 Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia are investigating the conduct of a government lawyer who nearly derailed the death-penalty trial of confessed al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui by coaching witnesses on their testimony. The criminal investigation of Carla J. Martin, a lawyer with the federal Transportation Security Administration, was revealed in recently unsealed transcripts of a closed March 21 hearing in the Moussaoui case. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in the hearing that she had been "advised by the U.S. Attorney's Office that there may very well be a prosecution of her, at least they're looking at the possibility." Rob Spencer, the lead prosecutor in the Moussaoui case, responded that "the matter has been referred to a prosecutor in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and I believe they are handling the matter." ...
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