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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:48:37 -0500
From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
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The unfortunate thing is that because this equipment is considered to be
military arms (by federal statute and international treaty) and the U.S.
has been lax in enforcing the export of the goods, data, training, etc,
then the U.S. Government has violated a major arm smuggling treaty.
This ends up being way larger then a U.S. Agency merely looking the
other way, this is actually a major international law matter now.
In foreign countries people who actually have the equipment, that was
not properly exported form the United States could likely forfeit the
equipment to their government as smuggled arms, or else those foreign
countries will also be in violation of the international treaty.
This is far more serious then most people realize, and it is not merely
an issue of a few tens of million of dollars of illegal arms exports,
but rather a bigger issue of the U.S. agencies responsible for the
actual licensing, not properly supervising the manufacturing and
exportation of a controlled military arm (TSCM gear), which brings in
the question what other illegal arms has the U.S. government been
ignoring, perhaps far deadlier arms.
Under the law, TSCM gear is just as restricted as machine guns, and tanks.
To make matters even worse, is when belt way public servants are
getting paid off to look the other way, and let it happen.
-jma
John Young wrote:
> Jim, I appreciate your strict, correct reading of the export laws.
> Your advice should be heeded.
>
> However, export laws can be, and are, by-passed by governments
> and with government approval, so can commercial transactions.
> This is customarily done in secret, and participants are expected
> to deny it is going on although the evidence is obvious as with
> REI and a slew of others, perhaps all those who jump at the
> chance to operate with government blessing. Consider the
> lesson the devil taught Dr. Faust.
>
> This can put a participant in jeorpardy when government(s) decide
> to punish for alleged infractions. Even when a government blesses
> a secret deal it can extort additional services, often criminal, from
> a participant, and if the participant balks then down comes the
> axe, and it can be a big one, verily a guillotine. Hello, Marty,
> hello others here who have had their heads handed to them.
>
> There are instances where one of those punished can only
> be redeemed by serving as a deeper covert agent of the
> government, sell compromised equipment and services
> as exemplified in the notorious Crypto AG affair. As well
> as become an informant on former associattes who may
> not know they are always double-checked and double-crossed
> by those who appear to be their benefactors. No honor among
> malefactors.
>
> This is standard behavior of governments operating in secrecy.
> Go into the world of government contracting under terms of
> secrecy at your peril. It is almost impossible to escape --
> for a lifetime.
>
> Still, there are millions in that trap and they are not likely to
> want out when read the exit consequences. And as budgets
> decrease they will turn on each other, the most vicious the
> survivors. We see a big increase in militarization of law
> enforcement and many other civil agencies.
>
> If you subscribe to the DoJ press releases you will know that
> it is slowly rolling up those who thought they understood the
> system of secret government largesse.
>
> Export is a slice of a big pie called National Security, it is
> worldwide, and it is has a lot of chickens coming home to
> roost. Well, if chickens are ever expanding definition of
> terrorists.
>
> Preaching to the choir, here, no question. But the charade of
> pretending laws are not regularly broken in the name of
> national security is ancient, ineradicable, and needs victims
> to terrify the inmates and pleasure taxpayers.
>
> Natsec religion is infested with rats, stings, ploys,
> treachery, deception, spies, betrayers, preachers, lawyers, aw
> hell, every varmint you can think of, biblical by cracky.
>
> The believers will swear they do what they do because others
> like them are terrible. And then call themselves heroes to boot.
>
>
>
--
James M. Atkinson
President and Sr. Engineer
"Leonardo da Vinci of Bug Sweeps and Spy Hunting"
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=15178662
Granite Island Group
jm..._at_tscm.com
http://www.tscm.com/
(978) 546-3803
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