Did Carly Fiorina Sell Nukes to Iran?

Since Carly is grabbing some major news over the holiday break, one story that seems to be ignored is HP's selling of nukes-tech to Iran...and DeVore's charges.

Assemblyman Churck DeVore sure isn’t afraid to make the charge that his opponent is unfit for office, and possibly her American citizenship.

The ever-conservative Chuck DeVore joined me for a very brief conversation on Wednesday’s “Capitol Hour”; his short stint consequentially provided me with some long hours of news coverage.

While we were discussing Carly Fiorina’s voting record to start our dialogue - the same type of conversation that Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman was forced to address this past week – I asked Assemblyman DeVore his thoughts about the reported selling of HP printers to Iran while Carly Fiorina was the CEO. Something that has been previously reported and discussed...

Carly was ousted in 2005.........

Redington Gulf

IT distributor Redington Gulf has moved to clarify its position following recent reports that HP could have violated US trade sanctions by using it as a vehicle to sell printing products in Iran.

An article published by The Boston Globe last month identified Redington as a sales channel for HP printers in Iran and quoted a US Treasury Department official as saying US companies are prohibited from selling goods to a distributor if they know the products are intended for Iran.

But Redington Gulf has angrily hit back at suggestions it has been serving as an illicit conduit for HP in Iran, insisting the company has an authorised contract with HP that permits the sale of certain printer lines and supplies to approved Iranian customers.

Raj Shankar, CEO at Redington Gulf, explained: “We have a separate contract for Iran and we are allowed to sell a certain type of products, which they classify as EAR99. But irrespective of that, the fact is there is a certain class of products in what HP would call IPG hardware — that is printers — which you are allowed to sell. And you are allowed to sell supplies, this is how it is.”

Under the terms of the contract that Redington has with HP, Shankar says the distributor is authorised to fulfil and execute sales of specific printer lines to approved Iranian customers in Jebel Ali or the UAE.

Eric- A couple of points:

1) You appear to be new here, and from a cursory look at your posting history, you 99% just come to pimp your blog and then don't go to any others threads to actually discuss things. I recommend you check out the Admin Moderator's recent "Welcome Wagon" thread.

We like new FReepers, but we like them to not just "use" FR for their own promotional purposes. That's called "blogpimping", and is not in good form. (Pimp pictures will start showing up soon on such....)

2) If you make a wild accusation in the thread title, and then you excerpt your own article to drive people to your web site, then you really should describe some details, and the overall thrust of the story in your excerpt. If it appears reasonable, people will go over to your site for the full story.

When you make an accusation, and then not even describe it in the thread body, well, most of us won't make the effort of reading your blog.

The worst I’d heard about Fiorina in that regard is that she ignored the fact that HP printers supposedly intended for other countries were being shipped in large quantities, by HP authorized vendors, to Iran. I’ve never heard of a bomb that printed anything, though a bomb that leaflets the area and then hovers there a while before exploding might be a novel concept. She shouldn’t have ignored such evidence if it came across her desk. But this is not on the same level as selling nuclear secrets or even supercomputers.

I post so you have the information; I am simply passing along vital opinion, news and insight from Sacramento as a Conservative Talk Show Host. I don’t need to pimp my “website” (it’s not a blog)...I am providing information, audio and exclusive interviews from my growing website. If that is pimping, then I am sorry, and guilty. I’ll try to post with more details in the future.

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