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#NSM-20

National Security Memorandum 20, which required the State Department to assess whether recipients of U.S. arms were complying with international humanitarian law. Its rescission removed a key accountability mechanism for arms transfers.

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Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

Emergency Arms Sales to Gulf States: $16.5–23 Billion (Reported Totals Differ) Bypassing Congressional Review

Using emergency waivers under the Arms Export Control Act, the administration has bypassed Congress to approve massive arms sales to Gulf states, including to the UAE despite documented evidence of UAE weapons flowing to the RSF in Sudan. The earlier rescission of NSM-20 removed an executive assurance policy; statutory conditions such as the Leahy laws remain.