UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Thomas D. McAUSLAND, Defendant-Appellant,
The Washington Post; American Society of Newspaper Editors; The Newsletter Publishers Association, Incorporated; The Radio-Television News Directors Association; The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; American Civil Liberties Union; The Newspaper Guild; The Electronic Industries Association; Washington Legal Foundation, Amici Curiae.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Christopher M. PAFORT, Defendant-Appellant,
The Washington Post; American Society of Newspaper Editors; The Newsletter Publishers Association, Incorporated; The Radio-Television News Directors Association; The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; American Civil Liberties Union; The Newspaper Guild; The Electronic Industries Association; Washington Legal Foundation, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 5, 1992.
Decided August 14, 1992.
Amended by Order October 27, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Andrew Lewis Frey, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., argued (Dan M. Kahan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Joseph P. Covington, Daniel Marino, Mary Beth Sullivan, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Mark H. Touhey, III, Arthur G. Wyatt, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, on brief), for defendant-appellant.
Jack I. Hanly, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., argued (Richard Cullen, U.S. Atty., Joseph J. Aronica, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.
Kevin T. Baine, Victoria L. Radd, Ari S. Zymelman, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae, The Washington Post, American Soc. of Newspaper Editors, Newsletter Publishers Ass'n, Radio-Television News Directors Ass'n, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Mark H. Lynch, David H. Remes, Stanlake J.T.M. Samkange, Covington & Burling, Kate Martin, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae, American Civ. Liberties Union and Newspaper Guild.
John J. Kelley, Electronic Industries Ass'n, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, Electronic Industries Ass'n.
Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, Washington Legal Foundation.
Before HALL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge:
Thomas D. McAusland ("McAusland") and Christopher M. Pafort ("Pafort") appeal their convictions of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit substantive offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 371, one count of conversion or unauthorized conveyance of government property under 18 U.S.C. § 641, and four counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. We affirm.
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