“Working with the FBI, federal immigration officers in Minneapolis arrested Zacarias Moussaoui on August 16, 2001. Based on his bizarre behavior at a local flight school FBI agents were convinced Moussaoui, who held a French passport, was a Muslim extremist interested in hijacking a commercial jet.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 138 […]
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8/16/2001
On August 10, 2001, potential terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui left Oklahoma for Minnesota, where he began flight simulator training at Pan Am. “His conduct, however, raised the suspicions of his flight instructor. It was unusual for a student with so little training to be learning to fly large jets without any intention of obtaining a pilot’s […]
8/16/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “A French national, [Zacarias] Moussaoui was arrested on August 16, 2001, by the FBI. …Moussaoui had enrolled in flight school in Minnesota and paid for his training in cash. He was interested in learning to fly 747s, but not in taking off or landing. He was interested to learn […]
8/16/2001
“Police in Minnesota had arrested [potential terrorist] Zacarias Moussaoui on August 16 [2001], 26 days before the attack. Moussaoui had come from London and had violated visa regulations for entering the country. His flight instructor had raised a red flag about him because he was interested only in practicing turns, not takeoffs or landings.” Although […]
8/16/2001
“August 16, 2001: The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] issues a warning about disguised weapons. Officials cite reports that the terrorists have made breakthroughs in using cell phones, key chains and pens as weapons.” – Gerald Posner, Why America Slept, Page 192 […]
8/15/2001
In August 2001, potential hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui raised concerns at his flight school in Egan, Minnesota, “after attempting to rush his flight training, calling his desire to fly a jumbo jet an ‘ego-boosting thing,’ and asking instructors how much damage a hijacker could do flying a fully loaded 747. Fortunately, an alert flight manager…contacted the […]
8/15/2001
“[I]n August [2001], the Central Intelligence Agency issued a secret report warning senior policy makers that Al Qaeda, Mr. bin Laden’s network, hoped to launch a strike against the domestic United States. The report combined both new and older intelligence gathered by the C.I.A. and other American intelligence agencies to depict Mr. bin Laden’s long-term […]
8/15/2001
On August 15, 2001, two FBI agents interviewed suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui and asked FBI headquarters for a warrant to inspect Moussaoui’s laptop. “But headquarters refused the request because there was no ‘probable cause’ foundation that a crime had been committed.” – Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Pages 30-31 […]
8/15/2001
“The United States received intelligence a month before Sept. 11 [August 2001] that bin Laden’s right-hand man, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, was receiving medical treatment at a clinic in San’a, Yemen… The Bush administration rejected a plan to capture him as officials could not be 100 percent sure the patient was Al-Zawahiri, sources said.” [The 15th of […]
8/15/2001
“In a classified chronology submitted to Congress in early 2002, the CIA stated that it had tracked terrorists Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi to the United States in early 2001, but failed to notify the FBI and other government agencies about the connections of the two men to al Qaeda. …the CIA had said it […]