There was practically no reaction from outside the Bureau. The FBI finally reached out-12 minutes before a plane struck the WTC. considered to be potentially very dangerous because of his beliefs and the nature of his character." It also stated that Moussaoui had traveled to Pakistan for two months prior to his arrival in the United States and that "it is noted that Islamic extremists often use Pakistan as a transit point enroute to receiving training at terrorist camps in Afghanistan." The report did not contain a threat assessment or state that the Minneapolis FBI believed that Moussaoui or others not yet known were engaged in preparing to seize an airplane in commission of a terrorist act. It said the French described him as "full of hatred and intolerance and. French authorities, the report said, stated that Moussaoui had radical Islamic fundamentalist beliefs and he had recruited a person to join the jihad against Russia in Chechnya. The report stated that though he had paid for training in cash, the type of training he sought was not normally given to airline pilots, and that Moussaoui had no prior experience. The previous day, FBI lawyers in Washington had sent a comprehensive report to various offices within the FBI, to six overseas FBI legal attaché offices, the CIA, Department of State, Secret Service, Customs Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service giving details of the Moussaoui investigation.
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