In late December 1988, in a hasty and ill-considered action, the Reagan Administration approved two separate requests by the Honeywell Corporation and by Baileys Controls to export high technology to the Soviet Ministry of Mineral Fertilizers (MMF).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Joint Ventures: The Camel's Nose Under The Tent

These particular snakes are believed to have gotten their start in the Everglades through the well-intentioned, but ill-considered, action of a few Americans who thought they were doing the humane thing by turning their pet pythons loose in the swampy wilderness.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Snakes in the grass