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  • Moussaoui Judge: Terror Trials Work

    02/01/2008 3:36:24 PM PST · by SmithL · 10 replies · 171+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 2/1/8 | MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer
    The judge who presided over Zacarias Moussaoui's trial questioned the government's decision to seek a death sentence against the Sept. 11 conspirator, and offered a strong defense of federal courts' ability to handle terror trials. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in a speech Friday at the American University law school that the government's decision to seek a death sentence against Moussaoui appeared to be politically motivated, and that the zealous pursuit of a death sentence opened up numerous issues of exposing classified information that otherwise could have been avoided. "The war on terror is an important piece of political...