United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for violating the export-control laws by providing militarily useful technology to the People's Republic of China without the required license is affirmed where: 1) FISA does not contain an exclusionary rule for domestic use of evidence seized as part of an international investigation; 2) probable cause to believe that a foreign agent is communicating with his controllers outside our borders makes an interception reasonable; and 3) evidence of a domestic crime, acquired during an intercept that is reasonable, may be used in a domestic prosecution whether or not the agents expected to learn about the domestic offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2006
• Decided 12/14/2006
• Published 12/14/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Erica N. O'Neil, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, John Drennan (argued), Dept. of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James Geis (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.