In the late-’90s, Moussaoui claims, he was tasked by Osama bin Laden to create a digital database cataloguing al Qaeda’s donors. Every day for two or three months, he claims, he entered names of the group’s donors into a Toshiba computer along with how much they gave.
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Moussaoui, who has been in U.S. custody for more than 13 years, said the list featured high-profile individuals, including several members of the Saudi Royal family, who he named in his testimony.
They include Prince Turki al-Faisal Al Saud, former director-general of Saudi Arabia’s foreign intelligence service and Ambassador to the United States.
Moussaoui, a French national, said he was chosen for the database job because of his education and ability to speak English.
“Shaykh Osama wanted to keep a record who give money … who is to be listened to or who contribute to — to the jihad,” he said in sometimes-stuttered answers.
CNN cannot independently confirm the claims Moussaoui makes in his new testimony, which was made under oath as part of a brief filed in opposition to a motion to dismiss a case against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
Unlike a deposition, Moussaoui was not subjected to cross-examination by the defendants’ lawyers.
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Beyond his claims about the donor database, Moussaoui also says in this latest sworn statement he was involved in a series of other plots against U.S. targets.
Specifically, he says he was given explosives training to attack the U.S. embassy in London with a truck bomb.
“I conducted a trial test of explosives for bomb of 750 kilogram of ammonium nitrate,” he claimed. “The plot was agreed with Shaykh Osama bin Laden.”
Moussaoui said his team in that plot included Richard Reid, known as “the shoe bomber,” who Moussaoui previously claimed was supposed to take part in the 9/11 attacks — allegations Reid has denied.
The plot on the embassy in London was eventually canceled, Moussaoui said, and he was sent to Malaysia to explore the possibility of conducting an attack on the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur. That plot was also canceled, Moussaoui told his attorneys, so he went to the U.S. to look into launching an attack on Air Force One — the plot he first revealed in November.
“My plan was not to launch the attack,” he insisted in the statement. “It was only to see the feasibility of the attack.”
CNN’s Jennifer Rizzo, Deborah Feyerick and Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report.
