What’s New in Export Control Regulations and Resources

CBP to continue searches of travelers' laptops

The Homeland Security Department announced on Thursday that it will continue to allow Customs and Border Protection officials to search travelers' laptop computers and other electronic devices without suspicion of wrongdoing.

To read the entire article, visit http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/082809n1.htm

Retired University Professor Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Arms Export Violations Involving Citizen of China

John Reece Roth, 72, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced to 48 months in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act by conspiring to illegally export, and actually exporting, technical information relating to a U.S. Air Force ( USAF ) research and development contract.

To read the entire article, visit http://media-newswire.com/release_1094393.html

Universities Look for Lessons as Professor Awaits Sentencing Over Export-Law Violations

On May 13, John Reece Roth, a retired University of Tennessee professor, is expected to walk into a Knoxville courthouse and be sentenced to at least five years in prison for allowing unauthorized foreign citizens access to classified technology.

To read the entire article, visit the Chronicle of Higher Education

Retired University of Tennessee Professor Convicted of Arms Export Violations

KNOXVILLE - 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.

To view the Department of Justice press release visit http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-nsd-774.html