Friday Grab Bag
Here are a few recent developments that you may have missed: The House voted yesterday to nullify the impact of a license granted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in September which would allow Boeing to sell civil…
Category BIS
Guilty As Charged
Oh dear. Apparently His Rotundity, the Dear Leader of North Korea, is annoyed that people that he can’t throw into internment camps and execute are mentioning that his aspirations to become a triathelete have been sabotaged by third and fourth…
Sometimes Once Doesn’t Mean Once
My dog Maisie shamelessly plugging the historic Cubs victory in the 2016 World Series This blog previously reported on the recent changes to the encryption rules. One less-than-carefully drafted provision in those amendments has been causing some confusion relating…
The Kremlin’s Janitor: New Sanctions on Russia Pose Dilemma for U.S.
As the U.S. considers more sanctions on Russia, given its cybershenanigans and its involvement in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, it is running into some unexpected difficulties. The quote of the week, from this article, explains part of the…
North Pole Praises Today’s OFAC Actions
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…