Congressman: Don't give away our technology.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse

The U.S. government still does not have adequate technology transfer policies, said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.

"On the one hand, we are asking countries to commit to taking on Saddam Hussein. On the other hand we're transferring deadly technologies to the same guys, through the same channels that have been used in the past," he said during a recent breakfast with defense executives. "We ought to have sanctions in place for countries who sell technology to our adversaries."

Hunter, who is in line to be the next chairman of the Armed Services Committee, illustrated the problem by discussing the proliferation of nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan. "The fact that they exploded nuclear devices shocked...