Cossie wrote:

- 8/16 Moussaoui is interviewed at a flight school in Florida by the FBI.
When they question his presence in the USA, he says he is simply interested
in learning to fly. He tells them that, upon competing training, he
"intended to engage in sightseeing in New York City and Washington." He
insists that he is a successful salesman, but when they ask what company, he
can't recall the name (Infocus Tech) of the firm he works for. He is then
placed under arrest for visa irregularities. He is found with: two knives;
one pair of binoculars; flight manuals for the Boeing 747 Model 400; a
flight simulator computer program; fighting gloves and shin guards; a piece
of paper referring to a handheld Global Positioning System receiver and a
camcorder; software that could be used to view pilot procedures for the
Boeing 747 Model 400; a notebook listing two German telephone numbers,
including the Duesseldorf number that MOUSSAOUI called on July 29th; a
manual for a crop-duster; the name "Ahad Sabet," and a laptop computer (see
August 18-20). Letters indicating that MOUSSAOUI is a marketing consultant
in the United States for Infocus Tech; a computer disk containing
information on the aerial application of pesticides; a handheld aviation
radio. For three weeks, Moussaoui, 33, sits in jail in Minnesota with
"no-one coming near him", according to the administrator of the jail.

All of this - yet they couldn't put two and two together???

Any same operative would think he was planning to use a plane in
an illegal manner - either to spray chemicals or something simmilar.

- August 27, 2001-Allegedly, the CIA sends a message coded "IMMEDIATE" (the
second-highest priority) to the FBI, Justice Department, and Customs warning
that ALMIDHAR and ALHAZMI are in the country. The FBI later claims that it
took "aggressive action" in response to the warning. The LA Times later
pointed out that the FBI's "aggressive action" did not include checking
California drivers' license records or VISA card records (the VISA cards are
used the same day to buy Flight 77 tickets), on both of which the two were
listed under their own names. ALHAZMI was listed in the 2001 San Diego phone
book.

Well, is *is* California we're talking about here.