From the monthly archives: August 2009
A former leader of the terrorist group Tamil Tigers claims the group was making efforts to acquire nuclear weapons technology from the West.
On the heals of likely Congressional approval of a $7.5 billion foreign assistance package to Pakistan, Islamabad officials “categorically rejected” accusations by unnamed U.S. officials published in the [...]
The U.K. Committees on Arms Export Controls took a somewhat quixotic swipe at Israel “following confirmation by the UK Government that Israeli weapons systems, used in the Gaza conflict, almost certainly contained British-built components.” Israel is defending herself against terrorists and the Labor Party keeps using export control law to make value judgments about what [...]
Joseph Farah posted an item on his G2 Bulletin discussing the recent Obama Administration announcement of a review of U.S. export control regulations and the China factor. Farah states that “[w]hile China plays the economic card, the national security risk to certain technology exports is going virtually unmentioned.” While the discussion on reforming U.S. export [...]
The Pentagon will spearhead a review of export control laws and regulations, while the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman plans to introduce legislation on the same matter. The talisman will be waved again?
Clif Burns at the ExportLawBlog tells us how “Sparky Stays Home“.
Meanwhile across the pond, the [...]
The White House Press Secretary issued a statement last week that President Obama “has directed that the NEC/NSC launch a broad-based interagency process for reviewing the overall U.S. export control system, including both the dual-use and defense trade processes.”
Is it real this time? Sources on the Hill are split on this issue [...]
Do you sense something is missing from the healthcare debate in the United States? This is off-topic for the web site, I am no expert in this area. Yet, both Democrats and Republicans seem to be going back and forth, arguing the merits of a system that they seem to know little about. Where is [...]
This is a little off topic for the site, but reports that the Congress is considering wasting more taxpayer monies on this program warrants an aside … plus, if you like cars you hate to see them go to waste.
The Car Allowance Rebate System or Cash for Clunkers program is out of control statism. [...]
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