ABOVE: NASA Computers Seizedby OIG A report released earlier this month by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) criticized NASA’s efforts to control sensitive data when disposing of computers and other components of its IT systems. Significantly, the OIG found…
Marc Knapp, a 36 year old California man, was arrested on charges that, among other things, he attempted to export a military surplus F-5 fighter jet and other export-controlled defense articles. to Iran. The recently unsealed criminal complaint alleges a…
WikiLeaks has gotten the State Department so flustered that it is leaking its own documents. Today DDTC posted a working document discussing proposed changes to Category XII of the United States Munitions List (“USML”). The document had emblazoned on each…
One of the oft-stated goals of the White House’s export control reform initiative is to transform the United States Munitions List (“USML”) to a “positive” list like the Commerce Control List (“CCL”). Instead of squishy category descriptions like “any snark-qualified…
A recently unsealed criminal complaint filed in federal district court in Seattle provides a wealth of details on the criminal export prosecution of Lian Yang, a software engineer living in Woodinville, Washington. According to the allegations of the complaint, Yang,…