Evidence Against Suspect From 9/11 Is Called Weak (DAVID JOHNSTON and PHILIP SHENON, July 20, 2002, NY Times)

Since December, when the government indicted Zacarias Moussaoui as the first man charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, an unusual gulf has opened between what prosecutors have charged in court and what investigators are saying privately about what they can prove about him.

Prosecutors have charged that Mr. Moussaoui played a direct role in the Sept. 11 hijackings, and some officials have said they believe he was supposed to be on one of the four planes. But investigators now say the evidence is not so clear. In fact, they say they believe he may been in the United States to take part in a different plot.

It is almost impossible to reconcile this story with this one : FBI Examines Moussaoui's Life Investigation Reveals Many Parallels With Alleged Hijackers (Susan Schmidt and Lois Romano, December 12, 2001, Washington Post) Posted by Orrin Judd at July 20, 2002 5:37 PM