Article: Retired University of Tennessee Professor Convicted of Arms Export Violations

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, September 3, 2008, a federal jury convicted retired University of Tennessee professor Dr. J. Reece Roth, after a seven day trial, of illegally exporting military technical information relating to plasma technology designed to be deployed on the wings of drones operating as a weapons or surveillance systems.

The Arms Export Control Act prohibits the export of defense- related materials, including the technical data, to a foreign national or a foreign nation, without the required U.S. government license. The illegal arms exports by Dr. ...

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