In An Unusual Move….

Defense attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui spent today rebutting their own client’s testimony. I believe that is the first time I have ever heard of that being done.

Tuesday’s proceedings were quite unusual for an American courtroom: Defense attorneys — appointed by the court to represent a client who despises them — tried to undermine the defendant’s own bombshell testimony of Monday using witnesses who were not present or seen in the courtroom, primarily because the government refused to allow captured al-Qaida members to appear for national security reasons.

Testimony from five al-Qaida members was read to the jury as defense attorneys tried to undo damage Moussaoui might have done to his case when he testified against their advice.

But yesterday the jury heard Moussaoui tell them that Muslims were allowed to lie to support Jihad. So is this a reasonable doubt or a "let’s baffle the infidels" moment?