"Peter D. Junger" writes:
: Where the hell did you get that idea? [that the ITAR applies to : foreigners abroad].
From Section 120.17 of the ITAR which provides:
_Export_ means:
. . . .
(4) Disclosing (including oral or visual disclosure) or transfering technical data to a foreign person, whether in the United States or abroad . . . .
That can't possibly be considered under U.S. law to apply to foreigners talking to foreigners abroad, and if you are really a lawyer you should know that the mere fact that the law doesn't mention its jurisdiction doesn't make it unlimited. The statutes of New York State say that I can be prosecuted for running a red light. No where at all do they say that the red light must be in New York State, but I suspect that it would be completely impossible for the NY State attorney general to get any court, in New York State or elsewhere, to hear a case that I violated New York law by running a light in Turkmenistan.
Go read the section that I quoted again. Where is there an exception for foreign persons who happen to be abroad?
Do you actually call yourself a lawyer? You appear to be ignorant of the most basic facts of our legal system -- knowledge that I, as a complete layman, am completely comfortable with. I wouldn't pretend to be able to practice law, but even I can smell utterly insane readings of the regulations. Perry