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February 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Kent Schaffer, Tappin’s American lawyer, said there was an “excellent chance”
he would be allowed out on bail given his age and the fact he has no prior
convictions but warned that US prosecutors would fight to keep him
imprisoned.
“The government would like to detain him because if he’s detained it’s more
likely that he would have to accept a plea bargain. It’s always easier to
get an incarcerated defendant to plead guilty,” Mr Schaffer told the Daily
Telegraph, adding that prosecutors had not yet offered any deal.
“[Tappin’s] spirits are OK but it’s very tough on anybody to be incarcerated –
especially in the manner that he was brought across the ocean and held in a
foreign jail in a foreign land. He’s got a good attitude and is optimistic
about bail,” he said.
In an emotional appearance before a Parliamentary committee, Tappin’s wife
Elaine said her husband “was being held in isolation, locked up for 23 hours
a day, and denied access to any reading material” in the Texas prison.
The US government alleges that Tappin intended to sell Eagle Picher batteries,
a key component of the Hawk Air Defence Missile, to a Tehran-based company
in violation of American laws banning arm sales to Iran.
A three charge indictment was brought against him in 2007 after lengthy sting
operation by undercover agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He denies the charges, claiming that he had no idea the batteries intended for
sale to Iran and that he only knew they were being shipped to Amsterdam.
Robert Gibson, a fellow Briton, pleaded guilty to charges in the case in April
2007 and was sentenced to two years in prison while Robert Caldwell, an
American, was convicted in July of that year and sentenced to 20 months.
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