Washington, DC – September 9th: Judge Leonie Brinkema, the judge overseeing the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, has ordered the government to tell her by September 10th whether it will give him access to two high-ranking al Qaeda detainees. The government has also denied Moussaoui access to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self confessed master-mind of the 9-11-01 bombings, and alleged al Qaeda financier Mustafa al-Hawsawi. Justice Department officials had no immediate comment, but sources stated that prosecutors do not plan an immediate appeal to a federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia. Lawyers helping to represent Moussaoui have argued the detainees can help clear their client of any role in the September 11 attacks. Moussaoui, 35, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, maintains that he had no role in the attacks, but he acknowledges that he is a member of al Qaeda. Moussaoui has said he is wrongly accused because he intended to participate in a post-September 11 plot outside the United States.