Looks like the feds case against Moussaoui is falling apart even further. CBS reports that captured Khalid Mohammed backs up Moussaoui's innocence with respect to Sept. 11 and says he's a small fry.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the al Qaeda leader captured earlier this month in Pakistan, has told U.S. intelligence officials that Moussaoui was not involved in the Sept. 11 hijacking plot. This supports what Moussaoui for months now has been telling anyone who would listen: he's al Qaeda, all right, but wasn't supposed to be the "20th hijacker." He was a terror conspirator but not a part of the devastatingly coordinated conspiracy that resulted in the death of nearly 3,000 people.

We've argued this for many months. It's time for Justice to bite the bullet on this one: let Moussaoui plead to providing material support to Al Qaeda and drop the death penalty demand. Save us all a few million dollars in prosecution costs. If Supermax is okay for "Shoe-bomber" Richard Reid, it's okay for Moussaoui as well. Why believe Mohammed? Tha Government has to, says CBS, and we agree:

If the feds come out and say that Mohammed is wrong about Moussaoui, then why should anyone be expected to believe Mohammed when he says anything about anyone else?

That's one of the problems with informants--its can be like buying a pig in a poke and they don't always tell the truth --but once the Government gets in bed with them, they're pretty much stuck with the first story--at least the first one that's taped or recorded or transcribed.