After several years of observing Western Hemisphere security issues, an interest tit for tat has finally seems to have developed in the think tank community.
There is a great deal of disagreement throughout the government, and the think tank world, on the question of whether radical Islamist terrorism poses a regional threat in the Americas. [...]
ITAR-free satellites? The Washington Post recently penned an item on export control reform efforts underway. There were no U.S. government officials quoted on or off the record for that piece, however, there is a related article quoting an unnamed NSC official that the ” ‘effort is focused on controlling fewer parts [...]
One fugitive remains at large, but it looks as if one chapter of the Great Sony Playstation Caper has come to a close. Sentenced to one-year probation and six months home confinement, Miami-Dade businessman Khaled T. Safadi told the judge that he was “not a terrorist”.
According to the Miami Herald, “Safadi’s Doral company, [...]
Syria — under U.S. law designated a state sponsor of terrorism – is lamenting that it will not be able to upgrade its state-owned and operated airlines fleet with European-made Airbuses. Abdallah Dardari, Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, told the media this week that he was shopping for “planes with less than [...]
As a former Miamian, the following article would be funny, fodder even for a Dave Barry parody, if it were not so serious. For my relatives and friends in Miami who sent me the story, you’ll appreciate this post a little more than most. My friends in the DC area, you’ll just have to use [...]
Last week, a virtual Obama issued a statement on export controls reform during an annual export controls federal government confab hosted by the Department of Commerce. The praise flowed: “a strong first step” said the Business Roundtable, “undoubtedly welcome” penned Ars Technica, and the National Foreign Trade Council said [...]
Based only on publicly available information, the answer to the headline question should be, very likely. To that end, Representative Sue Myrick (R-North Carolina) yesterday released a video regarding new information about Hezbollah operating in Mexico and along the Southern US border.
Earlier this summer Myrick also released a video about the letter she sent [...]
The 11th Circuit reinstated a Florida state ban on travel by university students to countries listed by the Department of State as state sponsors of terrorism. The Travel Act was signed in to law in 2006 and was soon challenged by several Florida universities and the ACLU. It’s a good win. Maybe the [...]
Latin America is not a readily associated region for radical Islamic terrorism, but for decades individuals and groups linked to radical Islam have operated throughout the Americas. The tri-border area in South America is one many pockets down of concern. It is relatively easy to blend in and it is a money laundering and counterfeiting [...]
The Syrian Envoy to the United States, Imad Moustapha, wasted no time announcing the proposed easing of U.S. sanctions on state sponsor of terrorism, the Syrian Arab Republic. What did the U.S. get in exchange? Likely not enough to warrant the easing of trade restrictions and other cooperation. Details are [...]
For some time now the anti-Israel lobby in Washington, DC has been trying to use provisions from the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), and other national security and foreign affairs laws as bludgeons to force reductions in U.S. foreign and military assistance to Israel. They allege that Israel has violated [...]
The special unit in Argentina’s Ministry of Justice charged with tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators of the 1992 and 1994 terrorist attacks in Argentina announced a property seizure yesterday. This is the second time since October 2008 that property belonging to Iranian nationals have been seized and that will likely be used [...]
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