Last week we reported that charges had been filed against a U.S. Army Captain for exporting EoTech holographic rifle sights to Japan without the required export license from the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Of particular interest…
Last week the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a document with the catchy title “Guidance on the Release of Limited Amounts of Blocked Funds for Payment of Legal Fees and Costs Incurred in Challenging the Blocking of U.S.…
In addition to the general stupidity of killing animals that you don’t even eat, there may be another reason to cancel any upcoming safaris in Zimbabwe that you may have planned. President Bush today signed new sanctions against 1 individual…
At a recent event in Washington, D.C., a U.S. legislator and an E.U. legislator announced a joint effort to adopt legislation to address the participation of U.S. and European technology companies in activities of repressive foreign regimes designed to limit…
ABOVE: Tomoaki Iishiba Captain Tomoaki Iishiba, stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State, has been charged in connection with his shipment of sixty EoTech 553 night-vision-compatible holographic rifle sights to Japan without obtaining the required export license. Prior to these…