Breaking Stupid Criminal News
A friend of mine, a former policeman who now sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, used to say that the easiest thing about being a cop was that most criminals are really, really stupid. Case…
Clif Burns
The Purolite Saga Continues
Sometimes the Cuba embargo can be good for U.S. business — at least for the business of U.S. law firms. In the latest turn of events in the Purolite saga, which involves trading by a Purolite foreign subsidiary with Cuba,…
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!
Oh good grief. Daisy Manufacturing just agreed to pay $20,400 to settle charges that it exported “rifle scopes” without a license. The Bureau of Industry and Security charged that the “rifle scopes” were classified under ECCN 0A987. Most guys, particularly…
ICE Stings Two Utah Men for Attempted Exports of F-14 Parts
The U.S. Attorney for Utah recently announced that it had filed a Felony Information against Abraham Trujillo and David Waye for attempted export of F-14 and F-4 fighter aircraft parts without a license. According to the press release, Immigration and…
CSC Lets Iranian Government Employee Subscribe to DHS Mailing List
Last week, an email news list maintained for the Department of Homeland Security by Computer Sciences Corporation (“CSC”) went awry and started routing any reply that someone sent to another person on the list to every subscriber on the list.…