Moussaoui trial collapses

* josh: " Sen. Specter is now arguing on the floor of the senate that FISA is unconstitutional. Ergo, President Bush couldn't have been violating the law becuase it's not valid law.
Quite a way for Specter to end his career."

* jeralyn on Moussaoui :

"My view: This case is toast. The Judge now has to exclude all of the Government's witnesses, and these witnesses were the Government's only hope of winning the death case. All of them were tainted by receiving Martin's assessment of the case and suggested strategies for their testimony.
I don't think the Judge should declare a mistrial and allow the Government to begin again with a new jury when its witnesses have been so tainted. They've been coached and they are not likely to forget it. I think she needs to declare a mistrial and dismiss the death penalty count -- and then sentence Moussaoui herself on his guilty plea. It's what should have happened in the first instance."

it's getting a little difficult to believe that the USG actually wants a trial of *anything* about 911, anywhere.