Banned from the Courtroom: Despite Worldwide Interest, a Federal Judge Rules against Electronic Coverage of the Zacarias Moussaoui Case. (First Amendment Watch)

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On January 17, Attorney General John D. Ashcroft made a very good case for

why 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 on charges stemming from the September attacks on 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 posted on the FBI's Web site, where, as Ashcroft put it, they would provide "another opportunity for the public around the world to join the campaign against terrorism" by helping law enforcement to locate them.

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