U.S. Stance Prompts Calls to Dismiss 9/11 Case.
Defense attorneys urged a German court Tuesday to throw out charges against a Moroccan man accused of helping the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, saying that any evidence the U.S. government gleaned from al Qaeda prisoners would be tainted by allegations of torture and abuse. The arguments in the retrial of Mounir Motassadeq, 30, came as the court was read a U.S. government statement indicating that American officials would provide some unclassified evidence obtained from two men in secret U.S. custody but would not allow video testimony or release interrogation transcripts. [
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