that because he did not expect the 9/11 attacks to be as large as they were, he also did not plan for the level of scrutiny that the U.S. Government would place on foreign born citizens, like Moussaoui who underwent flight training in the U.S. Sheikh Mohammed also said he did not know that Moussaoui left Oklahoma for Minnesota in August 2001.
99. Sheikh Mohammed related one instance when he considered an operative had failed to perform. This occurred when he instructed Zacarias Moussaoui to travel to Malaysia in 1999 and enroll in flight school. Moussaoui disobeyed orders and created problems by becoming involved with Hambali's group doing things such as obtaining explosives for the group. After this, Sheikh Mohammed concluded that Moussaoui was not qualified to be an operative. Moussaoui was punished by being enrolled in a school in Qandahar, Afghanistan, after which al Qaeda leadership considered him reformed; however, Sheikh Mohammed was not convinced.
Zacarias Moussaoui's Abilities as an Al-Quada Operative
100. Sheikh Mohammed said that Moussaoui did not have any particular personality flaws, but noted that Moussaoui had a different state of mind from other operatives because he had been raised in the west. Sheikh Mohammed explained that Moussaoui had a high level of self-confidence,
