resend due to origin address snafu On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Samudra Haque <[email protected]>wrote:
> Actually, in the eyes of ITAR administrators, I am sure the act of a > "foreign national" asking publicly for ""sensitive"" technology matters such > as the details of construction for satellites could raise more than a few > eyebrows. > > If an individual wishes to come to the US and obtain publicly available > journals/research papers that is sold by an institution such as AIAA, IEEE > which contains basic discoveries and CANNOT results that can be utilized > directly in building satellites, ITAR actually allows that. For information, > read the ITAR links I have posted earlier. However, for questions that > specifically target "How do you"... the individual may want to be careful as > not to get to become an interesting target of inquiry by a variety of > agencies looking for moles. > > An example from another industry: If you go to visit UK as a US national, > all is fine, no visa required. However if you are a foreign national living > in the US, you have to go through a biometric investigation and a complete > biography review (dad/mom/children/job) before a visa is issued and the data > is kept for *10 years* and shared with other governments, regardless of the > type of visit or duration (1 day to many days). I shudder to think if an > international person were to be identified in a public way of being > inquisitive and interested to obtain ITAR classified documents, and boasting > about it publicly on an open website - what would happen if they were the > target of U.S. Gov't action ? > > > http://mae.pennnet.com/display_article/366108/32/ARTCL/none/EXCON/1/ITAR-compliance:-ignorance-of-defense-export-regulations-is-no-excuse/ > > Luc, specifically, your questions may be answered by Page 17 onwards of the > following presentation: > > http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=8&ved=0CCAQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rensselaer.org%2Fdept%2Ffinance%2Fdocs%2Fresearch%2FExportControls.ppt&ei=As7-Sru0M4nVlQe7leXeDA&usg=AFQjCNFBnvL3w7kFLP9yEdVeYU72Qxh7Vg&sig2=xd-u2jP9cmuJy_1a4j-8WQ > > However, if you insist that you want to know something now that is still in > the laboratory R&D process and not yet published that is not going to help > in the setup of an ITAR compliance system at AMSAT and I would like to ask > you not to pursue that track. You can always subscribe to academic journals > (AIAA, IEEE) to obtain the results of published, and ITAR cleared, > research). AMSAT journals are only collated, and are not referred rigorously > ! Hopefully they will change to a more peer reviewed model in the future. > > > Samudra N3RDX > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:04 PM, John B. Stephensen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Since you are in Canada you don't have to worry about U.S. laws. >> >> 73, >> >> John >> KD6OZH >> over >> > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
