Why should we hang the man, let him hang himself. We think that's the subtext of Judge Brinkema's ruling yesterday that she would not stop Zacarias Moussaoui from testifying before Congress or a federal grand jury. The feds are apparently inclined to take him up on his offer.

And while the Judge ordered two of his counsel to go with him, Moussaoui won't speak with either of them.

Moussaoui claims he has evidence that the FBI had him and the hijackers under surveillance before September 11 and before his arrest. He says that the government wanted the terrorist attacks on September 11 to go forward so the United States could later destroy Afghanistan. And that therefore the Government would not have arrested him if they thought he had anything to do with the conspiracy.

Moussaoui said in letters that he doesn't think he will be allowed to bring his evidence out in his trial so he wants to bring it to the American public. He also wants to to speak with the media.

Meanwhile, his court appointed lawyer filed a motion with the Court describing the evidence against him: 400 audiotapes, 170 CD-ROMs, two videotapes and 755 pages of documents that all were classified. Moussoui is not allowed access to the classified information because he won't use a lawyer. An additional 1,217 audiotapes, 296 videotapes and 202 computer hard drives are useless to Moussaoui because he does not have the equipment to view or hear them.

You can peruse or read the significant filings in the Moussaoui case here.