FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Christopher Tappin, left, leaves federal court with one of his lawyers, Kent Schaffer, in El Paso, Texas. A federal judge has scheduled a new

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FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Christopher Tappin, left, leaves federal court with one of his lawyers, Kent Schaffer, in El Paso, Texas. A federal judge has scheduled a new plea hearing Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in federal court in Texas for Tappin, the British man accused of trying to buy missile parts from undercover U.S. agents and illegally sell them to Iran. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File) less