ABOVE:A.Q. Khan How often can you find the backstory on SDNs in an investigative piece in The New Yorker? Not often. But today’s designation by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of some of the key figures in A.Q.…
For everyone who has been complaining that export controls imposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) have meant that U.S. manufacturers aren’t on a level playing field with foreign competitors, it’s now time to put your money, or…
A spokesman for the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) told Export Law Blog this morning that discussions between OFAC and the North Pole over Santa Claus’s Christmas Eve itinerary had broken down and were not expected to…
Looking at the title of today’s notice from the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), which reads “Policy of Denial Regarding ITAR Regulated Activities of EP Investments, LLC (a/k/a Blackwater),” one might think it’s “Bye, Bye, Blackwater.” But…
According to an exclusive story in today’s Washington Times, the Validated End User Program implemented by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) may be terminated before the end of the Bush administration on January 20. Under…