on the other hand, the nation was reading the coverage and actually was being covered bilal jazeera in the arabic-speaking world. so people were following this trial. the french media was particularly interested, especially as it payment time to decide when he would fete the death pesmty or life in prison. >> and you write about the unexpected that happened. there were a lot of unexpected events in this trial. it took longer to go to trial than people thought, there was some witness tampering. what were the lasting effects, and did the public perception of this trial change because of that? >> well, it was deemed aer -- aa circuit for a while. there was an attempt to get witnesses such as khalid sheikhh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, to either be able to come to the trial to give testimony or to interview him think some other peens. and that was presented by the government, and so there was a legal fight in which the judge threatened to throw the whole case out. the it went up to the supreme court, came back down, and then there was a disto actually have the interviews with people l