OFAC Pans New Michael Moore Film
Michael Moore probably didn’t get a Christmas card from the Bushes this year — or any year for that matter. But he did recently get a nice letter from OFAC telling him we was under investigation. It seems that Moore…
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Internet Download From Iran Leads to Criminal Prosecution in U.S.
Reader Mike Deal forwarded to me some of the documents filed in the prosecution of Mohammad Alavi, who has been charged with exporting copies of simulation software to Iran in violation of the Iranian Transaction Regulations. The affidavit filed in…
Rift Between DoD and DDTC Exposed
Rumors of disagreements between the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and the Defense Department over export controls administered by the DDTC were confirmed today by an article in Defense News. That article reported that the DoD has commissioned a…
This Mobile Home Don’t Feel Like Home No More
Last week OFAC released it’s monthly report of civil penalties. One entry bears quoting in its entirety: One individual has agreed to a settlement totaling $485 for allegedly engaging in transactions with an entity previously identified as a Specially Designated…
Saddam’s Stogies
During an investigation of Col. William Steele for alleged improprieties in his oversight of the prison in Baghdad where high value detainees are kept, an interesting tidbit was revealed. Witnesses testified that Col. Steele provided Saddam Hussein with Cuban cigars.…