Another problem with the arms brokering regulations proposed by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) is their jurisdictional scope, which is impossibly vague and far exceeds the scope of permissible regulation under the Brokering Amendment which was passed by…
On Monday we talked about the lump of coal the Directorate of Defense Trade Control (“DDTC”) is delivering to export lawyers for Christmas in the proposed new brokering rules that appear to require export lawyers to register as brokers and…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) finally released its much anticipated (or dreaded, depending on your point of view) new proposed rules on brokering of defense articles and defense services. Although I intend to look at these proposed rules…
A retired Air Force colonel, John O’Toole, and an Israeli aeronautics engineer, Chanoch Miller, are the subjects of a recently unsealed indictment in connection with an alleged plan to ship 700 AK-47s to Somalia. What is most interesting about the…
There has never been a seriously-advocated rational reason for the U.S., unlike most other countries, to have one export agency regulating exports of weapons and a separate export agency regulating exports of dual use items. A new regulation adopted by…