21.   The defendant argued that she consented to sex.

22.   The defendants argue that their peaceful protest cannot have been illegal.

23.   The defendants argue they installed the interim government because they believed that Chavez had bowed to military pressure to resign.

24.   The defendants argued that Lewis knew they were obtaining the image intensifier tubes from Varo Inc., a Texas manufacturer, and shipping them to China.

25.   In each case the defendant has argued that the information in question was not classified.

26.   During the trial in August, the defendants argued that a Communist Party letter could not contain state secrets as it was not a government document.

27.   The defendants had initially argued that they had acted legally under a licence they said was obtained from an unnamed company in Hong Kong.

28.   The defendants argue that Texaco management in the United States knowingly used outdated and dangerous technology in pumping crude in Ecuador, expecting that there would be environmental damage.