WP: Government (TSA) Lawyer (Martin) Subpoenaed in Moussaoui Case

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Government Lawyer Subpoenaed in Moussaoui Case
Carla J. Martin Caused Trial Delay After Violating Court Order
By Jerry Markon, Timothy Dwyer and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 23, 2006


A government lawyer whose misconduct threatened to derail the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui has been subpoenaed to testify at a court hearing about her conduct, sources familiar with the Moussaoui case said today.

Carla J. Martin has been told to show up at U.S. District Court in Alexandria Monday morning, said the sources, who requested anonymity because the hearing has not yet been publicly disclosed. It is unclear if Martin will testify or what she might say. Her lawyer did not return telephone calls this morning.

Martin's actions halted testimony in Moussaoui's death penalty trial last week after she violated a court order by sharing testimony and contacting witnesses. U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema initially reacted by barring all aviation evidence and witnesses from the case. The aviation evidence is crucial to prosecutors, who are arguing for the execution of the only person convicted in the United States on charges stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Brinkema later relented and allowed prosecutors to present aviation security experts untainted by contact with Martin. The first of those witnesses testified yesterday.

Martin, a Transportation Security Administration lawyer who has been placed on paid leave by TSA, has not commented publicly. Her lawyer, Roscoe C. Howard Jr., has said she has been "vilified" by prosecutors and the media and intends to mount a defense. He has not said what that defense will be....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR2006032300782_pf.html

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1. I can't wait to hear what Carla Martin has to say about her puppeteers

BushCo, that is

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2. or what she says in her defense. Brinkema told the lawyers not to contact

witnesses so it's not like Martin didn't know.

She's a Bushbot, obvioulsy.