Moussaoui Exhibits Released to the Public

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July 31, 2006 12:52 PM

All of the exhibits presented during the two-month trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who has been alleged to be the 20th hijacker in the 9/11 attacks, have now been released.  The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia released all of the exhibits, making the total number made available for review 1,202. This is the first criminal case for which a federal court has provided access to all exhibits online.

The release includes all of the video clips, telephone and 911 phone calls and pictures presented to the jury. Some of the pictures of the World Trade Center and Pentagon are horrific as they show body parts littering the streets or being recovered after the attacks.   

The exhibits also include key FBI, CIA and NSA memos and information detailing what the government knew about Moussaoui and the other hijackers before 9/11. The defense exhibits include numerous internal government reports and the key emails among FBI officials in August 2001 as they began their manhunt for Khalid Al Midhar and Nawaf al Hazmi who they knew were in the United States. 

The only items which have not been released are classified reports shown to the jury and the videotaped depositions of Moussaoui's roommate Hussein Al Attas and Faiz Bafana, a senior Jemmah Islamiah member who discussed Moussaoui's dreams to fly a plane into the White House. The depositions are viewed as witness testimony and will not be released by the government at this time. 

The prosecution and defense exhibits can be seen on the court's website. Some exhibits include images or sounds, which may be disturbing to some individuals. The explanations of these exhibits include the warnings from the court that "Viewer discretion is advised," or "Listener discretion is advised."