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Home Front: WoT
Federal Marshals escort Moussaoui to his new supermax home
2006-05-14
Convicted al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui had no idea they were coming when federal marshals showed up in the middle of the night to take him to the nation's highest-security federal prison to begin serving his life sentence Saturday.
Just another step in messing with his mind ...
It was Friday night, shortly before midnight, when federal marshals showed up without notice at Moussaoui's holding cell in Alexandria, Virginia, said a U.S. Marshals Service official who requested anonymity because he is not a spokesman. "Get on your feet," Moussaoui was told before being shackled and whisked away in his green jumpsuit to a small jet waiting for him at a suburban Virginia airport, the official said.

Moussaoui was the only prisoner aboard the Joint Prisoner Air Transportation System plane, which holds 10-12 people, the official said. The flight arrived early Saturday in Florence, Colorado, home of the only federal "Supermax" prison, aka the "Alcatraz of the Rockies." "He can best be described as reluctantly compliant," said the official, who is familiar with details of the prisoner transfer. Moussaoui was given water and crackers on the three-and-a-half-hour flight, and remained mostly silent.
Yummy. And it's as good as it's ever going to be for him right there on Con Air.
The plane landed in Colorado about 2 a.m., and Moussaoui was handed over to the Federal Bureau of Prisons shortly before 4 a.m.

The al Qaeda conspirator was ordered to change into a khaki prison uniform before being led to the cell where he is expected to spend the rest of his life.
Get used to that cell, Mookie ....
The Supermax prison houses a veritable who's who of notorious criminals, including Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols and Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. "It is a place of extraordinary security, 23 hours a day in cells, one hour of recreation," CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said earlier this month. "It is as close to permanent solitary confinement as exists in our prison system."
Posted by:Oztralian

#26  I sure hope none of those videos of Zack and his handy fun time make their way into the middle eastern snuff film DVD catalogue.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-05-14 20:54  

#25  I heard supermax is a tampon
Posted by: Captain America   2006-05-14 20:30  

#24  Khakis, ugh, they're so 1990.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-05-14 15:40  

#23  My only worry is that terrorists will now try some hostage event to try to gain his release. If he were dead, that wouldn't happen.
Posted by: Jackal   2006-05-14 15:19  

#22  even better - tell him Mecca's due south
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-14 13:14  

#21  For a nobody who desired so desperately to be a "holy warrior", life under such conditions will be the fittest punishment possible.

Imagine decade after decade like this...

Posted by: john   2006-05-14 12:58  

#20  From #2:
Each chamber contains a toilet that shuts off if plugged, a shower that runs on a timer to prevent flooding, and a sink missing a potentially dangerous tap
So no need for soap on a rope. He lucked out there.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-05-14 12:55  

#19  mous thats just wrong! Be the SF team was laughing their asses off.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-05-14 11:59  

#18  And this is the strange thing.. consider computer and internet penetration in those countries, what proportion of the population is even literate, what propertion reads english.

These searchers are the elites of those societies.. this is not the lonely goatherd googling.. he is likely illiterate and far away from any electricty, far less a computer.

No, this is the educated upper class
Posted by: john   2006-05-14 10:51  

#17  Don't worry.. it is safe to click on the link.. just gives two graphs..
Posted by: john   2006-05-14 10:42  

#16   Google Trends -- a great time-waster

"Google Labs has released Google Trends, which lets you find out how many people have searched for a given term over the past couple of years -- and, more usefully, compare the volumes for up to five terms. Here, for example, I used playstation 3 and xbox 360 as the search terms."
Posted by: john   2006-05-14 10:40  

#15  Sigh..
That isn't a google search.

It is google trend data - it shows what users in various countries have been searching for.

Posted by: john   2006-05-14 10:38  

#14  Or a separate PC.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-14 10:30  

#13  Um, John, you may not want to google that sorta stuff unless you have a very trusting and understanding wife.
Posted by: JDB   2006-05-14 10:28  

#12  OT : This is sinktrap material, I can feel it, but, what the hell...

Re John's trends...

I really, really, really shouldn't be posting this (I actually tried to post it quite a while ago, and this was killed by the mods, for obvious reasons), but here it is!
At least, bestiality porn on RB!
I know many were waiting for this...

NSFW, beware.

This is the sweet, sweet iraqi love as seen through the night vision equipment of the US Army.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-14 10:24  

#11  Speaking of goats..

Google search data confirms what we have suspected for some time.

Look which countries turn up in first place for searches on "goat sex" and "man boy sex"

"goat sex"

"man boy sex"
Posted by: john   2006-05-14 10:11  

#10  anonymous5089, nah...he didn't get to kill any infidels or die for his faith. He'll be lucky to get a syphilitic goat in Paradise now.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-05-14 09:30  

#9  I'm sure the MSM and HRW will start crowing about his 'inhuman' treatment any day now.

I'll bet they don't make 'special' muslim meals either or handle his koran with special kid gloves.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-05-14 09:11  

#8  Given his age, he could be looking forward to staring at the four concrete walls of his 7x12 for a good 40-50 years.

Enjoy, Zak; you earned it.

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-05-14 07:35  

#7  Aw, poor Zak, I almost feel sorry for him. I mean, all he wanted to do was to kill infidels for the sake of the Master Religion(tm). It will be a loooong time before he gets his 72 raisins.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-14 07:10  

#6  
"will spend the rest of his days being a girlfriend to JoJo and Leroy."

Ah, no. What part of "Solitary Confinement" do you not understand?

A best, Moussaoui will be dating Old Lady Thumb and her four daughters. With an audience, as the cells are monitored 24 x 365 via CCTV.

-M
Posted by: Manolo   2006-05-14 05:09  

#5  It's reassuring that Moussaoui:
- will not get to be martyr for allan.
- will spend the rest of his days being a girlfriend to JoJo and Leroy.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-05-14 02:05  

#4  Rest assured told Zak got a good invasive search before leaving one lockup and upon arriving at the new one he may as well had one before he was allowed to board the flight as well. Hde willl have to get used to that being a regular feature in his life from now on too.
Posted by: SPoD   2006-05-14 01:07  

#3  The Virgina virtual tour cell varies from the Florence Co. cell but gives an idea of the confinement. and no cafeteira for Zac, eats in his cell.
Posted by: RD   2006-05-14 01:01  

#2  Stgate of Virginia example of a Supermax Cell

The Supermax ADX is one of four federal prisons in Florence, Colorado.


Linky: ADX Florence is a 575-bed facility that generally houses between 400 and 500 male prisoners. About 22 percent of inmates have killed fellow prisoners in other correctional facilities; 35 percent have attempted to attack other prisoners or officers. As a result, most individuals are kept for at least 23 hours each day in solitary confinement. They are housed in a 7-by-12 foot (3.5-by-2 meter) soundproofed room, built behind a steel door and grate. The remaining free hour is spent exercising alone in a separate concrete chamber. Prisoners rarely see each other, and inmates' only human interaction is limited to that of the "correctional officers". Religious services are broadcast in from a small chapel.

Most cells' furniture is made almost entirely out of poured concrete, including a desk, stool, and bed covered by a thin mattress. Each chamber contains a toilet that shuts off if plugged, a shower that runs on a timer to prevent flooding, and a sink missing a potentially dangerous tap. Rooms may also be fitted with polished steel mirrors bolted to the wall, an electric light, a 13-inch black and white television that shows only educational programming, which not all inmates are allowed to have, and a cigarette lighter. Windows in rooms are small, set high up in the wall, and point towards the sky, confusing the prisoner as to his specific location within the complex.

The prison as a whole contains countless motion detectors and cameras, 1,400 remote-controlled steel doors, and 12-foot high razor wire fences. Laser beams, pressure pads, and attack dogs that are trained to attack and silently guard the area between the prison walls and razor wire.

rot f*cker.
Posted by: RD   2006-05-14 00:54  

#1  For my money, Toobin can join him.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-05-14 00:38  

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