Posted on 02/26/2003 1:43:48 PM PST by dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui said he wants to torture U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, court documents showed on Wednesday.
Moussaoui, who is not an attorney but is representing himself, made the comment in a filing to the court complaining about closed-door hearings that were held in relation to his case on Jan. 30.
In the handwritten filing, Moussaoui accused Ashcroft of trying to "kill" him through the media since the trial proceedings began in 2001.
"You make secret hearing so you can leak want (sic) you want and hide the parody of justice. The world must know that you are a hard (sic) of scavenger.
"Ashcroft must be sent to Alexandria jail so I can torture him. After all torture is now part of the American way of life," wrote Moussaoui, who is being held in Alexandria, Virginia.
Moussaoui has often written inflammatory statements in his filings to the court, accusing his court-appointed attorneys and the judge of trying to kill him.
After hundreds of such filings, District Judge Leonie Brinkema ordered all of the filings to be put under seal until they are vetted for inflammatory language or possible hidden messages.
The document that included the comments about Ashcroft had two censored portions.
Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, has been charged of six counts of conspiracy -- four of which carry the death penalty -- in the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks.
He was arrested in Minnesota on immigration charges in August 2001 but officials suspect he was meant to have been the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11.
Moussaoui has fired his court-appointed lawyers and he is trying to represent himself in the trial which has just been indefinitely postponed.
Well, thats more then enough said....
Nah, he's not harsh enough on Ashcroft.
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