Moussaoui Case Tests Judge's Patience (AP)

Carla J. Martin of the Transportation Security Administration, leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Martin, a lawyer at the center of the prosecutorial misconduct controversy enveloping the trial of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, had her interrogation delayed Tuesday after telling a federal judge that she had not been able to line up her own attorney.  (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)AP - Normally reserved, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema shoved her chair back from the bench, visibly angry about what she was being told. A government lawyer who had coached key witnesses had been deeply involved in the case against confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.


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