The March 1999 decision to transfer control of commercial satellite exports from the Commerce Department to the State Department was a mistake and has damaged U.S. national security in the process, a senior government official told lawmakers yesterday. "We find ourselves in the ironic situation where denial or delay of exports under the rubric of national security has done more harm than good to our nation's military and economic strength," William Reinsch, the Commerce Department's under secretary for export administration,...
