State Department lifts ban on exports of night-vision goggles

WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | February 24, 2010 | Nicholas Kralev and Bill Gertz THE

[opentalk]

The State Department has lifted a ban on exports of night-vision equipment that was imposed in 2007 on a U.S. company caught selling sensitive defense articles to China and other countries without a license.

Meanwhile, two key U.S. senators on Tuesday wrote to Gen. James L. Jones, the White House national security adviser, warning that the Obama administration's plan to loosen controls on exports of sensitive goods and technology could undermine national security.

...Three years ago, the State Department said ITT had sold sensitive information to China, Singapore and Britain for night-vision systems without proper export licenses, violating the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations rules, with some of the violations dating back to 1990.

Regarding the bipartisan letter from Mr. Kyl and Mr. Feingold, who generally hold opposite political views on other issues, a Senate aide said the letter is a sign of congressional concerns over plans by the White House to loosen export controls.

President Obama, in his State of the Union speech Jan. 27, said he planned to reform export controls as part of efforts to produce jobs.

[Marty62]

Yeah..that’s the tickit...give the enemy aid and comfort.

[rjsimmon]

Is there no depth to great that the Amateur-In-Chief will not sink to in destroying our Nation?

[Mr. K]

ARE THEY F##ING CRAZY???????????????

[DarthVader]

Obozo is only giving the new Congress that is coming in the rope to hang him with.

[opentalk]

As another thread has emphasized. He is not one of us.

[Obadiah]

This is crazy! We currently own the night and now we are willingly handing this our enemies? Maybe not directly, but certainly it will come to pass, and US soldiers and innocent civilians will die as a result of this decision.

[null and void]

Is there no depth to great that the Amateur-In-Chief will not sink to in destroying our Nation?

no

[Obadiah]

When Rusty Feingold disagrees with you, you know for certain it's the wrong decision. Who is getting the technology and how much did they contribute to Obama’s campaign?

[b4its2late]

Meanwhile, two key U.S. senators on Tuesday wrote to Gen. James L. Jones, the White House national security adviser, warning that the Obama administration's plan to loosen controls on exports of sensitive goods and technology could undermine national security.

He's getting us from every angle.

[illiac]

I feel much safer now (sarc)

[Racer1]

Oh heck, lets just hand them out to the terrorists. You dumb but heads.

[bert]

Any body that wants them can find lots of vendors on line. Just as all forces hace cheap GPS devices, they can get night vision with no sweat

[Red Badger]

The Manchurian candidate strikes again............

[The Sons of Liberty]

State Department lifts ban on exports of night-vision goggles

Hildabeast must be rounding up campaign contributions, a la klinton/gore in '96. I'm sure our troops will want to properly thank her for this decision.

[himno hero]

He is not an American. He framed his reality when passing through puberty in Indonesia, recited the Koran and all.

Helps explain why he does the crappola he does! Only problem is we are stuck with him and look at the damage he is doing in every sphere.

I wonder if the public will wake up when our body counts soar?

[maine-iac7]

Yeah..that’s the tickit...give the enemy aid and comfort.

But the Taliban are not the enemy to our TraitorIC

He's already - and with acknowledgment aforethought - sacrificing our troops lives over the Taliban with his new ROE - More have been killed under his ROE than since the first year of the war. And we hear about this every night on the MSM. Oh, wait a minute...

And he's killing our Space Program - putting 7,000 at the Kennedy Space Center out of work and causing the loss of 14,000 public sector jobs and raising the unemployment rate to near 15 percent in Brevard.

and has DIRECTED - bypassing congress - NASA to send that money to predominantly Muslim countries in Asia, Africa and Indonesia - to train Muslim 'students'...

What's few night vision goggles to the Taliban for killing more of our troops?

Who's gonna stop him?

He is King. He issues edicts.

[DarthVader]

“He is King. He issues edicts.”

Not for much longer.

[CrazyIvan]

But one of our greatest problems is Mexican drug runners
buying weapons at U.S. gun shows?

[from occupied ga]

I wonder if the public will wake up when our body counts soar?

no