The following just arrived in my email: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Elf E. McElfface, [email protected] or (951) 262-3062 Santa’s Village, North Pole – Santa Claus today, on behalf of himself, Mrs. Claus and the 40,000 elfployees of the Santa…
Apparently the National Security Division at DOJ had a bunch of interns this summer with nothing to do, because this is the only conceivable explanation for the mostly risible “Guidance Regarding Voluntary Disclosures” which the NSD released on October 2.…
Yesterday, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced various amendments to the encryption rules. I realize that the encryption rules are a sprawling mess, scattered through various sections of the EAR and written in an incomprehensible jargon that sounds…
ABOVE: Alexander Fishenko This blog has closely followed the case involving Alexander Fishenko and his company ARC Electronics, mostly because the government larded the export charges against Fishenko with bogus “spying” charges premised on an alleged charge that he failed…
Here are a few recent odds and ends that are worth a mention (and to catch up on a few things I missed while on vacation): The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued guidance as to which activities are “gunsmithing”…