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For Immediate Release |
| Mar 21, 2002 |
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FORMER DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ENGINEER “BLOWS THE WHISTLE” ON SATELLITE & MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
Engineer Asked To Sign-off On Improper Transfers Of High Technology While Working at Defense Threat Reduction Agency
United Arab Emirates, Russia, & Others Gained Satellite and Advanced Ballistic Missile Design Information
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it is representing Carlet Auguste, an aerospace engineer and former employee of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (“DTRA”), in his effort to seek redress for retaliatory actions taken against him when he engaged in whistle blowing activity over sensitive national security technology transfers.
Mr. Auguste, who has a BS degree from the School of Engineering of the Ohio State University and a MS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, began working for the DTRA in April 2000 as a GS-14. Mr. Auguste was tasked with conducting export control reviews of technical information for satellite projects. Mr. Auguste was alarmed by the quantity and array of testing data on mechanical, electrical and software technology that was being regularly approved for transfer to foreign governments. The data also included detailed drawings of rocket components. It was Mr. Auguste’s opinion that the information transferred could be invaluable to engineers trying to develop ballistic missiles.
Mr. Auguste was told by his superiors that although he was an engineer, he had to put aside his technical concerns, and take “political and economic” factors into consideration in his evaluations. He was told to consider the economic effects of decisions on the various companies DTRA monitored. When Mr. Auguste balked at approving export licenses for technology that he evaluated as classified – and the transfer of which would harm national security, he was fired in October 2000.
Judicial Watch represents Mr. Auguste in his “whistle blower” claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
“Carlet Auguste was fired by the Clinton-Gore Administration because he would not approve export licenses for the transfer of sensitive technology to foreign powers. Mr. Auguste should have been hailed as a guardian of our national security, but instead he was removed as an obstacle to the last administration’s subverting of our national defense for campaign contributions,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
UPDATE: On October 23, 2003, this matter was resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both parties.
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