United States v. George MacArthur Posey, III

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant George Arthur Posey appeals his convictions for violating and conspiring to violate the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act and the Arms Export Control Act. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Appellant is in the business of selling technical data relating to military and commercial aircraft to contractors located both in the United States and abroad. The information he sells is unclassified, and he generally obtains it from the government through requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

In 1985, the FBI became aware that appellant was arranging sales of…