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"Moussaoui Judge: Terror Trials Work."

"Moussaoui Judge: Terror Trials Work." The Associated Press on Sunday had a report that begins, "The judge who presided over Zacarias Moussaoui's trial questioned the government's decision to seek a death sentence against the Sept. 11 conspirator, and offered a strong defense of federal courts' ability to handle terror trials. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in a speech Friday at the American University law school that the government's decision to seek a death sentence against Moussaoui appeared to be politically motivated, and that the zealous pursuit of a death sentence opened up numerous issues of exposing classified information that otherwise could have been avoided."

I see from this post by Marty Lederman at "Balkinization" that you can access a podcast of Judge Brinkema remarks via this link (10.2MB mp3 audio file). A media advisory from American University Washington College of Law, headlined "Moussaoui Trial Judge Brinkema Keynotes AU Law/Brookings Conference," advised that "For security reasons, absolutely no photography or filming of Judge Brinkema will be permitted." Sketches of Judge Brinkema, however, appear to be allowed.

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).