Clif Burns

Clif Burns

No More U-Turns for Bank Saderat

In today’s Federal Register, OFAC announced new restrictions it is imposing on Iran’s Bank Saderat. The bank, which is state-owned, is one of the largest banks in Iran. Under the new rules, effective retroactively to September 8, 2006, exceptions in…

BIS Liberalizes Policy on Exports to Libya

Right before the Labor Day Holiday, BIS issued amendments to the EAR which changed considerably the treatment of exports of items on the CCL to Libya. These changes were the inevitable result of the action of the State Department on…

PayPal Is Not Mohamed Hassan’s Pal

A news item in The Register reports that U.K citizen and government employee Mohammed Hassan has been told by PayPal that his account will be closed if he doesn’t fax to them his passport, a driver’s license, a utility bill,…

Department of Creative Press Releases

My guess is that a company press release led to this story at TheManufacturer.com: Catalyst earns ITAR registration North Carolina based contract manufacturer Catalyst Manufacturing Services has been approved by the United States Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade…