Federal investigators suspected Zacarias Moussaoui of plotting terrorism even before Sept. 11. He was arrested in August on immigration charges after he attracted attention in Minnesota by offering thousands of dollars in cash for lessons on how to maneuver a plane in the air--but not how to land. Since his arrest, many observers have said Moussaoui was to have been the 20th member of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
But several ranking investigators have told TIME they do not believe Moussaoui was part of the group. Not so much as an ATM receipt connects him to the hijackers, and he was inquiring...
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