My dear friend (and trusted Blogs of War correspondent) Tristin, driving yesterday from DC to North Carolina, listened to talk radio and NPR on the way and heard all about the Moussaoui hearing. She wrote in with the following amusing observation:
the twentieth hijacker's mother was there from France with her lawyer who made an impassioned and heavily accented comment "it iz obvious zat ze americans do NOT presume ze innosanse when you zee my clee-antz son in zee green jumpsuit zat sez "prisoner!".
She also wonders: "why, if his family has the money to fly Mrs. Moussaoui AND HER FRENCH LAWYER to Virginia for the trial, is he being defended by the US public defender instead of his own lawyer ?
Good question.
Posted by Dr. Frank at January 4, 2002 03:10 AM | TrackBack