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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (9470)	3/13/2006 4:23:16 PM
From: scion	Respond to of 12465

Judge Unexpectedly Halts Moussaoui Trial Mar 13, 4:09 PM (ET) By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - An angry federal judge considered Monday whether to dismiss the government's death penalty case against confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui after a federal attorney coached witnesses in violation of her rules. "I do not want to act precipitously," U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in scheduling a special hearing on the case Tuesday, but she said that it was "very difficult for this case to go forward." Brinkema said a lawyer for the Transportation Security Administration sent e-mail to seven Federal Aviation Administration officials outlining the prosecution's opening statements and providing commentary on government witnesses from the first day of testimony. That was in violation of her pretrial order barring witnesses from exposure to any opening statements or trial testimony. "An attorney for the TSA ... egregiously breached that order," she told jurors before excusing them until Wednesday. Of the seven, three were to testify for the government and four were potential defense witnesses. Government officials identified the attorney as Carla Martin. ...more Message 22256288