Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC]

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Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC]

January 24, 2003 12:22:00 pm

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, January 24, 2003 [ordering that terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussaoui be given the necessary hardware and software to connect to the discovery information website developed for him by the Federal Public Defender's office]. Read the order here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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