SEC To TSRA: Drop Dead!
You may never have heard of the SEC’s Office of Global Security Risk and probably have no idea what they do. Well, although I know what they are supposed to do, I have always wondered what the people at that…
Belgian Man Arrested for Exports to Iran
A superseding indictment was released last week that charged a Belgian citizen and resident with violating U.S. export laws by transshipping items from the United States to Iran through Belgium. This indictment is, in many respects, typical of the increasing…
Los Angeles Next Week
Several readers have asked that I alert them about speaking engagements. I will be in LA next week on Tuesday and Wednesday for breakfast briefings sponsored by Bryan Cave (naturally) and the U.S. Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce.…
We Have A Winner Here. Ding. Ding. Ding.
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…
UAE Finds Prince Of Its Dreams
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…