A Federal Register notice issued today implemented expected reforms which loosen certain controls on U.S. exports to India. The notice removed some, but not all, Indian companies and organizations on the Entity List, a list maintained by the Bureau of…
A Tennessee man, Jerome Pendzich, offered body armor for sale on eBay and said in his listings that he shipped “worldwide.” Thereafter some intrepid ICE agents working the eBay beat convinced Pendzich to ship some NIJ Type IV small arms…
ABOVE: Qari Hussain Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) added Qari Hussain (a.k.a. Qari Hussain Mehsud) to its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. U.S. individuals and companies are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with…
Iran sanctions seem to be all in the news this week, particularly with respect to who is and who isn’t selling stuff to Iran. The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece that suggested that although Germany talks a good…
In a previous post on the prosecution of Mark Knapp for his efforts to export a military surplus F-5 fighter jet to Iran, I criticized the apparent defense offered by Knapp’s attorney — that the F-5 could be shot down…