Pilots are charging that the Bush Administration doled out $5 million as an award to flight instructor Clarence Prevost in the [Zacarias] Moussaoui case without seriously inquiring into who was actually responsible for bringing the terrorist-wannabe to the attention of the government. Members of Congress are asking for explanations on why other instructors credited with the disclosure were ignored.[...]
Bush Administration officials at the State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” program only recognized Prevost and handed out a huge award for his actions in a closed ceremony.
The reason appears to be that Prevost testified in the Administration’s absurd trial of Moussaoui. As noted in this earlier column, Moussaoui did not prove to be the claimed 20th hijacker. Instead, he proved to be a barking lunatic.
On Thursday, Moussaoui held his most riveting performance yet by insisting that he wanted to plead guilty and confess to everything short of the Lincoln assassination. Moussaoui not only confessed to being the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11 but proclaimed his allegiance to Osama bin Laden.[...]
In the very same hearing, Moussaoui proclaimed his innocence (as he has since his arrest) and confessed in a peevish fit. He has refused to admit that he is clueless about how to defend himself and has repeatedly made petulant, childlike outbursts.
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His legal motions are often little more than ravings, bearing titles such as “Zacarias Moussaoui Muslim v. U.S. Godless government” or “Motion to see what the scam is about.” He has demanded hearings on such subjects as “those Jews who incurred the curse of Allah and his wrath and those who He transformed into monkey and swines.”
Despite the statements from government officials and foreign intelligence services that he was not the 20th hijacker, the government continued in court to make such claims and refused to accept life in prison as a sufficient punishment. In the end, the Administration spent millions in years of prosecution only to receive the life sentence that they could have acquired soon after he admitted to be part of a terrorist organization. The government had promised that Moussaoui would die for 9-11, even if he did not play a role in the attack.
Yeah, well they promised that they'd bring in bin Laden dead or alive. They promised they'd restore dignity to the White House. And we do need our blood and pound of flesh.
Five million dollars?!?
I don't know if that qualifies as a reward for justice so much as a witness bribe.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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