Show FBI was was was' h warned i t about Jerry Markon if and Timothy Dwyer O The Washington Post An FBI agent who interrogated Zacarias before Sept 11 2001 warned his supervisors more than 70 times that was a terrorist and spelled out his suspicions that the al opera operative ve was plot plotting ng to hijack an airplane according to federal court tes testimony mony Monday Agent Harry told jurors at s death penalty trial that his efforts to secure a warrant warrant warrant war war- rant to search belongings were frustrated frustrated frustrated frus frus- at every turn by FBI officials he accused of said he had sought crin criminal nal negligence help from a colleague writing that he was so desperate desperate desperate des des- Ill I'll take to get into s computer anything That was on Sept 10 2001 1 testimony added striking detail to the voluminous public record on the FBI's bungling of the case It also could help defense is a prosecution witness witness witness wit wit- ness who had earlier backed the governments government's central cen cen- central theory of the case that the FBI would have raised alarm bells and could have stopped the Sept 11 attacks if had not lied to agents But under examination cross-examination by the defense Monday said that he did raise those alarms repeatedly but that his bosses impeded FBI Cont on Page 8 FBI Cant Conf from front his efforts The testimony came as the sentencing hearing resumed for the only person convicted in the United States of charges stemming from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon Jurors in Alexandria Va will determine whether will live or die The proceeding was derailed last week by the misconduct of government lawyer Carla J. J Martin who improperly shared testimony with upcoming witnesses and coached them An angry US U.S. District Judge Leonie M. M Brinkema halted the hearing for a week She barred the testimony of the witnesses Martin had contacted and all aviation evidence gutting the governments government's governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's case But after prosecutors prosecutors prosecutors prose prose- offered a compromise Brinkema issued a revised order Friday saying they could use new aviation witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses not tainted by Martins Martin's conduct Brinkema began the day Monday by welcoming jurors back to court and quizzing them about whether they had seen or read the extensive media coverage which she had barred them from doing When they shook their heads no in unison the judge said Youve been wonderful Nowhere to be seen was Martin the Transportation Security Administration lawyer who Brinkema has blamed for the disruption She faces possible contempt of court or other criminal charges and attorneys had urged her to explain her actions at a special special special cial hearing Monday That hearing was never convened and Brinkema did not mention mention mention men men- tion it Martins Martin's attorney has said she would not testify Paul Bresson an FBI spokesman declined to com com- ment on the testimony from who remains an agent in the FBI's Minneapolis office The primary supervisor sor accused of impeding impeding impeding ing his investigation Michael Maltbie said in a phone interview Monday that the issues raised in court have been looked at extensively by Congress the Justice Department my own peo peo- The FBI director has given me a chance to respond to some of these issues that have come up said Maltbie a former supervisor at headquarters in Washington and now a supervisory supervisory super super- special agent in Cleveland 37 t pleaded guilty in April to conspiring with al in the Sept 11 attacks He was sitting in jail on that day of terror because of his arrest a month earlier after his activities raised suspicion suspicion suspicion sus sus- at a Minnesota flight 6 school r fv r. |