Banned from the courtroom: Despite worldwide interest, a federal judge rules against electronic coverage of the Zacarias Moussaoui case. (First Amendment Watch).(Brief Article)

upon January 17, Attorney General John D Ashcroft made a remarkably good case for

for what purpose federal District Judge Leonie M Brinkema should allow cameras in the upcoming trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the French national who is to be tried in October forward charges stemming from the September attacks in succession the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Ashcroft released videotapes and still photographs of five suspected al Qaeda members--including Ramzi Binalshibh, an unindicted coconspirator in the case against Moussaoui. The images of the men were stationed on the FBI's Web site, where, as Ashcroft bring it, ...