ABOVE: Chinese Long March 3B rocket blasts off on July 6, 2007 As the end of the year approaches, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has been busy releasing a flurry of settlement agreements for export violations. In the…
Looking at the title of today’s notice from the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), which reads “Policy of Denial Regarding ITAR Regulated Activities of EP Investments, LLC (a/k/a Blackwater),” one might think it’s “Bye, Bye, Blackwater.” But…
According to an exclusive story in today’s Washington Times, the Validated End User Program implemented by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) may be terminated before the end of the Bush administration on January 20. Under…
Three naturalized U.S. citizens, Dan Tran Dang, Liem Duc Huynh, and George Ngoc Bui were recently indicted and charged with conspiracy to export 55 third generation military night vision goggles to Vietnam without a license. According to the indictment, the…
Edward Hasbrouck, the author of the informative travel manual The Practical Nomad and of an entertaining and informative travel blog of the same name, left a comment to one of our earlier posts on the Syria sanctions: Earlier this year,…