FORMER DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ENGINEER “BLOWS THE
WHISTLE” ON SATELLITE & MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
Engineer Asked To Sign-off On Improper Transfers Of High Technology While Working at
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
United Arab Emirates, Russia, & Others Gained Satellite and Advanced Ballistic Missile
Design Information
Judicial Watch announced that it is representing Carlet Auguste, an aerospace engineer and
former employee of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (“DTRA”), in his effort
to seek redress for retaliatory actions taken against him when he engaged in whistle
blowing activity over sensitive national security technology transfers.
Mr. Auguste, who has a BS degree from the School of Engineering of the Ohio State
University and a MS degree in Aerospace Engineering from the George Washington
University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, began working for the DTRA in
April 2000 as a GS-14. Mr. Auguste was tasked with conducting export control reviews of
technical information for satellite projects. Mr. Auguste was alarmed by the quantity and
array of testing data on mechanical, electrical and software technology that was being
regularly approved for transfer to foreign governments. The data also included detailed
drawings of rocket components. It was Mr. Auguste’s opinion that the information
transferred could be invaluable to engineers trying to develop ballistic missiles.
Mr. Auguste was told by his superiors that although he was an engineer, he had to put
aside his technical concerns, and take “political and economic” factors into
consideration in his evaluations. He was told to consider the economic effects of
decisions on the various companies DTRA monitored. When Mr. Auguste balked at approving
export licenses for technology that he evaluated as classified – and the transfer of
which would harm national security, he was fired in October 2000.
Judicial Watch represents Mr. Auguste in his “whistle blower” claims before the
Merit Systems Protection Board.
“Carlet Auguste was fired by the Clinton-Gore Administration because he would not
approve export licenses for the transfer of sensitive technology to foreign powers. Mr.
Auguste should have been hailed as a guardian of our national security, but instead he was
removed as an obstacle to the last administration’s subverting of our national
defense for campaign contributions,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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