CNN/AP: Moussaoui's life depends on what U.S. knew before 9/11

Moussaoui's life depends on what U.S. knew before 9/11
Judge: Key issue is whether 3,000 victims could have been saved
Saturday, November 12, 2005


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fact that the U.S. government overlooked numerous warning signs in the run-up to the September 11 attacks is an old story that is being used in a new way in the Zacarias Moussaoui case. It could save his life.

With the admitted al Qaeda conspirator facing a death penalty trial early next year, the judge framed a key question in a recent closed-door hearing: Even if Moussaoui had told the FBI everything that he knew, would that have enabled the government to avert the 2001 terrorist strikes?

The question by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema was released this week in a transcript from a hearing last month.

Federal prosecutors say Moussaoui's failure to tell the FBI what he knew resulted in 3,000 deaths....

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"Your honor ... he was given a slide show," attorney Edward MacMahon said of Tenet. "In August of 2001, Tenet was given a presentation called 'Islamic Extremist' or 'Islamic Fundamentalist Learns to Fly."'...


http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/12/terror.trial.ap/index.html

who overlooked the "Phoenix" memo too then...oops, he has white skin. My mistake.

It is a hope of mine that Freeh somehow does not escape justice. He is slime of the worst sort.

but you may be right...Bob Mueller was doing his best to cover up too.

that this is not a bigger issue. This should be splashed across the front page of all news papers.

testify under oath?