quote: state department spokesman turner denied any scopes were sold to pakistan. i am aware that in august we have approved or did approve a marketing license that allowed bae to temporarily export up to 20 thermal imaging rifle scopes to pakistan but that was for sales demonstration. and none of those scopes were sold. it s interesting to note that exactly a year ago bae systems agreed to pay $400 million in fines to the department of justice as part of a criminal suit because they had broken export control laws and the foreign corrupt practices act, shep? shepard: jen, thank you. we have new details on the botched gun tracking program called fast and furious.
supposedly did not recommend him when he tried to get another job with a california contractor. jon: what is bae saying about all this? reporter: well they of course realize this is a big problem for the company in terms of, you know, a public relations disaster. they are, they are calling dakota meyer a hero. they re wishing him well but this is what the spokesman said in response to the allegations of selling weapons to pakistan. quote, the u.s. department of state, not a bae systems makes the decision what defense-related products can be exported. the state department spokesman mark toner was asked about whether these thermal optic sites had been, sights had been sold to pakistan. here is what he said yesterday. i m aware in august we approved or did approve a marketing license that allowed bae to temporarily export up to 20 thermal imaging rifle scopes to pakistan but that was for sales demonstration and none