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Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Ashcroft comments called "arrogant" by German justice official
Justine at 11:56 PM ET

Here's Tuesday's legal news from the US Department of Justice. Alleged comments made by Attorney General John Ashcroft in response to a decision by a Hamburg court were criticized as "arrogant" by Roger Kusch, justice minister of the German city-state of Hamburg, in an interview on Tuesday. The comments in question refered to the court's decision to release a September 11 suspect from trial custody based on a written summary of testimony allegedly made by another 9/11 suspect in the United States. The Netherlands' Expatica reports that Kusch believes that the trial judges do not deserve Ashcroft's criticism given what little evidence they had in the case against the suspect, Abdel-Ghani Mzoudi of Morocco. The Hamburg court is set to issue a verdict in the case on January 22. To read Kusch's interview in German, click here.
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