September 26, 2003

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Justice Dept says it is willing to allow Judge Leonie M Brinkema to dismiss indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui, only person charged in American court with conspiring in 9/11 terrorist attacks, in order to move case into appeals court where charges could be quickly reinstated; judge has already signaled that she might have no other option because of government's refusal to allow Moussaoui and his court-appointed lawyers to interview captured terrorists from Al Qaeda who might provide valuable defense testimony; Bush administration officials have made clear that if Moussaoui cannot be prosecuted in civilian court because of question of defense witnesses, he will be moved to military tribunal, where he may have fewer rights to seek testimony from captured terrorists; photo (M)

Management crisis at New York Stock Exchange has raised long-dormant questions about whether exchange can continue to be regulator and presents major challenge for Securities and Exchange Commission; broad change is beginning to seem inevitable with H Carl McCall calling for division of regulatory and commercial functions when announcing his resignation from exchange's board; that change will test regulatory mettle of commission's new leader William H Donaldson, who helped topple Richard A Grasso and anoint his interim successor; Donaldson is moving gingerly in debate over exchange's future; commission and exchange officials expect Donaldson to be consulted before exchange discloses plan to overhaul how it is governed and structured; photo (M)

New legislation and another court ruling are latest twists in confusing off-again-on-again drama invoving federal effort to prevent unwanted telephone solicitation; Congress overwhelmingly passes legislation aimed at allowing national do-not-call registry against unwanted telemarketing to take effect next week as planned, effectively rendering moot federal judge's injunction against registry; hours later, second judge declares program a violation of free speech; unless it is overturned by higher court, latest judicial decision, by Federal District Judge Edward W Nottingham of Denver, would block government from going ahead on schedule with program that almost 50 million American households have signed up for; Rep Ed Markey, longtime advocate of do-not-call list, says he is confident second ruling would be overturned by higher court; claims Supreme Court has historically given much greater protection to political speech than to commercial speech; photo (M)