Moussaoui arriving sketches Justice Dept briefing

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(23 Apr 2005) • • APTN • Alexandria, Virginia - 22 April 2005 • 1. Tilt down view of court house • • POOL • Alexandria, Virginia - 22 April 2005 • 2. Close-up pan of Zacarias Moussaoui arriving in motorcade • • APTN • Alexandria, Virginia - 22 April 2005 • 3. Mid view of court • 4. Various views of court sketches, Moussaoui in front of US District Judge Leonie Brinkema • 5. Close-up family members greeting prosecutor • 6. Wide view family members speaking to reporters • 7. Cutaway photographers • 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Debra Burlingame, whose brother was a pilot on American Airlines (AA) Flight 11: • I just have to say this, I think this is a great day for American justice. We have here an ironclad, an ironclad guilty plea on six counts of conspiracy in furtherance of the September 11th plot which killed my brother and 3-thousand other Americans. This is a great day for truth and justice. • 9. Wide view family members • 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dominic Puopuelo, whose mother was on AA Flight 11: • It was an incredible feeling to have him plead guilty unconditionally was a tremendous feeling of justice is being served. • • POOL • Alexandria, Virginia - 22 April 2005 • 11. Close-up pan of Moussaoui departing court house in motorcade • • Pool • Washington, DC - 22 April 2005 • 12. Wide of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez walking into briefing room • 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alberto Gonzalez, US Attorney General: • The fact that Moussaoui participated in this terrorist conspiracy is no longer in doubt. In a chilling admission of guilt, Moussaoui confessed in his participation including the following specific actions. That he trained with Al Qaida in Afghanistan and communicated directly with Osama bin Laden. • 14. Gonzalez leaves briefing • • STORYLINE: • • Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty on Friday to six charges of conspiracy in connection with the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States. • • Moussaoui told US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, I expect no leniency, acknowledging his admission could lead to the death penalty. • • Brinkema accepted the plea, making the French citizen the lone person convicted in a US court in connection with the 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. • • Moussaoui, more subdued than in earlier court appearances during which he sometimes ranted at Brinkema, answered her questions politely. • • How do you plead? she asked him for each of the six felony counts against him. Each time, Moussaoui answered, Guilty. • • At one point, he said, I was being trained on a Boeing 747 to use this plane to strike the White House. • • He said the training was for a different attack that was to come later. • • Moussaoui stood quietly before Judge Brinkema, with two security officers behind him. • • He was not shackled, wore a green prison jumpsuit and had a full beard. • • After standing for five minutes to review the statement of facts against him, he asked to sit down. • • The courtroom was hushed as he reviewed the document, then signed it. • • Moussaoui faced six conspiracy charges: to commit acts of terrorism, to commit aircraft piracy, to destroy aircraft and to use weapons of mass destruction, to kill US Government officials and to destroy US Government property. The first four carry the possibility of the death penalty. • • Moussaoui was arrested in August 2001 after drawing attention at a Minnestoa flight school because he had said he wanted to learn to fly a Boeing 747 although he had no pilot's license. • • In the statement of facts, Moussaoui said Osama bin Laden had personally selected him to take part in an attack on the White House with a commercial airliner. • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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