"This morning, Mehdi Nemmouche was talkative. It's been more than 10 years since he last said a word to any examining magistrate or police officer," says Francis Vuillemin, lawyer for the French jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche, who is being questioned before the special assize court in Paris for his alleged role as jailer and torturer of Western hostages in Syria, particularly French citizens. SOUNDBITES