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Nearly two years later, the government's case, which had been billed as a slam dunk, is a shambles. On Oct. 2, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said prosecutors could not seek the death penalty for Moussaoui and could not even allege that he had a link to the 9/11...
That the government would seek the death penalty was never in serious doubt, though prosecutors did not ask for it formally until the following March. What was in play until nearly the day of the indictment was whether Moussaoui would be charged in federal court or would become the first...
All defendants have a constitutional right to interview witnesses who might help prove their innocence. But the Pentagon and the CIA refused to make Binalshibh available, saying he was undergoing interrogation and that vital national-security concerns made him off limits. The clash prompted a flurry of court filings and...
So has the government risked a legal mess by aiming for a politically popular conviction? "Everybody played by the rules," says Andrew McBride, a former federal prosecutor in Virginia who believes Moussaoui belonged in a military tribunal from the start. "But the rules led to some dramatic and absurd results...
The diplomatic fallout from the picture, which featured Clark and Mladic smiling jovially in their swapped hats, was severe. (It’s been rumored that Clark’s gaffe delayed his promotion to four-star general.) In retrospect, the picture appears even more shocking given what transpired nine...