November 17, 2003 6:42 AM

Another DUMASS AWARD wiener

Moussaoui loses right to act as his own lawyer

DUMASS AWARD wiener #38: Zacarias Moussaoui

OK, so you're on trial for your alleged role in 9.11.01, the most heinous attack ever to take place on American soil. You would think that you'd want to be careful not to come off looking like a complete jackass...right??? Well, apparently not if you're Zacarias Moussaoui.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal judge Friday revoked the right of al-Qaida defendant Zacarias Moussaoui to represent himself in the only U.S. case arising from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said Moussaoui's latest motions "include contemptuous language that would never be tolerated from an attorney and will no longer be tolerated from this defendant."

The judge had warned him last week that she would revoke his self-representation if he filed "further frivolous, scandalous, disrespectful or repetitive pleadings" or violated any court orders. She has repeatedly told him not to try to use his motions to contact al-Qaida sympathizers from his isolated quarters in the Alexandria Detention Center.

While Brinkema did not publicly release the two Moussaoui motions that led to her order, the last filing she did make public, dated Oct. 27, was typical of the French citizen's rhetoric.

He said he wants "anthrax for Jew sympathiser only," called Attorney General John Ashcroft "the Democratic Jerk" and referred to Brinkema as "Leonie you Despotically Judge."

Moussaoui, an acknowledged Osama bin Laden loyalist, is charged with participating in a broad conspiracy with the 9/11 hijackers to commit terrorism against the United States.

Brinkema named Moussaoui's court-appointed defense team to represent him. While he has refused to cooperate with the experienced lawyers, the attorneys have been filing motions on his behalf.

"It was a front-page story when he fired us, but it's not a front-page story that the court fired him," said Frank Dunham Jr., a Moussaoui defense lawyer and a federal public defender.

Another of the defense lawyers, Edward MacMahon Jr., said, "I would think any defendant would benefit from competent counsel as opposed to trying to represent himself in a capital case."

Clearly, Moussaoui had a fool for a client, and now that he is represented by competent attorneys, he's still a DUMASS, and one that will hardly win any sympathy points with the American public. I'm wondering if Moussaoui would last five minutes on the outside...or on the inside, for that matter.

Without a doubt, Moussaoui has what it takes to prove himself worthy of his DUMASS AWARD. I'm just hoping that after he is convicted he'll be released into the general prison population. Yep, five minutes later there will be one less mouth for your tax dollars to feed.

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