EFI/911

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Coleen Rowley: FBI HQ blocked a FISA search of Moussaoui's laptop

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Provenance

Source
Coleen Rowley memo to FBI Director Mueller (May 2002) on the Moussaoui case
Date
2002-05-21
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Classification
unclassified
Copyright
public domain
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Observation

A flight-school student connected to radical jihadist travel was in FBI custody before 11 September; a requested FISA search was not obtained.

Interpretation

Supports actionable-intelligence-not-used. Does not identify a person who wanted the attacks to proceed.

Source text

OBSERVATION: Zacarias Moussaoui was in custody 26 days before the attacks. The Minneapolis office sought a FISA search. Rowley later documented headquarters obstruction.

Whether the laptop would have revealed the 11 September plot is unknowable. The process failure is documented.

Hypothesis linkage

  • H008supportsseeded

    Moussaoui/Rowley FISA block.

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Citations

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