Defence gets its say in Moussaoui trial

If jurors in the death-penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui are looking for someone to blame for the September 11, 2001, attacks, defence lawyers are pointing the finger at the FBI and other US federal agencies they say botched intelligence.

The sentencing trial for Moussaoui, the only person in this country charged in connection with the airborne attacks that claimed more than 3,000 lives, resumes today with the defence’s first witness scheduled for cross-examination.