When a good lie kills.

Source: CNN
I find it rather ironic that it's OK for elected officials to lie this country, but when a so-called "terrorist" does it, the world is going to end.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN)--Had Zacarias Moussaoui only told the truth after his arrest a month before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the lives of Americans could have been saved, a prosecutor told jurors as the penalty phase of Moussaoui's trial got under way Monday.

"He lied so the plot could proceed unimpeded," Robert Spencer said in his opening statement. "He lied, and 3,000 people died."

If he had told the truth, the prosecutor said, the FBI would have been able to trace 11 of the 19 hijackers in the United States through financial records, phone records and flight school records.

Had the government taken action to stop the plot, Spencer said, the 11 hijackers would have been put on a no-fly list, and the Federal Aviation Administration would have banned the use of box cutters or short-bladed knives from flights.

Cough, cough--had to clear the bullshit out of my throat.

Yeah, like when they acted on information before Pearl Harbor and Hitler in War World 2, right?

My point, exactly.

My question is why does this guy get a free pass for his lies? Well over 3000 people have died for his fibs.