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

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on April 4, 2003. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003 OPA (202) 514-2007 “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.” 03-206

Source: US Department of Justice