[sandworm101]

But enforcement actions at this level always have a political twist to them. You can get permission one year, then a new person is appointed to head the agency or the sanctioned country does something. Now the permission you got last year isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

[nradov]

That's just not how it works. I defy you to show us a single case where a company was punished for a sanctions violation based on an action for which they previously received written approval. Federal judges don't tolerate that nonsense.