Chief of counter-terrorism firm on missile charge

THE president of a counter-terrorism consulting firm has been charged with possessing 2,352 unregistered small military missiles.

Investigators also found 4,000 pounds of explosives at High Energy Access Tools, an anti-terrorism and police training company that was conducting classes for students from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, said Tom Mangan, a US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent. David Hudak, a Canadian national and president of HEAT, was arrested on Thursday and charged with possessing missiles not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to a federal complaint filed late on Friday.

“Under the plain language of the criminal complaint ... at this time, this is a licensing and regulation issue, not a terrorism issue,” Assistant US Attorney Norm Cairns said. Cairns said the students are not suspected of any wrongdoing.