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In a stunning turnaround, al Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified this week that, along with attempted shoe-bomber Richard Reid, he planned to hijack a fifth plane on Sept. 11, 2001, and crash it into the White House. The surprise admission, delivered during a trial to determine whether Moussaoui would receive life in prison or be executed, contradicts previous claims that he was not part of the 9/11 plot. Against his lawyers’ advice, Moussaoui also testified that after he was arrested in August 2001, he stonewalled investigators because he knew what was coming. "I had knowledge that the twin towers would be hit," he said. If the court determines that Moussaoui’s lying to investigators was responsible for at least one death, he will be sentenced to death.
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