Alenia Space over “ITAR-Free” Satellite
Reuters has obtained a copy of a State Department letter to Congressional staff on the simmering feud between the State Department and Thales Alenia Space over the W3C satellite that Thales sold to the Chinese and which the Chinese have…
The Third Deadly Sin
A California man has been indicted in connection with his attempt to export radiation hardened, space qualified chips to the People’s Republic of China without an export license. The indictment, if true, tells an interesting tale. According to the indictment,…
White House Blocks Government of Iran and All Iranian Banks
The White House issued an executive order today blocking all property of the Iranian government and all Iranian financial institutions. Prior to this action, the Iranian Transaction Regulations (“ITR”) required U.S. persons to reject transactions with these parties rather than…
Russkies No Longer Bullish on Dual Use . . . Cows
Well, who would have thought that a Google news search on “dual use exports” would turn up a WaPo story on the export of bulls from Virginia to Russia? Or that the story would talk about “dual use cows”? I…