http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3302836,00.html HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - The German
government again refused Thursday to give
lawyers access to statements made to U.S.
interrogators by the Hamburg terror cell's
suspected al-Qaida contact.
The decision complies with conditions set by U.S.
authorities, who supplied the statements strictly
for use by security agencies.
Access to the statements was requested by
lawyers defending a Moroccan suspect in the
Sept. 11 attacks.
A letter from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's
office, dated Oct. 22 and read aloud by the judge
presiding over the trial of Abdelghani Mzoudi, says
Germany's foreign intelligence agency would be
``discredited'' if it handed over statements from
Ramzi Binalshibh.