Moussaoui news round-up

The State Department recently awarded five million dollars to Clarence Prevost, a Minnesota tipster who provided information that ultimately let to the arrest of 9/11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui. The award has caused controversy in Minnesota, due to the fact that other Moussaoui tipsters were not similarly compensated. The Star Tribune has the story.

The Associated Press reports that recently unsealed court documents indicate that the lead prosecutor in the Moussaoui trial might have known about the destruction of tapes relating to the interrogation of high value terror detainees. The destruction of the tapes has resulted in an internal Justice Department investigation, as well as a number of congressional hearings. At least one of these hearings featured William Mitchell professor John Radsan, who formerly worked as an assistant general cousel at the CIA.

ETS Pictures produced a short documentary on the Moussaoui case, which opened the TPT broadcast of a 2006 panel discussion featuring key personnel in the Moussaoui investigation, and the subsequent court proceedings. John Radsan organized the 2006 panel discussion as part of the William Mitchell National Security Law Forum.