EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001301 STATE FOR PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/D. FARROW DHS FOR ICE/STRATEGIC SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC AE SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REF: USDOC 06832 ¶1. Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at the Emirates Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), Dubai, UAE for export license application D406987: Juniper encryption hardware, software and related products worth nearly 44 million USD. These items are controlled under ECCN: 5A002, 5D002 for National Security and Anti-terrorism reasons. The license applicant is Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA. ¶2. On 12 Nov 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Ms. Huda Mohammad Soltan Al Awais, IT Support Engineer, and the EIAST point of contact listed in reftel. Al Awais explained that EIAST (www.eiast.ae) was formed in 2006 by the Government of Dubai to serve as a think tank to carry out scientific research in variety of fields. She is responsible for providing all IT support for this relatively small institute. Al Awais stated that EIAST only has one Juniper firewall product for the facility's internal network which it has had installed and operational for some time. She is in the process of obtaining a firewall renewal subscription through Juniper. She explained that this firewall subscription may require an export license. ¶3. Regarding the transaction in question, Al Awais advised that EIAST has never placed an order of this magnitude nor do they have any such requirements as a small institute. She had no knowledge of any of the intermediate consignees listed in reftel. She suggested that ECO contact one of her EIAST colleagues in the engineering section although it was unlikely that he knew anything. ECO contacted Mr. Adnan Al Rais, EIAST engineering who also advised he had not place any such order. OLSON