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Moussaoui,HabibZacarias, the so called 20th hijacker, originally from France, was already arrested in August 2001, while learning how to fly planes "without landing". The Faa received a report on him, but decided against a public warning. FBI agents around Rowley,Coleen tried to examine his computer, which was denied by the FBIHQ and NSLU. As CBS revealed in May 2002, the FBI agents in Minnesota took the radical step of contacting the CIA for help, an FBI whistleblower said. But nothing happened. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/23/attack/main510040.shtml
Therefore Moussaoui was only charged for immigration fraud, while at the same time, the French Intelligence Service and Jean-Louis Brugruiere, a French judge and terrorist hunter, warned the United States on Moussaoui, that he might be connected with "islamic terrorists". While french and european media continued to write about Moussaoui after the Sep11th-attack, the United States ignored his case until December 2001, when he officially became the "20th hijacker", a title which was originally obtained by two other detainees (->Mohammed Jaweed Azmath, Ali-Khan,Ayub ).
A 2002 US-indictment later charged Moussaoui with "being part of an al-Qaeda conspiracy to kill Americans". Moussaoui was accused to have been in contact with Binalshibh,Ramzi, a Yemeni cleric and official associate of Mohammad Atta. In January 2002, Jack Kelly (USA Today) claimed, that one USA Today reporter obtained an FBI report, which said, that Moussaoui got money for flight training in the USA from Yazid Sufaat (->), an alleged al-Qaeda operative in Malaysia. Sufaat agreed to pay Moussaoui $2,500 a month and $35,000 up front, U.S. authorities said. Moussaoui arrived in the USA in February 2001 and deposited $32,000 in a bank in Norman, Oklahoma. He attended flight schools in Norman,Oklahoma and Minnesota, before he was arrested on immigration charges in August 2001. Law enforcement officials alleged that Sufaat gave Moussaoui papers identifying Moussaoui as a "marketing consultant" for Infocus Tech, a Malaysian company. The papers were signed by "Yazid Sufaat, Managing Director." (Infocus Tech officials say Moussaoui never worked for the company.) Source: http://pgoh.free.fr/fbi_nyt.html
July 2002: Moussaoui,HabibZacarias said, he wants to reveal how the FBI had him and the 19 hijackers under surveillance before the attacks. The US government denies Moussaoui's accusations that they knew about the terror attacks before they took place. Moussaoui said the US government "cynically allowed September 11 in order to destroy Afghanistan." (See Lihop) Source: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_620820.html?menu
(See MoussaouiIndictment) (See MoussaouiMotions) (See MoussaouiSBrother)