September 11 prisoner attempts to plead guilty

Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged twentieth September 11 hijacker, attempted to plead guilty in a Washington court today but the judge insisted that he take a week to think about it.

‘‘I am a member of al-Qaida’’ pledged to Osama bin Laden, Moussaoui told District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who moments earlier had entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to a third indictment.