Cultural property lawyer Peter K. Tompa makes a really good point about archeologists working in foreign countries on permits issued by dictators and states supporting terrorism:
According to the archaeological blogosphere there are links between terrorists and collectors that must be investigated. If so, CPO hopes any such investigation also explores the established but opaque links between the archaeological lobby and Middle Eastern military dictatorships like Egypt and even terror states like Saddam's Iraq, the Assad's Syria and the Mullah's Iran. Any such links are potentially far more dangerous to our own national security than a few cylinder seals in the hands of terrorists. And this is no job for Homeland Security or even the FBI. No, this is one for the CIA or perhaps even the NSA. They'll get to the bottom of all this.
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