| Jurors in the death penalty trial of
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| | hopes of preventing the passengers from
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| convicted terror conspirator Zacarias
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| | crashing into the cockpit with a food
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| Moussaoui heard chilling tapes from the
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| | cart. One of hijackers yelled, "Allah is
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| cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93, one
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| | the greatest," right before the plane
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| of four planes hijacked as part of the
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| | crashed into a field in southwestern
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| September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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| | Pennsylvania.
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| A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia,
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| | The dramatic airing of the audiotapes
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| must decide whether Moussaoui should be
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| | from Flight 93 helped to wrap up the
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| executed or sent to prison for life.
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| | prosecution's arguments in the Moussaoui
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| As part of the prosecution's arguments in
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| | case. They maintain Moussaoui lied about
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| favor of the death penalty, cockpit tapes
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| | his knowledge of the 9/11 plot when he
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| from Flight 93 were played in court for
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| | was arrested in Minnesota three weeks
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| the first time.
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| | before the attacks.
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| Flight 93 is the plane that crashed into
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| | Hamilton Peterson favors the death
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| a field in Pennsylvania after passengers
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| | penalty for Moussaoui. He lost his
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| tried to retake control of the aircraft
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| | father and stepmother in the crash of
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| from four hijackers on September 11th,
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| | Flight 93 and has heard the tapes before.
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| 2001.
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| | "I think it captures the American
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| The cockpit tape begins with the voice of
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| | spirit," he said. "It is truly
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| one of the hijackers warning passengers
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| | remarkable that when one appreciates the
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| that there is a bomb on board and telling
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| | brutality and the complexity of the
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| them to sit down and shut up.
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| | conspiracy, that in a matter of moments,
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| Later, another voice from cockpit,
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| | these brave Americans overcame a horrific
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| possibly a crewmember, is heard to say,
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| | challenge."
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| "Please do not hurt me, oh God." Seconds
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| | When the trial resumes, Moussaoui's
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| later, another person is heard to say, "I
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| | defense attorneys will have their turn to
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| do not want to die."
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| | try and convince the jury to spare their
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| Passengers on board already knew of the
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| | client's life and send him to prison for
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| attacks on the World Trade Center in New
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| | life without chance of parole.
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| York and the Pentagon outside Washington
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| | George Washington University legal expert
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| and decided to storm the cockpit in an
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| | Jonathan Turley predicts that Moussaoui's
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| effort to retake control of the plane.
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| | defense team will have an uphill
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| Later on the tape, as a struggle
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| | struggle.
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| apparently ensues in or near the cockpit
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| | "This is going to be a very difficult
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| between the hijackers and passengers, one
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| | role for the defense because there is
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| of the passengers urges on the others,
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| | virtually nothing that they can present,"
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| saying, "If we don't, we die." One of
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| | he explained. "They will very likely try
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| the hijackers is heard to say, "They want
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| | to chip away, as best they can, at
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| to get in. Hold from within."
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| | Moussaoui's instability and the fact that
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| At this point, signs of an apparent
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| | he seems to relish the idea of dying in
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| struggle are heard on the tape, with one
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| | connection with 9/11."
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| of the hijackers saying, "Give it to me,
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| | Moussaoui's lawyers maintain their client
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| give it to me," likely referring to the
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| | knew little of the 9/11 plot and that the
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| plane's controls.
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| | U.S. government bungled other clues that
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| The hijacker in control of the plane
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| | might have helped unravel the conspiracy
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| began to rock it from side to side in
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| | before the attacks.
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