The Associated Press: Moussaoui Judge Questions Government

The Associated Press: Moussaoui Judge Questions Government

Nobody supports terrorists. But how can we function as a free and democratic society if our government cannot be trusted to produce all evidence it has in it's cases. The CIA and FBI have incredible leeway in dealing with their classified information. They withheld information that would have hurt their case against Moussaoui. They can classify information and hide it under the guise of national security at will and there is little that can be done about it. Even a federal judge has difficulty making the information available to all who should have access to it during a trial.

This may seem justifiable during a terrorist case, but how can we suspend our national values to prosecute those who want to destroy our national values? We will become just another corrupt judicial system run with strings attached by the executive branch. But this can't happen right? This is America.