Department of Justice Seal Department of Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003
OPA
(202) 514-2007

STATEMENT OF BARBARA COMSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGARDING TODAY’S ORDER IN THE MOUSSAOUI CASE:


“We regularly hold terrorists and spies accountable in court, while safeguarding both national security and due process - as demonstrated in such recent cases as U.S. v. Brian Regan and the Embassy Bombing Trial. Congress has expressly provided a way to handle these cases under the Classified Information Procedures Act. We are confident in the ability of our system of justice to try these cases under the procedures adopted by Congress and regularly upheld by the courts.”

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