The folks at iRobot not only make the Roomba, which will robotically vacuum your floors and drive your dog insane, but also they make military iRobots, which will chase down and, er, vacuum up terrorists, enemy combatants, and other assorted…
Earlier this week, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) introduced H.R. 6361, or the “Stop Business with Terrorists Act of 2008,” which was introduced into the Senate earlier this year as S.1234 by Senators Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Clinton (D-NY). The purpose of…
Back in 1997, the folks at Omega Engineering were very bad. They applied to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for a license to ship laboratory equipment to Pakistan. The license was denied. The appeal of the license denial…
A Florida man and a California man who ran separate aviation parts businesses have been arrested and charged, in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday, with violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the U.S. embargo on Iran in connection…
ABOVE: John L. Withers, II On Friday, a federal grand jury indicted arms dealer AEY and four company officials on charges, among others, that they committed procurement fraud and lied to U.S. officials about the origin of Chinese manufactured ammunition…