The Consolidated ITAR Isn’t

People looking for an up-to-date version of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) on the web might be tempted to rely on the “Consolidated ITAR” on the website of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), the agency that…

Armenian Group Demands DDTC Arms Export Investigation

According to this article, the Armenian National Committee in America (“ANCA”) has demanded that the Department of State, presumably through the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), investigate arms export violations it alleges are revealed in connection with an Azerbaijani…

Goof of the Day

This “Correction and Amplification” appearing in today’s Wall Street Journal and relating to this article is emblematic of the declining standards at the once venerable newspaper. A front-page article Tuesday on the issue of Iranian influence in Iraq incorrectly reported…

Well, That Didn’t Take Long, Did It?

Only a few nanoseconds after JPMorgan Chase Bank agreed to pay $88.3 million dollars to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to settle charges that the bank violated the agency’s sanctions on Cuba, Iran and other countries, the Louisiana…