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| The Investigation |
| Feds turned down FBI request to gather info on Moussaoui |
| 2001-10-03 |
Weeks before the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, top Justice Department officials turned down a request by FBI agents in Minnesota for a warrant to gather intelligence on a French Algerian man now being held as a material witness in the assaults. Federal authorities confirmed Tuesday that the agents were denied access in August to the contents of a computer hard drive seized from Habib Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaoui, 33, has been held on immigration charges since Aug. 17, after investigators learned he had tried to take lessons at a Minnesota flight school on how to steer — not take off or land — airplanes. He was in custody at the time of the attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |