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AP World Politics
Head of counterterrorism firm charged with having unregistered small warheads
Sun Aug 18, 5:06 PM ET
ROSWELL, New Mexico - Charges against the president of a counterterrorism consulting company that stockpiled 2,352 small infantry-fired missile warheads involve only possible licensing and registration violations, a federal official said Sunday.
"This is not a terrorism issue," Assistant U.S. Attorney Norm Cairns said.
David Hudak, president of High Energy Access Tools, was arrested Thursday and charged with possessing missiles not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to a federal complaint filed Friday.
Cairns said he did not know if Hudak was still in custody Sunday or when a hearing would be held. The charges carry a maximum sentence 10 years in prison or a dlrs 10,000 fine, officials said.
Hudak, a Canadian national, also was in this country illegally, the complaint said.
Investigators also found 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of explosives at HEAT, an anti-terrorism and police training company that was conducting classes for students from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, said Tom Mangan, a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent.
Cairns said the students are not suspected of any wrongdoing.
The small missile warheads, known as the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition, are designed to defeat light armored vehicles or bunkers and are fired from shoulder-mounted infantry weapons, a federal complaint said.
There was no immediate explanation why the company had the small warheads. Company officials did not answer phone calls Sunday.
The explosive charges were made by Tally Defense of Mesa, Ariz., but apparently were shipped to HEAT by its parent company, owned by Hudak, International Hydro Cut Technologies of North Vancouver, British Columbia, the complaint said.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police records show that Hudak and the North Vancouver company "were involved in specialized explosive technology used by Canadian and provincial government agencies involved in anti-terrorism activities," the complaint said.
Frank Fish, director of security for HEAT, said the company had believed it was licensed to have appropriate equipment to train U.S. allies and export them to allied nations, but later found out the permit was not filed. He did not specifically mention the warheads.
Fish also said the company had invited federal agencies to inspect its facilities.
In 1997, Hudak was charged in Canada with unsafe storage of explosives and possession of restricted weapons, including handguns and shotguns, the complaint said. He pleaded guilty to possession of prohibited weapons and careless handling and storage of a firearm and was placed on probation, it said
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