U.S. and Taiwan (2006)

United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary

Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee

December 6, 2006

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Counterintelligence Division

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On March 23, 2006, Howard Hsy, of Bellevue, Washington, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court Judge to two years of probation and a $15,000 fine for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act. Hsy conspired with others to export night vision goggles and camera lenses to a contact in Taiwan. Exporting those items required a license and written approval from the State Department, which Hsy did not have. The military equipment is later shipped to the People's Republic of China. Hsy conspired with others in the Seattle area and Taiwan to purchase the military gear for export. The military equipment was primarily used by military pilots to fly and navigate at night. In October 2005, a Seattle-area co-conspirator, Donald Shull, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Administration Act and was sentenced in February 2006 to two years of probation and a $10,000 fine.

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Office of International Operations

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Since September 11th, we have opened Legat Offices in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Baghdad, Iraq; Beijing, China; Doha, Qatar; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Jakarta, Indonesia; Kabul, Afghanistan; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Rabat, Morocco; Sana'a, Yemen; Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina; Sofia, Bulgaria; and, T'bilisi, Georgia.

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