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"Web site" baffles Internet terrorism trial judge

"The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a Web site is," he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.

Prosecutor Mark Ellison briefly set aside his questioning to explain the terms "Web site" and "forum." An exchange followed in which the 59-year-old judge acknowledged: "I haven't quite grasped the concepts."

Off wit' 'is 'ead!

Brits: don't you have some form of recusal? Or maybe just, um, researching the matter before you hear a case regarding it?