FBI Agent Says He Suspected Moussaoui Was a Terrorist
Joel Havemann
Los Angeles Times
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Alexandria, Virginia (US):
The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, resuming after a week of chaos, heard the FBI agent who arrested the confessed terrorist testify today that the government was unable to gain valuable information about Moussaoui just prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Under cross-examination by Moussaoui's lawyers, Agent Harry Samit said he could not search Moussaoui's belongings without a search warrant.
Samit said he needed the Justice Department's permission to get a warrant because — suspecting that Moussaoui was interested in hijacking a jetliner — he had opened an intelligence investigation of Moussaoui. At that time, FBI agents needed Justice Department approval for search warrants in intelligence investigations.
The government's quest for the death penalty for Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty last April to plotting with the hijackers, was thrown into disarray last week when it was revealed that Carla J. Martin, an attorney for the Transportation Security Administration, had coached seven TSA and Federal Aviation Administration witnesses and shown them transcripts of testimony from the sentencing trial.
mar 20, 2006
Joel Havemann
Los Angeles Times
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Alexandria, Virginia (US):
The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, resuming after a week of chaos, heard the FBI agent who arrested the confessed terrorist testify today that the government was unable to gain valuable information about Moussaoui just prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Under cross-examination by Moussaoui's lawyers, Agent Harry Samit said he could not search Moussaoui's belongings without a search warrant.
Samit said he needed the Justice Department's permission to get a warrant because — suspecting that Moussaoui was interested in hijacking a jetliner — he had opened an intelligence investigation of Moussaoui. At that time, FBI agents needed Justice Department approval for search warrants in intelligence investigations.
The government's quest for the death penalty for Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty last April to plotting with the hijackers, was thrown into disarray last week when it was revealed that Carla J. Martin, an attorney for the Transportation Security Administration, had coached seven TSA and Federal Aviation Administration witnesses and shown them transcripts of testimony from the sentencing trial.
mar 20, 2006
