Judge Won't Allow Manuever to Drop Terror Charges: "A federal judge on Thursday barred the government from seeking the death penalty for terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, inflicting a major defeat on the government for refusing to let the defendant question three al-Qaida prisoners.
... Brinkema concluded that Moussaoui's constitutional right to potentially favorable witnesses took precedence over the government's need to protect classified information that could be revealed in testimony by the captives."

Cheers for Brinkema! Sounds like there are still some "Old Americans" out there who believe in the "old system" of US justice--the one that respects the rights of the accused to a fair trial.
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