The U.S. government will not give Zacarias Moussaoui, who is charged in the 9/11 attacks, access to individuals that could prove his innocence. "The judge in the case, Leonie Brinkema, ruled in January that Mr Binalshibh, who is being detained at a secret location overseas, could be questioned through closed-circuit video transmission." The US rejected that reasonable compromise.
Earlier this month, Ms Brinkema said she was disturbed by the "shroud of secrecy" which was being drawn around the case of Mr Moussaoui.I guess the attitude of the US government now is, "Listen judge, if you don't let us win, then we'll just take our prisoner to our own secret court where we know we can win!" That's justice in America today. Read the rest of the BBC News article. Posted by Brian at April 25, 2003 05:53 AM | TrackBackShe said that so many of the case's documents had been classified as secret that she agreed with Mr Moussaoui's scepticism about whether he could receive a fair trial in open court.
The authorities have indicated the hearings could be moved to a military tribunal where greater secrecy is allowed.