United States v. Sun Myung Moon

*559MEMORANDUM DECISION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

This is a motion pursuant to Fed.R. Crim.P. 15. The defendants Sun Myung Moon and Takeru Kamiya.ma seek to depose, on videotape in Tokyo, Japan, 120 witnesses who allegedly have evidence material to the defendants’ cases. For the reasons and under the conditions stated below, this motion is granted.

Rule 15 authorizes the court to order depositions “[w]henever due to exceptional circumstances of the case it is in the interests of justice that the testimony of a prospective witness of a party be taken and preserved for use at trial.” Fed.R.Crim.P.…