Ahhhhh.....governmental beauracracy at its finest.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768244/posts
Iran, China Seek Military Equipment From Pentagon Surplus Auctions
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The same people are running airport security, checking your texes, etc.
No need for the enemy to try any James Bond stuff. When it's no good to us, we'll just put it on clearance.
Administations may change, but some things remain the same.
Why do we have surplus auctions, anyway? Surely we we don't need the money, and could sell directly to friendly governments if we want them to have parts for equipment that we sold them.
Nothing like shopping at your local surplus store.
Free trade BTTT.
One can only hope we are selling them defective parts. And what about these guys? Why aren't they being jailed for 25 years or so? A year in prison isn't enough for treason. Why did we let the Pakistani stay here and continue in business after he was convicted the first time?
"Arif Ali Durrani, a Pakistani, was convicted last year in California in the illegal export of weapons components to the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Belgium in 2004 and 2005 and sentenced to just over 12 years in prison. Customs investigators say the items included Chinook helicopter engine parts for Iran that he bought from a U.S. company that acquired them from a Pentagon surplus sale, and that those parts made it to Iran via Malaysia. Durrani is appealing his conviction.
An accomplice, former Naval intelligence officer George Budenz, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in July to a year in prison. Durrani's prison term is his second; he was convicted in 1987 of illegally exporting U.S. missile parts to Iran."
Only a year in jail, second offense, what a joke.
Asked why the Pentagon would sell any F-14 parts, given their value to Iran, Baillie said: "Our first priority truly is national security, and we take that very seriously.
Please tell me this guy's joking. I am sure the loved ones of dead soldiers will be comforted knowing that.
This is a treasonous offense and our enemies are laughing. How many civilians and soldiers will die just because this emboldens our enemies?
Nothing like willing sellers' and willing buyers.
A thing of beauty, eh?
State Metal Industries, a Camden, N.J., company convicted in June of violating export laws over a shipment of AIM-7 Sparrow missile guidance parts it bought from Pentagon surplus in 2003 and sold to an entity partly owned by the Chinese government. The company pleaded guilty to an export violation, was fined $250,000 and placed on probation for three years. Customs and Border Protection inspectors seized the parts -- nearly 200 pieces of the guidance system for the Sparrow missile system -- while inspecting cargo at a New Jersey port."Our mistake was selling it for export," said William Robertson, State Metal's attorney. He said the company knew the material was going to China but didn't know the Chinese government partially owned the buyer.
Rooooooigghhht.
OMG.