More U.S. computer chips have been sighted in Iran, this time some AMD Opteron Dual Core microprocessors that the Aerospace Research Institute of Iran (“ARI”) touts it has incorporated into what passes for a supercomputer in Iran. The ARI is…
According to this report in the Wall Street Journal, the State Department asked Twitter to delay again a previously scheduled downtime on the service because of unfolding events in Iran. Twitter itself had delayed the first scheduled downtime. Twitter, however,…
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed* a federal district court conviction of Doli Syarief Pulungan for attempted unlicensed exports of rifles copes to Indonesia in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. I previously…
According to an article (subscription required) in today’s Inside U.S. Trade, an official of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) told an agency advisory committee that the significant increases in penalties enacted by Congress in 2006 for export violations…
ABOVE: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher In connection with the Senate confirmation hearing for Ellen Tauscher on Tuesday morning, Senator Lugar, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, released a pre-hearing questionnaire completed by the proposed nominee. Representative Tauscher has been…