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To: Counterterrorism
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AttnDate: os/03/2002
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Case ID #: QQ 265A-NY-280350-CD Pending!
Title: gh PENTTBOM;
, U!MAJOR CASE 182
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Reference: §Q 265ANY-280350 Serial 9772
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Case,IDSynopsis: l To provide investigative summary information and
265ANY-280350NK Serial 1111 9436, 4868
265A-NY-280350PX Serial 11114
265ANY280350NK
265A-NY280350WF
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315NNY280350CDSerial
Serial
Serial199QNK-95811 Serial 29, 3
265CMP54588T85l8 Serial 6 _ _
199Q-MP-45209 Serial 171
265ANY280350302 Serial 38180, 73431, 113489,
113484, 79727, 79726
47759, 59232, 36440
114144, 77663, 112843
932125, 21529
13375, 17496, 4868
6472, 8704, 9991, 1808
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265C-DL85383S serial 76
l99PNK-81348 serial 576
l99HNK76996 Serial 1140, 562 b6
l99QNK92908 Serial 404 b7c
l99HWF-213358 Serial 120
199HNY26107O serial 73£5 l99QAT76l04 serial 672
_ ! l99H-NY256049 serial 21I2; l99QWF2ll947 serial 23s
265A-NY-280350TEL Serial 92
l99Q~AT76lO4 Serial 672
Enclosure s!: Sb VEnclosed for the Minnea olis Division is acopy of the toll records for the[::::::::::?:::::]cellular
telephone,[::::::::::::] Enclosed for the Washington Field
Office is a copv of the toll records for the cellular tele honeusedI Isubscriber name[::::f¬]
Details: ¢$% Previous investigation has revealed that
Iwere associated with knownhija¢kers,rMQJED_MQQED. HANI HANJQHR. NAHAF ALHAZMli_and_AimEEL_1ALGHAMDI.
I k , , _ Ifrom approximatel 03 2001
to O6/2001. The aforementioned hijackers visited
I Iduring 04/2001-05/2001.
4s! I Irented this apartment froma woman bv the nameI r_ Iand the lease was in her name.
I I <1 | and was liste I Investigation has
revealed thatI Iboth utilized telephone
numberI Iduring their stay in Virginia.
4%! On 05/O7/2001,[::::::::]drove the four hijackers
from Falls Church, Virginia to the FAIRFIELD INN, Fairfield,
Connecticut. On O5/O9/2001,[::::::::]drove the four hijackers
to Paterson, New Jersey.
éé! Prior to ' ' ' ' 'Falls Church, Virqinia,I I
resided in Paterson, he met and eventuall ii tn? WhileYleft New Jersey to live in Falls Church, Virginia,I II Lmet the four hiiackers in Virginia whileIheIresided there.
#7 Upon his returd Ilived with two menI I
Imaintained contact with
who was working and residing in Connecticut.
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The past activitiesI I
I Ihave raised questions as to whether thewere associated with the known hijackers, as well as[:::::::E:]
FBI Phoenix had conducted an investigation into the automatic
teller transactions of known hijacker HANI HANJOUR and the
investigation revealed the following:
&?¥' On 06/19/2001, at 23 03:29 hours, HANI HANJOUR
conducted an automatic teller machine ATM! transaction at the
PNC Bank, 1152 Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey. A review
conducted by the Phoenix Division of all transactions conducted
30 minutes before and after HANJOUR'S transaction revealed four
' individuals who made transactions at the same ATM 'ust rior to
HANJOUR. Two of the four individuals identifiedl I
I At present, it has not been determined ifIknew HANJOUR or made some financial
transaction for him, but the aforementioned transaction
illustrates the possibility.
#4? .Additionally,I Ihad two telephones in his
name; a VOICESTREAM cellular telephone Iand the
main hardline number for his residence I
Investigation by the NewarkDivision revealed thad:::::::::]w§§Jin possess' n
aforementioned VOICESTREAM cellular telephone
The Newark Division has reviewed the toll records
for these wo telephone numbers. The review produced the
following:
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Minnesota nd held in federal custody at the Sherburne County
Jail in Elk River, Minnesota. A review of the telephone calls onthe tolls records of tFgI:::::::::::::%:]cell phone reveal that,
subsequent 08/16/2001 was attempting to locate
and speak withI I
I I subject of full field
investigation 1990-NK98511. The aforementioned call activity -
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[:::::::]conducted by the Newark Division on 06/05/2002.
In the aforementioned interview
he lived with his friend sometime '
during 1991 or 1992 at a location 1n Paterson,
New Jersey. I the interviewing agents that he
has a single engine pilot's license and that some point in time
in the 1980's he had taken flight lessons in New Jersey.
had taken flight lessons at AIRLFLEET_TRATNTNG_SYSTEMST_TETERBURé AIRPORT, Teterboro, New Jersey,
and CALDWELL FLIGHT ACADEMY, Essex County Airport, Fairfield, New
Jersey. It should be noted that known hijackers HANI HANJOUR and
SAEED ALGHAMDI took flight lessons at FLEET TRAINING SYSTEMS and
HANI HANJOUR tOOk flight lessons at CALDWELL FLIGHT ACADEMY.
65ANY28035O Serial 9772!
AFT On O8/16/2001, Icellulartelephone contacted the tele hone number Itwice. The
telephone number Iis subscribed to I
I was the subject of
numerous Currency Transaction Reports CTR! due to a large number
of currency transaction he conducted in the past that were over
the $10,000 limit. These reports were filed by what was the
MIDATLANTIC BANK and is currently a PNC BANK located at theintersecfion of Main Street and Crooks Avenue in Paterson, New
Jerse[:::::Ton the CTRs wich reflected numerous financial transactions
that took place during 1996.
$41 On os/17/2oo1,| Icellulartelephone contac one number Ionce. Thetelephone numbe is listed to J
provided information about the prior ownership of theIduring his interview with the FBI on05I21i2o02. 65A-NY280350302, Serial 114144! |was_also a location where a number of the hijackers were
o served in the past. 65ANK280350NK Serial 17496!
.-§f The cellular telephone alsocontacted the telephone numbe Ion 08/17/2001. Thetelephone number Iis listed A
, eria
7Q!» On 08I18/2001, the IceIJ.lulartelephone contacted twice. The
I Icellular telephone also contacted the tele honenumber twice. The telephone number[::::::::::¬;]isthe number of Icellular telephone. During O9 2001
E:::]was interviewed by the Minneapolis Division and he advised
the interviewin a ents that his VOICESTREAM cellular telephone
number was 65ANY280350302 Serial 73431!
I On 08/18/2001, the cellularage 4
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Itelephone also contacted the telephone number[::::::::::::]once.as his home telephone number on
his VOICESTREAM subscriber paperwork. 65ANY280350-302 Serial
77663! .
_%8! On 08/19/2001, thel cellulartelephone contacted the tele hone number| |once and
' the telephone number once. In the aforementioned
interview of| had advised the interviewing
agents that his home telephone number wasl Iand his
cellular tele hone number was The aforementionedcall to[:::::E]home number,[:t;:;::::::;]_wLs a roximately 25shou e note thatE:¬¬:]resided in minutes in duration. It
Minnesota when[:::::::::]was arrested and that the aforementioned
attempts to reach him were in the time period of O8/16/2001 to
08/19/2001.
LEO [::::]was under investigation by the Newark
Division, 'n the past, for his links to terrorist organizations,
HAMAS and the HOLY LAND FOUNDATION for RELIEF and DEVELOPMENT
HLFRD!, a known fund raising front organization for HAMAS.
99QNK-98511! During the aforementioned interview[:::::::]by
the Minneapolis Division,| Ihe currently lives at
'65A-NY-280350-302 [Serial 73431!
In the referenced full field inv ' a ' n 9Q-
NK98511 was found to be an associate of
LEHE_ISLAMTC_CENTER_UF_PASSATC_CUUNTY_TTT$TD when ne resided in
New Jersey. [:::::::::]presently resides in San Diego, California
and he is the subject of an investigation b the San DiegoDivision, 199QSD60938. Toll analysis oEf:::::]former place of
business, PROTECH COMPUTERS, INCORPORATED, Fairlawn, New Jersey,
during the 1998-1999 time frame, revealed numerous calls to HLFRD
headquarters. .
l%+ I lwas held in federal custody in
the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota, subsequent his
arrest on O8/16/2001. Toll analysis of calls placed from the
Sherburne Jail during the time period of O9/11/2001 to O9/14/2001
revealed numerous calls from the S2 and S2A locations in the
jail to the AL-ALMAL ISLAMIC SCHOOL, also known as, ISLAMIC
CENTER OF MINNESOTA, 1401 Gardena Avenue, N.E., Fridley, MN
'55432, at telephone 763-571-5604. It should be noted, the
Minneapolis Division has directly linked the AL-ALMAL ISLAMIC
SCHOOL to HAMAS and HLFRD activities in Minneapolis, MN.
referenced in 199QMP45 rial 171,166! The Newark Division
has not yet determined if has any ties to the AL-ALMAL
to HAMAS and HLFRD.SCHOOL, even though both and the AL-ALMAL SCHOOL have ties
ySf The[::::::::::::::::]cellular telephone was alsoin contact with the main telephone number to|
I | As previously indicated,
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lived at this address and was associated with four of the known
hijackers. In his interview with the FBI on O6/O5/2OO1II Ithe writer thatdhe is the cousinI I I [;;;;;;;]:;hg:;;go resided at th
QM The cellular telephone was also
in Contact wi telephgne number is the
listed number I
's of interest because it was contacted not
only by the hardlineI Ibut
also telephone numbersI Inumbers for
the residenceI I99P-NK81348 Serial
576!
I Iis an avid supporter ofI II rorist I
organization, AL GAMA AL ISLAMIYYA AGAI!. holds a key
position in AGAI, whereby he willingly has acted as a
communications conduit between AGAI leaders overseas and in the
U.S. l99PNK-81348 Serial 576!
g I Iis associatedI I I
I65ANY280350NK
Serial 13375!
Ientered th£vULited States on 10/23/1992, on a M1 Visa to attend
the ACADEMIC OF FLIGHT SCHOOL, 46-12 Queens Boulevard, STE 204,
Sunnyside, New York, telephone 718-937-5716. A reveal of the
Telephone Application of ACS revealed that the ACADEMIC OF FLIGHT
SCHOOL was contacted by known hijacker MOHAMMED ATTA, cell phone
number 646-479-0432, on 06/21/2000. I Idenied
knowing how to fly an aircraft during an interview conducted by
the Newark Division. 65ANY280350302 Serial 113489!
EQ During the aforementioned interview,E::;:::::::]I Iin late 1996 to earlv 1997, e ecime
I I Ibusiness partners
Palestine, and purchased
Q' The Newark Division has not vet ascertained if I
Iwho was the subject of a ast investi ation by the
Newark Division, 199H-NK-89960. I Iwas a
Palestinian businessman andI Ithe ICPC in 1996.I Iwas also an ctive HAMAS leader and the close
friend of
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identified the ICPC as a place where, among legitimate Islamic
worship, HAMAS supporters meet to raise funds and conduct
business. referenced in l99Q-NK-92908 Serial 404! As stated
previously,| lof ICPC at one time.
99HNK76996 Serial 562!
Tér
I Iare currently under investigation by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service INS! due to the fact tha t
they currently appear to be illegal aliens. AdditionallvlS ecial A ents of the INS believe thad[:E:::::::¬:::::]may have entered into a fraudulent marriage too tain U.S. c1tizenship| |65A-NY-280350-IN Serial 40563!
The lcellular tele hone was also~ with| Iwhich was aaa1iaaa[§jjjjjjjjj]
As stated previously [:::::::] conducted an ATM
transaction in close proximity to known hijacker HANI HANJOUR.[::::::::]is currentl in custody due to the fact that he was inthe U.S. illegally. E;:::::::]has been previously interviewed byCh N k DI ' I . 265A NY 280350 302 S ' 1 112843! e ewar ivision - - - eria
, féé In the aforementioned interview conducted by the
Newark Division,| Iattended a mosque
located in Falls Church, Virginia while he was stayin with a£r1end[::::::::::::::]in Maryland. The mosque aaaa[jfjjjjjjjj]
referred to could possibly be the DAR AL-HIJRA MOSQUE, 3159 Row
Street, Falls Church, Virginia.
It should be noted that| I[::::::::]had met the four known hijackers at the DAR AL-HIJRA
MOSQUE in Falls Church, Virginia. The DAR AL-HIJRA MOSQUE is
known to be attended by members of HAMAS. referenced in 265ANY
280350WF Serial 9991, l99QWF-211947 Serial 238! Also, a
telephone number associated with the DAR AL-HIJRA MOSQUE was
found durin a search of the belongings of|[::::::::::fE:::]in Germany. 65ANY280350BN serial 858!
é§+- As indicated previously, Iutilized a
cellular elephone,
who left the United States and has recentl returned from Jordan
The telephone assigned telephone number| |wi1l be
hereafter referred to as the| |cellular telephone. A
review of the toll records for this cellular telephone revealed
the following:
.4g;_ Thel Icellular telephone was in contactwith! I Iwhich is probably due tothe act that] |1ived there
§ cellular telephone was also in
contact with which, as previously indicated, was
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the number ofI I
I Ilived in Falls Church, Virginia.
Addltlonall that ggy kngwnI II:;;;;j:::j;:-;::: jerial §3§I§§$
Li? The cellular tele h n n
tele h n '
is currenE1 owne byH is possiblyILLnkfd toI Iin that the telephone numberI Iwas found during a search of the belongingsI I
by the authorities in German . The
telephone number I Iwas '
I 65ANY
-EN Serial 8531
AF? The cellular telephone has contacted the
telephone numbers I The telephone
numberI ris the home telephone numberl
The telephone numberI Iis subscribed pdI but the
telephone is utilized
1 Inumerous times, but there are two dates
that should be noted. On O9/10/200lkI |
LQ} I Iwas interviewed bv the Washington Field
Office in 10/2001. I II which wasnext door to the apartmentI Iwhen they
lived in Virginia. In fact, claimed to have metIin the sEreeE and brought them to
to rent her apartment that was next door to his.
then claimed to not have had any other interaction with
[:::::::::::::::]65A-NY-2s0350=302 Serial 79727!
claimed that a friend of his,[::::::::]Iknew that lired in New Jersey. rIhe;call_aTtivity-fromwould suggest that may not have
been truthful when discussing his knowledgeI I
[::::::::] It should also be noted that he lived next door to
where several of the known hijackers are known to have visited.
TIQ [::::::::::]was a friend[::::::;::;:::]and hisfamily and lived with his family for a erio o time.- The factssurrounding association[::E::::::::::::]would also
suggest that would have known the individuals that hebrought to apartment. Additionally,[E;;;;;;;;;;;}inher interview by the Washington Field Office, that
I Iwere friends of his when he
brought them to her apartment. 65ANY280350302 Serial 47759!
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]::::::lsnrrenLly lives with his wife in a h0use]E:::::::::::;:g]has been interviewe y
the Washington Field Office and advised that he splits his time
between Clifton, New Jerse and Lan ley Park, Maryland, where hestays with a friend. [::::f::::::::ithe interviewing agents that
he met in the Paterson, New Jersey area and that he
never saw in Virginia or Maryland. 65ANY280350-302
Serial 79
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other fro the Paterson area and lived in addresses that were
next door to each other in Falls Church, Virginia, it is possible
that] ]has not been truthful with the FBI when he discussedhis knowledge] ] It should be noted that]:g:::::::][:::::::::]and severa o e known hijackers have al een in,
Falls Church, Virginia, and Paterson, New Jersey, at one time or
another. ] ]and several of the known hijackers
were in Falls Church, Virginia basically during the time period
of 03/2001 to 07/2001.
E?bLfore and after he]
I65ANY280350302 Serial ]
74522,17494! Previous investigation has placed the hijackers in
Paterson, New Jersey at various times during 2001, such as the
confirmed sighting of 7 of the hijackers at APOLLO INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL, 1009 Main Street,2nd floor, Paterson, New Jersey in
O7/2001. 65ANY280350NK Serial 9436, 265A-NY280350-302
Serial 21529! The Newark Division has not ascertained whether
has come into contact with any of the known hijackers
4#+ The Newark Division has not ascertained why[::::::]
is utilizing a VOICESTREAM cellular telephone subscribed to the -
] However there are calls from[::::::::::::]]which is the home telephone number listed
on the VOICESTREAM paperwork. A CHOICEPOINT Database
c ec revealed] ]
An
Internet search on the telephone number] ]revealed a
listin
The telephone facility assi ned the number
wi ereafter be referred to as e ep one.
Additional anal sis of the toll recor s o cellulartelephone,[::::2i:::::::] revealed the following:
Q57 The cellular phone contacted[::::::::::::::]
home telephone numerous times, but it should be
noted that number on 09/10/2001 and
on 09/12/2001. The Newark ' ' 'significance of the contact] ]
T#+ The cellular telephone contacted[::::::::::]
] The telephone number] ]is the]cellular telephone number utilized] ]who is jhe
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[::;::g::::::%g::] The telephone number is the main
265A-NY-280350WF te ep one nu er ofI
Serial 6472!
d in 265ANY280350WF Serial 6472, I P5¥- As documentecame to the attention of the FBI due to his purchaselof
I Apparently, the former owner,[:::::::]
a r sum of money to get him to sell the was e aFgas station." cel phone has also contacted.
%é+ A CHOICEPOINT database check on the name
revealed
'fDe auuress1is also listed as the address ofI I Fhe
employerI Iwas listedII cnoic INT flared |Ias thePresident Treasurer I INCORPORATED and
the Vice President/Secretary.Iappears to be the same person II I owner of the aforementionedI
due to the fact that|
[::::::::] on his cellular telephone,I I65A-NY-' Iis 280350-TEL Serial 92!
also contacted by the cellular telephone and, as
indicated previously, the cellular telephone. review of the toll recor sI Icellular
h s! telep one
As documented in the CHOICEPOINT Database, |:|
appear to be partners and/or owners of a number of gas
stations located in the Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. Thewin as stations appear to be associated with[:::::::::]follo g g
d 703-534-9794 payphone!- all three of these numbersIan ,
were in contact with hijacker phone 973-652-2555, believed to
h" kers HANI HANJOUR, NAWAF ALHAMZI, have been used by known ijac
and SALEM ALHAMZI.
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hijacker cellular telephone 973-652-2555 believed to have been
used by known hijackers HANI HANJOUR, NAWAF ALHAMZI, and SALEM
ALHAMZI. 65A-NY280350-WF Serial 1808!
Ithe known hijackers, and the
HOLIDAY INN, Route 46 West, Totowa, New Jersey. Known hijacker
KHALID M. ALMIDHAR was positively identified by a hotel
housekeeper who worked for the aforementioned HOLIDAY INN. 65A
NY-280350-WF Serial 8704!
-$5 ALMIDHAR was registered under A
during the first week of O9/2001. A
number of the known ijackers were in Totowa, New Jersey at this
time. 65ANY280350WF Serial 8704, 265ANY280350NK Serial
4868! g
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Idenied
seeing or knowing any of the known hijackers. 65ANY-280350-302
Serial 59232!
Q# It should be noted that the hijackers were inTotowa, New Jerieyj at the same time! I There isl
contact between
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[:::::]and telephones that were in contact with the known
hijackers. I Iis in FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, where known hiackers resided for a
period of time.
Q4! Along with the aforementioned telephonic contact,the[:::::]cellular telephone an?:E%§%;;;;;;;;}cellular telephoneboth contacted telephone number review of toll
records of| Icellu ar telephones! The
subscriber for the tele hone number!E date of birthqp I | The telephone facility assi ned numberwill hereafter be referred to as the[::?::::]
cellular telephone. I
3%! h re a e si nificant contacts in the toll recordspertainin toE%:?::::f::::j A preliminary review of the[:::::::]
cellular telephone toll records revealed the following:
A8! The[:::::::]cellular telephone contactad[::::::::]E:::]on O9/11/2001, at approximatel 11:44 m, for a 4 minute timeperiod. The telephone number[:::::f::::::Thas also been in
contact with the telephone number 972-680-0761, which is
subscribed to the HLFRD, 525 International Parkway, Richardson,
Texas.
» LS7 The cellular telephone contacted the
telephone number The telephone numberl |i [lreferenced in l99QAT76104 Serial
672, l99HNY26lO7O Seria 73!
QM The number| Ihas
appeared in a number of investigations to include the TERRSTOP|J265ANY~239l43! and TRADEBOM 65A-NY-235983! investiqatiors.who
is the subject of a New York Division investigation due to his
ties to HAMAS. has a number of relatives in the
New York area that are involved |
referenced in l99QAT-76104 Serial 672, l99HNY26lO70 Serial
73! -A
Q?! Iparticipated in shotgun and rifle target practice with three
people associated with the WORLD TRADE CENTER bombing case,
|TRADEBOM 65A=NY235983LJ Iwas also a subject in
the TERRSTOP investigation. referenced in l99Q-AT76lO4 Serial
672, l99HNY-261070 Serial 73! '
gr The telephone number Ialso appeared inthe tele h ne records of| I[:::::::¬::]convicted in the TRADEBOM investigation. referenced
in l99QAT76lO4 Serial 672, l99HNY26lO7O Serial 73!
M The telephone number| appeare
en register conducted on the tele hone associated witEi:::] The telephone number[:::::ii::::]vms the home telephone
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numberI I In 1992,I Ifor firearms and explosives training in
PennsylvaniaI II Iwas convicted and sentenced to life in the TERRSTOP
investigation. referenced in 199QAT-76104 Serial 672, 199HNY-
261070 Serial 73!
*9 [::;;::::;:::;::Lhas been in contact with[::::::::]E::;::] who was e suljec 0 a HAMAS investiqation by FBI Niw
- - . in or , l99H NY 256049
Jersev City, New Jersey, and was linked to TRADEBOM subjects II The address for the
was utilized byI Ifor various
an accounts an insurance policies. 99HNY-256049 Serial 21,
l99H~NY26107O Serial 73!
I ! TheIin Jersey it , New Jersey. The telephone numberI Iissubscribed tor Iand was contacted byI I
review of ACS Telephone Application! As statedreviousl , was the home telephone number forI I I
I S veral of he known hiiackers ¢ K
visitedI I
I $5 The writer recommends thatI
interviewed concerning the aforementioned information. The
interviews should involve the following topics:
I _ Q6 Interviewees should be questioned about their
association with or knowledge of HAMAS, HLFRD, ICPC, DAR ALHIJRA
MOSOUE J IIll I
I;+ I I should be
questioned at length about their knowledge of each other, the
known hijackers, the DAR AL~HIJRA MOSQUE, the ALGHAZALY SCHOOL,
overseas travel, e-mail addresses, and HAMAS.
¬?'I Ishould be questioned about
the BEACH XXON and the ALGHAZALY SCHOOL and who they have been
in contact with at these locations.
¤! I Ishould be questioned
about any knowledge of the known hijackers when they resided in
F ll C h th f t' d t t' sa s _hprc or overseas, e a oremen ione gas s a ion ,E::;::::]
I Ipossible contact with the known hijac ers
in Totowa, New Jersey.
4&3 should be questioned at length on
his kno 'nv lvement with HAMAS, HLFRD ALALMAL
SCHOOL, GREAT NOTCH EXXON,I I any of the aforementionedE§§§§§E§§§f%%;;;:]
members, and the MIDTOWN EXXON.
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Set Lead 1:
COUNTERTERRORISM
AT WASHINGTON, DC
U! Read and clear.
Set Lead 2:
NEW YORK
AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK
U!' Provide co ies of this communication to SA[:::::]laid ii|i| iiiwiii iiiiiiiiii iiqiii-iii
t at New Yor Division review the content of this communication
and facilitate logical investigation as appropriate.
Set Lead 3: - I
MINNEAPOLIS
AT BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA
ggi Locate and reinterviewI l H
concerning his knowledge of
ALGHAZALY SCHOOL, GREAT
NOTCH EXXON, MIDTOWN EXXON, HAMAS, and the rest Of the
information provided in this communication.
Set Lead 4:
WASHINGTON FIELD
AT ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
I £$f' Locate and re-interviewI I I
concerning his knowledge ofI _IDAR AL-
HIJRA MOSOUE, the known hijackers and his previous residence,
and the rest of the information provided in
this communication.
Set Lead 5:
NEWARK
AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
Locate and intervieJ II Ifamily members
mentioned in this communication.
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' Precedence: ROUTINE Date: O6/17/ZQO2
To: Counterterrorism ' Attn: UBLU/RFU
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Case ID #: +$+ 199NPH-93296 Pending!
Title: Cs? KHALED A. SHOUKRY
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Synopsis: @&}- SAC authorizes opening preliminary inquiry PI!' based u on subject's contact withI I[:::::::f:]a former associate of Mohammed Atta.
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U! Preliminary Inquiry Instituted: O6/17/2002, set to expirel0/l4/2002. '
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assigned case a eht are the results from Choicepoint and internet
Details: U! On 9/16 2001, agents frgm the O|Agencv ORA! contactedI The ORA interviewe
because he was identified by the father of suicide pi o u amme
Muhammad AlAmir Awad AlSayad AlAmir!, a.k.a. Muhammad Atta,
as an "associate" of AlAmir. Information from this interview, in
case number 265ANY280350-TP, provided the basis for the opening
of a preliminary inquiry in Philadelphia.
l details of interview and the polygraph result
with follow. The link between the Philadelphia
subject and] I Iin Queens during May through November 1996,I I
since December 2000, stated that AlAmir a eenin ew or an met[:::::::]once during this time period.
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Because of-this association, and[:::::;:::]possible knowledge of
AlAmir Atta!, Philadelphia has opene a PI.
Lg? interview in ation indicated that[:::;::] ha receive a and worked for an unknownemp oyer in Philadelphia. searc Qbgjggngjg/Infgtjk
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a Quee the 1996 time period when
he was personal details follow:
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of 9/16/2001, agents from the con ac e at his
residence. He gave_consent for the search Qj his home.and
documents were obtained showinqj
RXP [::::::::::]had several newspapers clippings, e-
mail printouts, letters and notes which showed he is an active
member of the Muslim American Society MAS!, a group dedicated to _
promotin a ositive public image of Muslims in the UnitedStates. i:::f:::::::]is also a member of the Media Watch Board of
the MAS, which is dedicated to monitoring the American media foerceived anti-Arab prejudice Some of the MAS literature[::::i:::]E%:::::::::::::]emphasized that Muslims should remain mute or
indifferent to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 2001 but should bevocal in their condemning of the violence. I Ialso recently became a volunteer E:%::::::]in.the F ori a Department
of Corrections for incarcerate Muslim prisoners.
C81 After the consent search of his home,[::::::::::::]
voluntarily came to the ORA where he was interview v
hours. Present during the interview and acting as
counsel was| Iwho is an attorney.
GQ [;;:::::::;Jprovided the following information
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befriended AL-AMIR.
[:::::::::::::]knows ALAMIR by his true name and prior to
approximately 9/14/2001, had never heard the name MUHAMMED ATTA.
* After graduation, ALAMIR enrolled in an intensive German
language pro ram at a wellknown school in Cairo named Gotta.ALAMIR toldi::::::::::] that he needed to become fluent in
German to be eligible to attend a graduate level.civil
engineering school in Germany. It was common knowledge among the
engineering graduates from Cairo University that the best
graduate engineering programs were in the United States or
Germany. The American schools were known as selective and
expensive and the German schools offered free tuition to any
applicant who was fluent in German.
* In their senior ear at Cairo University and for the nextseveral years,[:::E:::::::] AL-AMIR and their friends frequented
a sports club in Cairo named Nadi Said, where they played soccer
and basketball and swam. The club was co-ed; therefore, no
fundamentalist Muslims came to the club.
* Between 1990 and 1998, ALAMIR never expressed any extremist
or fundamentalist beliefs, nor did he ever express any hostility
to the United States or any other western country.
* Between 1990 and 1998, AL-AMIR engaged in social activities
such as attending movie theaters, which further indicated[:::::::]
[::::::::]that ALAMIR was not then a Muslim fundamentalist.
~* AL-AMIR never talked about aviation or wanting to become a
pilot. .
»* AL-AMIR was never in the military, nor did he ever have any
technical training which| lwould be helpful to
carrying out any of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001.
* L_1 lin Cairo
unti. Mav 1996 when he traveled to the United States and lived
in Lon lsland and applied for civil engineering jobs._[::::::][:;::::f:]found that he could not get satisfactory employment in
t e United States without a graduate degree.
* When first arrived in Mew York in May 1996 he » Ilived Lor about two weeks[:::::;;:]vdth a distant cousin whom[::::::EEEEEEhad:nfTer met or spo en with before comin to NewYork. then moved into apartment[:::::?:::]with
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four roommates:
* in November 1996,[:::::::::::]returned to Cairo and applied
for enrollment at the University of California at Los Angeles,
,University of California at Berkele Arizona State University,
the University of Florida and UCF. ap lied to UCF
because one of his rofessors at Cairo University,had a brother,[:g::f::::;::] who was a rof or a UCF and
offered to provi e a goo reference to get
admitted to UCF. Because of his te Iwas s scores,
accepted only at Arizona State University and UCF. | |
accepted the UCF offer and in August 1997, he enrolled as a first .
year graduate student in the Civil Engineering Department at UCF.
*[:::::::::::]does not know whether AL~AMIR was close to any of
his professors at Cairo University or whether he maintained
contact with any of the faculty at Cairo University.
* In approximately 1996, ALAM1R told[::::::::::]that as part of
his education in Germany, he had gone to Hallab, Syria to study
ancient architecture.
* When[:::::::::::]returned to Cairo in November 1996, ALAMIR
was staying with his parents and was actively "trying to getmarried." AL-AMIR toldg:;;;;;:;;:1 he was returning to Cairo
from Hamburg, Germany a e could in his effort to marry
a suitable Egyptian woman. ALAMIR was then a_full-time student
at an unknown university and working parttime as an -
architectural engineer for an unknown employer. ALAMIR, like '
most young Egyptian males his age, was preoccupied with finding a
suitable Egyptian wife.
*[:::::::::::]initially said he never had any contact of any kindwith A - ' £Orlando, Florida in June1997. Iiififgfifjijalso initially denie having telephone,
person , in irec or email contact with AL-AMIR since 1997 or
perhaps as recently as 1998. ' .
*[:::::::::::]believes the last telephonic contact he '
AL~AMIR was a telephone call in 1997 r 1998 in which~ ssr ,
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called AL=AMIR at his apartment in Hamburg, Germany. E::::]
telephone directorv on his home computer show theI AL;AMlR]then had an email address| presumes the e-mailaddress wEi:Efffi¬ii:To AL~AMIR by the school he was attending in
Hamburg. last sent anle-mail to AL-AMIR in
approximately 1998 and the e-mail bounced.
* AL-AMIR then had at least one roommate in m leasttwice, the roommate answered the phone when[?ff:fi::¬i]called
for ALAMIR. [::::::::::]does not know anything about the
roommate exce t that based upon the roommates manner of speaking
Arabic does not believe the roommate was Egyptian.
never talked with ALAMIR about his roommates, he
never met any of the roommates, nor did he ever hear any names of
roommates. -
* The last phone call in 1997 or 1998 consisted of conversation
about their respective efforts to meet and a marry a suitable
Egyptian female. ALAMIR expressed his unhappiness about the
fact he was unable to carry out the required courtship which took
at least two weeks. AL-AMIR had only a few days at a time to
return to Cairo from Hamburg because of his schooling and
employment.
*'In May 2000,[:::::::::::]met his future wife via the Internet
and they got engaged in June 2000 and set their wedding date for A
December 30, 2000.
* when they met,[::::::;:::;:;1wife was a fourth year medical
student at the Universi y o orida in Gainesville. She
raduated in June 2000 and is now a resident in the family 9
practice de artment at Florida Hospital, Orlando's largesthospital. Ei:::;::::;:::]wife works shifts of 24 hours and is
therefore away rom ome for extended periods of time.
* In July 2000,[::::::::::]called the phone numbers he had for
AL-AMIR to invite him to his wedding. When| |spokewith ALAMIRs father| lthe father told him hedid not know where his son was and toId| lnot to call
again. .
* then called AL-AMIH I
to d him nobody in their family knew where ALAMIR 0
*was ut e did occasionally call the family. When[:::::::::::]again asked whggg AL-AMIR was,[;::;:::::]ALAMIR was in Syria.I lfor a te e one number for ALAMIR so he
coufd cafl AL-AMIR himself. said she would give AL-AMIR hisnumber and tell AL>AMIR thatE;;;;i::::::]wanted to speak with
him.
* During the interview on 9/16-17/2001[:::::::::::]was insistent
he has not attempted to call or e-mail AL-AMIR since July 2000
and has not had contact with him since December 1998. -r P»/em
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* At th time of the interview [:::::::::::]had in his wallet a H e - V ,
piece of folded paper about 5" X 5" which he said he created
using Excel Spreadsheet software. The paper was a list of names
and telephone numbers. [::::::::::]created the list
approximately four months ago when he obtained a telephone
calling card account number for calling long distance for about
$.05 per minute.
* The list h l of nine names and associated telephonenumbers.[::;if:i:i;fjwent over the list in detail and identified
what his re ations ip is with the individuals and what his most
recent contact with each person was. The eo le whose names areon the list are friends or relatives[::;::?::i::;;]<or his wife.
One name had no phone numbers in the co umns esi e the name.
*[:::::::::::]has had contact with ei . 'ne people onthe list at least sine January 2001. ?i:ff:2Ef:fjhas spoken by
phone with six of eight of the persons on the list at least once
a month for the past several ears. ALAMIR is the only person
on the list with whoml |has not had contact sinceJanuary 2001! ldenied having contact with him sinceDecember 199 . p _
*[:::::::::::] was uestioned about the inconsistency in his- q
account of his having the list of phone numbers in his wallet yet}
denying contact with ALAMIR since 1998. He remained adamant he
has not had any contact with ALAMIR since 1998. .
* One of the names on the list is[:::::::::::] whom[:;:::::::::] '
identified as another classmate from engineering schoo at Cairo
Universit .
Hd[:::::%::::;:]AL-AMIR from Cairo university and knew[:::::]
was riends with AL-AMIR. After the attacks on
9/11/2OO1,Cli | Theydiscussed the
attacks an the fact £L§MTR s photograph was being shown on the _
Internet and televison as one of the suicide pilots.
*[:;::;:;;:::]does not believe AL-AMIR[:::::::;::::]were friends'or na ey ever talked by phone other than t e one three way
call. - ' _
' h *L::;:;::::;:]claimed that when he saw AL-AMIR s photograp on
tie .n erne and televison, he did not believe the person was AL-
AMIR for the following reasons:
1. The pilot was identified as MUHAMMMED ATTA, not
MUHAMMED AMIR.
2. The pilot was described as being born in the United
Arab Emirates. [:::::::::::]knew AL-AMIR was born in
Cairo.
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The pilot was described as having a
electrical engineering. ALAMIR had
architectural engineering. ' V3.
4. The person whose picture was on theIb7C ~ '
degree in
a degree in
Internet and
television was described as having attended flight
schools in Florida. knew that if AL-AMIRhad come to Florida, he would have contacted EL- d he did not. " -
E::::::::::] believed the photograph
AMIR, but he was not positive it was5. looked like AL-
him.
called at home by
if he had* On a roximately 9/14/2001,[::::::::::]was
| | who also graduated from the en ineering departmentof Cairo University in 1990. |i| asked
seen the photograph of the suicide pilots an replied
affirmatively. They then briefly discussed whether one of the
photographs looked like AL-AMIR. [::::::::::]told[:::]none of
' ATTA.the hoto raphs was AlAMIR and that Al-AMIR s name was not[::;:f::::f:]doe have a phone number or other contacto i | in ormation f r it
* The two numbers on the list for "MOHAMMED AMEER" are:
1. listed in Cairo EC dated 9/l3/2001
as e ome e ephone number of ALAMIR's father!
The number was in a column headed "Home." 0
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. in a column headed "CELL PHONE. The number is
*[::::::::::::] l st in New York City in January 2001 when he was a
and his wife flew to Cairo via Kennedy Airport for their
honeymoon. E::::::::::]has been in Washington, D.C. only once
and that was in the winter of 1998 as part of
UCF.his studies in at
?B492[:::::::::::]was returned to his home by ORA agentson the early morning of 9/17/2001. [:::%EEEEEEEEfiEfented to a
search of his vehicle. The ORA SA told agents wouldcontact him later on 9/l7/2001 for a follow up interview.[::::;:][:::::::] said he was. lanning to go to work in a few hours. T eapartment and[::::::fE::]s car were kept under surveillance.
A roximately an hour after he was left at the apartment,E::::]Ef?i::::]walked from his apartment and threw a garbage bag into a
trash dumpster a short distance from his apartment. The bag was
subsequently retrieved and it contained tuffs newspapersand documents which appeared to be notesi¬f%:f::::::::]wife had
written about patients at her hospital. There were no documents
in the bag which had not been examined during
search. A tthe earlier consent
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left his apartment and drove to work, where he remained except _
for an out ofoffice meeting with coworkers. Twice during the-daY,[::;::::::::]called the ORA agent who had interviewed him on9/16-17 2001 to when somebody would contact him to complete the 1
interview. ' 1 = "
+%+ ning <55 9/iv/2oo1, FBI TP and FBI NY
agreed tha should be polygraphed. Since[::::::::::]
-had been up all night and then worked all day, it was decided to
polygraph him_on the morning of 9/18/2001. On 9/17/2001, NY SAs
I lflew to Orlando toparticipate in interviews related to] I '
apartment and car were kept under surveillance until he was
picked up at the apartment at a roximatel 9:30 A.M., 9/18/2001and transported to the ORA. [::§?:::::::::iwifeand sister=in-law
drove to the ORA in a separate vehicle. -
On the morning and early afternoon of 9/18/2001[:::::::::%§§was interviewed at the_ORA in the resence of his
sisterinlaw bv an ORA SA and NY SAI I Another ORA
SAJ interviewed|
wife. The statements by
are consistent except for the fact she thoug t
ad worked as a civil engineer in Lebanon after
graduation from Cairo Univ sitv and t at| |had met AL-AMIR in New York once whenfr Twas living in Queens in g
1 96 has denied knowing anything about 9.| ' "-the terrorist attacks of 9/11}2001. [::::] said she believed it
iwould be her moral and religious obli ation to tell the FBI ifhad admitted any such knowledge. [:::¬:]denied knowing who AL-
AMIR was until 9/11/2001 and said her husband initially did not
believe the person whose picture was on the Internet and
televison was the person he knew from college. [::::] said she
has never met or talked with ALAMIR.
[::::::::i2?r: During the interview on the morning of 9/18/2001,
was questioned in great detail about the chronology
of his most recent contacts with AL-AMIR. [::::::::::]guovided
the following details which differ from his statement on 9/16-
l7/2001:
* initially said the last personal contact
had with AL-AMIR was in December 2000, when
returned to Cairo during Christmas vacation from UCF. During the
tinterview by the polygrapher,[:::::::::::]revised the date to May
1999 when UCF was on summer break. It was the subjective
opinion of the SAs who interviewed[:::::::::::]that he appeared
to have difficulty reconstructing his activities during the past
several years. .
* After[:::::::::::]moved to Orlando and was attending UCF, he
attempted to reach ALAMIR by telephone in Germany and was told
-by a female who answered the phone that AL-AMIR no longer lived
at mber. The female appeared to know who AL-AMIR was. E::::]
estimated that call was before between January and May
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1999; however, he could not further specify the date of the call.
* In 1999,[::::g::::g:]sent an e-mail to AL-AMIR at his school e-
mail address an it ounced. -
* After that call, attempted to reach ALAMIR through
AL-AMIRs father. estimated he called AL-AMIR's home
in Cairo] It ree times between Ma 1999 and July2 time AL-AMIRs father told[:::::::::fjhe did not OOO. Each ,
know where AL-AMIR r how o reach him. The fourth call wasin July'2000, when[if::::::::icalled to invite ALAMIR to his
weddin . AL-AMIR's at er answered and immediately began to yellat[:::%::::::] not to call any more. AL-AMIRs father said that
ALAMIR was also in Florida. When.E::::::::::]asked where in
Florida AL-AMIR was, AL-AMIR's father got angry with[:::::::::::]and |:|hung uP- A
* After the July 2000 call,[::%::::::::lQaQ_his fiance call AL-
AMIRs father to get AL-AMIRs phone number. [::::]then called| F! identifiedimse and asked for AL-AMTRs number. I old him she did
not have a number and that AL-AMIR was in Syria. I |
described[::::::]statement as an unequivocal statement that AL-
h h th u.ht he was AMIR was in Syria rather than a statement t at s e o g
there. said AL-AMIR "sometimes calls us" and promised to
. *v him number when he did call. gi e
*[:::::::::::]then searched the Internet for Al-AMIR's phone
number in Florida. He located about one hundred possible numbers
for AL-AMIR, using variations on the spelling of the name and he
began calling the numbers. After about five calls,[:::::::::::]
gave up, realizing he could call all of the numbers and still not
reach AL-AMIR. '
*|a discussed the calls
ha with AL-AMIR's father an
unsuccessful attem ts to locate AL-AMT? via the Interne .[:::::::].advised[:E::::::::] to stop tryin to find AL-AMIR,stating that if AL-AMIR wanted to talk to[?::::::::::] he would
have called him.
*[::::::::::]was adamant that he did not speak by phone with AL-
AMIR since late 1998 and that he did not speak to AL-AMIR in
person after[:::::::::::]got engaged in June 2000.
* The last time spoke by phone with AL-AMIR was in
- hen - IR in Germany atE::::::::][iii$:iiii:j In that call, connected a three way call
wit their mutual friend, 9 who was then living in
Saskatchewan, Canada and working as a civil engineer. The call
was almost entirely related to their respective efforts to meet
and marry a suitable Egyptian woman.
* It was in the 1998 call that AL-AMIR first displayed anyconservative or fundamentalists beékggs. During the call, AL-' E ET
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AMIR told~the other two they should "be strong and not give in"
to women by having Dre-marital sex. AL-AMIR also advised[::::::::]
Ito pray daily. Those admonishments were the
E:::::::]said such an appearancefirst time AL-AMIR had ever talked about such beliefs, suggesting
tO[:::::::::::]that ALAMIR had recently become significantly
more religious.
* In May 1998, when[::::::;;::]saw AL-AMIR in Cairo, AL-AMIR was
stay' " ' parents an was planning.to return to Hamburg.WhentE?:i§E:Eii]was in Cairo in May 1998, he saw ALAMIR once or
twice. ALAMIR then had a beard
b would immediately draw attention
to ALAMIR as a fundamentalist Muslim and could possibly cause
the police to detain, question and possibly arrest AL-AMIR. .
* Irl[::::::::::::]opinion, the appearance would also make it
very difficult for AL~AMIR to find a wife because of the
reluctance of most Egyptian females to accept the subservient
role a female would have in a marriage with a Muslim
fundamentalist.
* AL-AMIR toLd[;;::é;::::]that both his parents disapproved of
his wearing the ear .
* In May 1998, AL-AMIR would no longer meet[:::::::::::]at night
and he spoke negatively of the sports club which they had
previously frequented.
* By May 1998, Al-AMIR had obviously adopted a fundamentalist
life; however, he did not express any militant views about the
United States and he definitely did not say anything suggesting
he would ever become involved in something like the 9/11/2001
attacks.
* In May 1998, AL-AMIR told[:::::::::::]he had been to Mecca and
had completed Hajj, an Islamic religious undertaking indicating
he had become devoutly religious. ALAMIR did not specify when
he had been to Mecca; however,[:::::::::::]believes it would have
been approximately three months after Ramadan in 1998. -
jgi [:::::::::::]was then given a polygraph exam and no
deception was found on his negative answers on the following
issues:
Did you have any advance knowledge of the terrorist attacks on
9/11/2001?
contact of any kind with ALAMIR since January 2000? Have you had
I Q4, was then transported back to his
residence where he voluntarily surrendered his home computer. On
9/19/2001, a TP FBI CART examiner made an image of the contents
r's hard drive TP is in the process of obtainingQflEif:iEi:ff??2iTtelephone and e-mail records.
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- »' At the conclusion of the interviews of 9/18/2001,
denied he has had any phone, email or other contact
or any other person to discuss the attacks or his
interviews y the FBI since he was first contacted by the FBI on
9/16/2001. _
Based upon the abovef it appears[:::::::::::]had
no knowle e of ALAMIR's presence in Florida during the period
d k 1 d f th t r' ' t attacks 2000 through 2001 or a vance now e e o e er oris
of 9/ll/2001. It also appears| |has cooperated withthe FBI to date. L_1 Ihas agreed to maintain contact with
the ORA.| voluntarily surrendered both his and his
wife's passports. I land his wife are permanent
resident aliens and are awaiting approval of their applications
to become naturalized United States citizens.
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COUNTERTERRORISM
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