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Andre II Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:21 AM
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Moussaoui judge questions government
"A federal judge expressed frustration Tuesday that the government provided incorrect information about evidence in the prosecution of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and raised the possibility of ordering a new trial in another high-profile terrorism case. ADVERTISEMENT

At a post-trial hearing Tuesday for Ali al-Timimi, a Muslim cleric from Virginia sentenced to life in prison in 2004 for soliciting treason, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she can no longer trust the CIA and other government agencies on how they represent classified evidence in terror cases.

Attorneys for al-Timimi have been seeking access to documents. They also want to depose government witnesses to determine whether the government improperly failed to disclose the existence of certain evidence.

The prosecutors have asked her to dismiss the defense request. The government has denied the allegations but has done so in secret pleadings to the judge that defense lawyers are not allowed to see. Even the lead prosecutors in the al-Timimi case have not had access to the information; they have relied on the representations of other government lawyers."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_re_us/terror_paintball

The government provided "incorrect" information about evidence and why would the defence have no access to information?
I'm sure there is no reason behind that
and everything is as justified as it is supposed to be in the only US trial on 9/11.........
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