Can the US Stop the Illegal Export of Its Technology? 351
coondoggie writes "Maybe people are more desperate or maybe there's just too much opportunity to make a quick buck but whatever the excuse, attempts to illegally export technology from the US has gone through the roof.
The Department of Justice this week said it has placed criminal charges or convictions against more than 255 defendants in the past two fiscal years — 145 in 2008 and 110 in 2007. That 255 number represents more than a six-fold increase from fiscal year 2005, when the DOJ said about 40 individuals or companies were convicted of over 100 criminal violations of export control laws."
We don't export the technology. (Score:5, Funny)
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255 defendants (Score:5, Funny)
The true number is actually much higher, but with all the technology going overseas, the feds have to do with 8bit registers.
Badabumm - disssssh. Thanks! I'll be here all week. Try the lamb.
Re:but... (Score:4, Funny)
0xFFFF (Score:5, Funny)
Good thing there wasn't another attempt, otherwise the counter would've overflowed.
WORD.
Re:Excuse? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Excuse? (Score:5, Funny)
...and yet, information hates to be anthromorphized. It's funny that way.
Fascist DOJ? They're freedom fighters for peace! (Score:1, Funny)
Evil has no border [kk.org] and they'll chase everyone down, because they don't need no stinkin' Constitution as long as a war is declared. War negates all social contracts and bonds to their oaths. War has nothing to do with duty, it is ordered dissociation from civil authority and seizure by minority. What may be known as justice in civil aspect could be looked upon as legalized barbary in military. This is typical in a change of regime for a country.
Go to Google and search for information on all the assassinations of civil-authorized Generals before and after September 11 2001. It is linked to the British Crown having groomed their New World representative Bush and company, to remove the former authorities to install theirs. All you can do is return to the Holy Bible and make pact to nearest kin for successors and accord to good neighbors for fellowship.
No You Are Wrong (Score:1, Funny)
If what you say is true, then these people wouldn't have stolen it from the US, and the receivers would just get it somewhere else. Why get caught if its so available elsewhere?
The fact is the US is the technological leader in the world, and we did invent or perfected most modern technologies today.
Checkmate. I win.
Moderators, please mod down parent, and mod this comment up.
Re:0xFFFF (Score:2, Funny)
Final Jeopardy answer:
WORD.
Final Jeopardy question: What do they need a longer one of?
Re:0xFFFF (Score:1, Funny)
still talking about words in 64-bit era?
Re:but... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Terminator technology IS a US tech (Score:3, Funny)
Ever see Lord of War? If a Terminator was ever set loose in Africa, as soon as someone found out he was made of scrappable metal he would have been stripped bare.
Re:Trade secrets != copyrights or patents (Score:3, Funny)
I agree completely, and I understand the difference. I probably fell for a troll and should never have posted either way, but every time I hear "information wants to be free" used to justify something like industrial espionage or theft of state secrets I tend to just black out. I wake up two minutes later, hopefully under the desk and not in front of a completed post.
Re:Excuse? (Score:3, Funny)
but giving other countries our technology is a stupid move,
Technology like the Playstation with a label underneath saying that it was illegal to export it from the US, which I bought in Hong Kong back in the 90's and brought to the terrorist nation Sweden?