The Dandle Gets Spanked
Dandle, to most of you, is a verb meaning to dance a small child up and down on one’s knee. Others, particularly regular readers of this blog, will recognize it as the surpassingly odd name of an Islamic Republic of…
Clif Burns
Do As I Say Not As I Do
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…
A Defense That Won’t Fly
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…
Proposed Category XII Reforms Leaked — But Not By WikiLeaks
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…
Export Reform: Boon for Engineers, Bane for Lawyers?
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…