zimv20
Sep 12, 2003, 01:30 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20030911/ap_on_re_us/moussaoui_witnesses
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Bush administration is risking dismissal of charges against Zacarias Moussaoui by refusing for a second time to obey a court ruling that allows the terrorism defendant to question senior al-Qaida prisoners.
Allowing him to question terrorist colleagues "would needlessly jeopardize national security at a time of war with an enemy who has already murdered thousands of our citizens," the government said in a written notification to the court of its position.
"Consequently, the government cannot, consistent with the interest of national security, comply with the court's order" of Aug. 29.
i want to know what ashcroft is so afraid will be learned.
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution normally grants defendants the right to compel the appearance of potentially favorable witnesses for pretrial questioning and to testify at trial. The government argued the amendment doesn't apply to wartime captives held outside the United States.
ah, the sixth. can't we cut down the bill of rights to a manageable five? i mean, c'mon, who reads all the way to #6?
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Bush administration is risking dismissal of charges against Zacarias Moussaoui by refusing for a second time to obey a court ruling that allows the terrorism defendant to question senior al-Qaida prisoners.
Allowing him to question terrorist colleagues "would needlessly jeopardize national security at a time of war with an enemy who has already murdered thousands of our citizens," the government said in a written notification to the court of its position.
"Consequently, the government cannot, consistent with the interest of national security, comply with the court's order" of Aug. 29.
i want to know what ashcroft is so afraid will be learned.
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution normally grants defendants the right to compel the appearance of potentially favorable witnesses for pretrial questioning and to testify at trial. The government argued the amendment doesn't apply to wartime captives held outside the United States.
ah, the sixth. can't we cut down the bill of rights to a manageable five? i mean, c'mon, who reads all the way to #6?
