During an investigation of Col. William Steele for alleged improprieties in his oversight of the prison in Baghdad where high value detainees are kept, an interesting tidbit was revealed. Witnesses testified that Col. Steele provided Saddam Hussein with Cuban cigars.…
Jeffrey Lewis, who works at a DC think tank and who blogs at Arms Control Wonk, took issue with our post on the Sudarshan indictment. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that either he or Scott Gearity, whom he quotes, bothered to…
A short round-up of current export items that don’t merit their own posts: The Bush administration has lifted the informal arms embargo against Israel and approved the export of 3,500 Mk-84 air bombs to Israel. The last announced sale had…
LogicaCMG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based LogicaCMG plc, pleaded guilty last Wednesday to violating the U.S. embargo on Cuba. According to a Department of Justice press release, the violation occurred in 2001 when New Hampshire based CMG, which was…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently released a settlement agreement in which Robert Abreu, the Senior Director of Strategic Sales for Supermicro Computers, agreed to pay $60,000 to settle charges arising from illegal exports of computer motherboards to…