Word: moussaoui
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...still detaining 460 terrorism suspects, and so far looks to have a decent case against just one: Zacaria Moussaoui, who was picked up at a flight school before Sept. 11 and isn't likely to have been let in on much even if he was martyrdom-bound. Oh, there's one other guy - but he's an American. John Walker is a media circus waiting to happen, and for all the hemming and hawing from Ari Fleischer, sooner or later the White House is going have to figure out what to do with...
...Moussaoui, who made a brief court appearance Wednesday, will be arraigned Jan. 2 in Alexandria, Va. His attorneys did not request bail for him today. He's charged with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism, aircraft piracy, destruction of aircraft, use of weapons of mass destruction, murder of U.S. employees and destruction of U.S. property...
...federal judge assigned to hear the government's case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the first individual to be charged directly in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has a reputation for running a swift, efficient courtroom that favors neither the defense nor the prosecution...
...Moussaoui conspiracy trial, with four counts that carry the death penalty, will be the highest-profile case Brinkema has ever overseen, with accompanying concerns about the safety of some participants, managing media access and the likely need to keep certain evidence out of the public eye. But most lawyers who have dealt with Brinkema think she'll handle the potential spectacle well...
...indictment cites a number of parallels between his behavior in the months prior to Sept. 11 and that of the hijackers. Moussaoui was already in federal custody on that day after operators of a flight school alerted federal authorities to behavior they thought was suspicious. But there's no direct connection cited in the indictment between the French-Moroccan and any of the hijackers...