Mousaoui's Post 9/11 Plans
Zacarias Moussaoui's standby counsel wrote in a brief that Moussaoui was not part of Al Qaeda's 9/11 plans--rather he intended to participate in an offensive after 9/11 --in another country. A hearing will be held June 3 on Moussaoui's motion to interview Ramzi Binalshibh unless a compromise is worked out beforehand.
If the hearing happens, the appeals panel said attorneys could argue in public about whether the appeals court has jurisdiction in this pretrial stage; whether the executive branch's powers necessitate reversal of the lower court's decision in favor of access; and whether a defendant's normal right to potentially favorable information applies to an enemy combatant held overseas.
Stay tuned.
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