Loosening export controls (Obama moves oversight of selling missile technology to Commerce Dept.)

Washington Times ^ | 10/15/09 | Bill Gertz

[austinaero]

President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department -- a move critics say will loosen export controls and potentially benefit Chinese missile development.

The president issued a little-noticed "presidential determination" Sept. 29 that delegated authority for determining whether missile and space exports should be approved for China to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.

[austinaero]

Open season on selling of missile technology, courtesy of President Obama. Don't fear, we are all safer now.

[austinaero]

I need to research exactly what a “presidential determination” is. Anyone ever heard of that little gem?

[GWMcClintock]

What am unbelievably STUPID move!

“Here, you want to break in my house? Let me sell you a gun and ammo!”

[Williams]

In this case, the president is “determined” to get us all killed, one way or another.

[MrB]

Clinton did this EXACT SAME THING

with Loral Space.

He allowed them to sell multistage orbital technology to China, which essentially gave them the ability to drop a nuke ANYWHERE ON EARTH.

They couldn’t get an object into orbit prior to this sale of technology, that was blocked by the defense dept.

[snowrip]

Positively Clintonian... only worse.

[Brett66]

Awesome! But why don’t they open up missile sales to Iran? You know, open hand instead of closed fist and all- or is that fist closed full of missiles?

[GeronL]

Here we go again. Selling military tech to our enemies.

[pissant]

Gary Locke is a communist sympathizing traitor.

[Williams]

I love the debates on some conservative shows trying to decide if Obama intends to destroy America or just “remake” it into something screwed up.

Toss a coin.

[La Lydia]

I remember, I remember. This is the kind of information that FORCES otherwise prudent people to start beginning in conspiracy theories.

[woollyone]

Word association immediately made the name Ron Brown pop into my head (pardon the pun)

[greyfoxx39]

I know Obama is the “messiah”, but is he going to raise Ron Brown from the dead?

[Texas resident]

Thanks for bringing up that klintoon memory. Now the norks are lobbing missles in the direction of Japan and Alaska. And now they are more accurate.

[JimSEA]

The best we can hope for with this Administration is that they get top dollar for it but, even that, seems a stretch.

[MizSterious]

It’s only “stupid” if Obama thinks he is helping the country by doing this. In my estimation, he is doing this deliberately. He is deliberately and systematically dismantling all of our defenses, and destroying our rich resources in an effort to DESTROY our nation. Meanwhile, most of America dozes on...

[knarf]

Ism't the Constitutional "commerce clause" the one that is used to allow anything from abortions to green paint?

(Just a slight usage of < s > .. )

[RC2]

And Congress says?????????????????????

[Oldpuppymax]

When slick Willie sold our missile technology to the Red Chinese, he got campaign contributions. I wonder what Hussein will wind up with.

[Diogenesis]

The Dept of Commerce successfully runs the DNC-controlled
Secrets-for-Donations Unit giving access to US high tech,
nuclear tech, and even patent applications.