With the August 15 implementation date for the new dual and third country national rule fast approaching, I wanted to comment briefly on the Sample Questionnaire that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has proposed as an example of…
Because most of Washington, DC, has emptied out in anticipation of the upcoming long weekend for the Fourth of July, the nefarious Captain Obvious took the opportunity to hack into the DDTC website and leave this important reminder to exporters:…
Each time a company tries to tout its registration under Part 122 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the claims for the meaning of this registration become more and more outlandish. Scaling peaks not yet scaled by an other…
On Sunday, the New York Times revealed that the UAE had hired Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, to provide certain training service in the Emirates. The Times described them this way: The force is intended to conduct special operations…
ABOVE: Andrew Shapiro The State Department’s Andrew Shapiro addressed the Defense Trade Advisory Group Plenary this morning, and the text of his remarks as prepared were released a little while ago. Mostly Shapiro assured his audience of defense industry types…