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May 13, 2006
And so... It begins
Zacarias Moussaoui is now a nobody.
(CNN) -- 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.
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.
The flight arrived early Saturday in Florence, Colorado, home of the only federal "Supermax" prison, aka the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
"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."
And so Moussaoui begins the rest of his life, rotting away on a concrete bench in a concrete room.
The Jawa Report dug up his address, and I think I'll send him a little note in a month or two, ask him if he still thinks he won. You can too:
ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI
51427-054
Inmate Mail/Parcels
FLORENCE ADMAX USP
PO BOX 8500
FLORENCE, CO 81226
Posted by LindaSoG at May 13, 2006 10:06 PM
Comments
Why don't you send him a copy of some of the Mohammed Cartoons.
Posted by: The Gentle Cricket at May 13, 2006 11:36 PM
I could send him The Six Faces of Mo....
Posted by: Macker at May 14, 2006 01:20 AM
Remember all mail is searched by staff before the inmates get it.
Be kind to the staff, make sure your cards and letters have no contraband items.
Sending contraband to a convict, is a serious offense in it's self
The job of the staff is a tough one, worthy of our respect
Posted by: Scot at May 15, 2006 12:10 AM
I am sending him some coupons from Pete's BBQ Pork Palace
Posted by: Dan at May 15, 2006 11:24 AM
I'm going out to buy racey postcards in Waikiki when I get off work and a stack of postcard stamps.
Posted by: trickish knave at May 15, 2006 04:13 PM