united-states international itar
Can non-US citizens outside the US commit information sharing crimes under ITAR?
<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> states of <a href="https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&amp;sys_id=%2024d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ITAR</a> (International Traffic in Arms Regulations):</p>
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<p>US persons (including organizations; see legal personality) can face heavy fines if they have, without authorization or the use of exemption, provided foreign persons with access to ITAR-protected defense articles, services or technical data.</p>
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<p>Can someone who does not have citizenship or permanent resident status in the US, nor live there, commit a crime in the eyes of the US government by requesting ITAR-restricted data from a company and (due to failures of their data restriction processes) being given it in contravention of ITAR laws?</p>

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<p>Can non-US citizens outside the US commit information sharing crimes under ITAR?</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
<p>For example, one of the crimes is to “conspire” to commit one of the other crimes. Anyone, anywhere can do that.</p>
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<p>Can someone who does not have citizenship or permanent resident status in the US, nor live there, commit a crime in the eyes of the US government by requesting ITAR-restricted data from a company and (due to failures of their data restriction processes) being given it in contravention of ITAR laws?</p>
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<p>No.</p>
<p>Asking for information that the other person is not permitted to give you is not a crime. At least, not under US law.</p>
<p>Similarly, receiving information is not a crime if you didn’t solicit it. Merely asking is not solicitation.</p>
