A report from the Associated Press suggests that private military and security companies providing protection to commercial shipping in pirate-infested waters have come up with a novel way of arming themselves without running into import and export restrictions of countries…
ABOVE: Gregory Schulte The House Armed Services Committee last week held a hearing on whether the Thales sale of an ITAR-free satellite to the Chinese had, in fact, leaked U.S. space technology to the Chinese. During that hearing, Gregory L.…
In yesterday’s post, I discussed the ramifications of the debarment of six freight forwarders — Bax Global, Inc.; Ceva Logistics LLC; EGL, Inc.; Kuhne and Nagel International AG; Panalpina, Inc. (including its Swiss affiliate Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG); and Schenker…
A rumor has been circulating that some prominent freight forwarders have been debarred by the Directorate of Defense Controls (“DDTC”) and can no longer handle defense articles listed on the United States Munitions List. This rumor starts with the appearance…
Clarence Darrow once said that a man who represents himself has a fool for a lawyer and an idiot for a client. And that seems to be aptly demonstrated by the antics of Londoner Guy Savage who is waging a…