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| Counterterrorism company chief charged with owning missiles |
| 2002-08-18 |
| The president of a counterterrorism consulting firm has been charged with possessing 2,352 unregistered small military missiles worth $54 million, according to court documents. David Hudak, a Canadian national and president of High Energy Access Tools, an anti-terrorism and police training services company, was arrested Thursday, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Friday. Frank Fish, director of security for HEAT, said after the arrest that the company had believed it was licensed to have appropriate equipment to train U.S. allies and export them to allied nations, but later found out the permit was not filed. He did not specifically mention the missiles. Fish also said the company invited agencies to inspect the Roswell and Tinnie sites because HEAT wanted to be sure it was compliant. "We've been open to every federal agency that could have anything to do with anything about what we do for a living, from the FBI, ATF, Department of State, everybody," Fish told the Roswell Daily Record. "We contacted everybody, saying please come on down." So they thought they were licensed, forgot to file an appropriate form, and the Feds jumped on them. It sounds like a non-story... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |