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Skunk · 09-26-2003, 10:45 AM

The BBC offers a slightly different take on this, believing that it is all part of the Justice Department's plan to thwart the gridlock:

"Correspondents say the extraordinary request by prosecutors is a legal manoeuvre, designed to stop Mr Moussaoui's access to high-level al-Qaeda suspects being interrogated in secret locations by the US military.

It follows a decision by the judge handling the case that Mr Moussaoui should have access to the three suspects so he can prove he was not linked to the 11 September plot and avoid the death penalty...

The BBC's Ian Pannell, in Washington, said that what government lawyers have now suggested is a clever legal move. They have called on the judge to throw the case out.

It would not mean that Moussaoui would be released from custody; instead, prosecutors would then go straight to a higher court and appeal the dismissal and crucially, the original ruling that Mr Moussaoui should get access to the al-Qaeda detainees."

09-26-2003, 10:45 AM	#2
Skunk Banned User Join Date: September 3, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 63 Posts: 1,463	The BBC offers a slightly different take on this, believing that it is all part of the Justice Department's plan to thwart the gridlock: "Correspondents say the extraordinary request by prosecutors is a legal manoeuvre, designed to stop Mr Moussaoui's access to high-level al-Qaeda suspects being interrogated in secret locations by the US military. It follows a decision by the judge handling the case that Mr Moussaoui should have access to the three suspects so he can prove he was not linked to the 11 September plot and avoid the death penalty... The BBC's Ian Pannell, in Washington, said that what government lawyers have now suggested is a clever legal move. They have called on the judge to throw the case out. It would not mean that Moussaoui would be released from custody; instead, prosecutors would then go straight to a higher court and appeal the dismissal and crucially, the original ruling that Mr Moussaoui should get access to the al-Qaeda detainees."