"You came here to be a martyr and to die in a big bang of glory," Brinkema said. "But to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot, you will die with a whimper."
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What we really need on our judiciary: more David Carusoes, but with a more literary bent.
I doubt that when Moussaoui dies, very few will remember who he was. But from Moussaoui's viewpoint, he is a hero, because he was an insignificant Algerian who defied the United States and made it recognize both his existence and his cause.
Al Qaeda volunteers do not think like Americans. That much is clear.