On his arrest Moussaoui alleged that British Intelligence knew all about 9/11 through a double agent of theirs, Atif Ahmed.
On trial on charges of terrorism Moussaoui is asking that the US government reveal what they knew before 9/11 regarding the events that took place on that day.
The judge has agreed with his request and the US Government has been asked to provide the requested documents to the defence team of Moussaoui.
From http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/25/national/w131943S72.DTL
She [Judge Leonie Brinkema] ordered the government to immediately turn over any threat assessments, especially those completed in the year before the Sept. 11 attacks.
Defense attorneys also will get all reports, cables, slides, talking points, memos and other documents about Moussaoui's arrest a month before the attacks and about two Sept. 11 hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdahar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, whose presence in the United States was known to federal officials before the attacks.
That data clearly was sought by the defense for use in the first part of the upcoming court proceeding, in which prosecutors will try to convince jurors that the FBI would have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks if Moussaoui had told federal agents what he knew about al-Qaida's desire to fly planes into U.S. buildings.
The defense will argue that agents had more information about the plot than Moussaoui could provide but still could not prevent the attacks. If the jury disagrees with prosecutors, Moussaoui will receive life in prison. If jurors agree with prosecutors, they will decide whether he should be executed.
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