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Between September l2, and October 5, 2002, a continuing
debriefing was conducted of Ahmad Adeeb Ahmad Ahmad while
incarcerated at the Alexandria Detention Center Alexandria,
Vir inia b SA and SSA De t. of 9 Y I I I | PState, DSS. I Iwas resent urin alldebriefings, as was AUSA Neil Hammerstrom. SSAi::;::::g::::?:::]
was present during the initial phase of the debrie ing ut was not
present on October 3 or October 5.
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. / .e t "ttW W NF/QC! One Or two days after the arrival of the
Saudis, Benomrane was at the King Fahad Mosque; While at the
mosque Sheik Fahad Althumairy.introduced_Benomrane to the two
Saudis and asked Benomrane if he could help them during their
time in Los Angeles because they did not speak English.-_ g
Benomrane agreed and gave the Saudisghis taxi cab business'card. »,i , s " i. , , -
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V /NF/OC! The next day the Saudis called Benomrane
and asked him to pick them up and drive them around Los 3
Angeles. Benomrane picked them up at their apartment complex
and then drove them around. They then ate at the Mediterranean
Restaurant located on Venice Blvd. At the end of the day j»
Benomrane took them.back to their apartment complex. .g - l
_ V' iUi EKQNF/OC! Two to three days later the Saudis called
_Benomrane again. This time they wanted to go to Sea world in
San Diego. Benomrane agreed and picked them up at their t
apartment where he was given $100 and told he would get the
remainder after the trip. Benomrane stated they drove straight
to San Diego and the only stop that they made was at a San V -
Diego gas station. Benomrane-could not remember the gas D
stations location in San Diego. One or two days after they _
returned to Los Angeles Benomrane called them to receive the i
remainder of his money, The Saudis told him that Sheik Fahadt
Althumairy would give him the rest of the money. i ' '
~iUJ ag}NF/DC! when asked by investigators who else knew
about the two Saudis, Benomrane replied that no one_at the
Kind Fahad Mosque knew about them and that he was told by
Sheik Fahad Althumairy to keep the presence of the two Saudis
to himself. Benomrane did say that the Saudi Consulate knew
about the two Saudis because it was the consulate that told
Sheik Fahad to take care of the Saudis. V 7 D -
1 t Benomrane was told by Sheik Fahad that the Saudisl
were here to see their sick»father who was in a local
hospital. Benomrane said that the Saudis stayed in Los Angeles
for approximately one month and then they returned to Saudi
Arabia. When asked if Benomrane knew for a fact that they
returned to Saudi Arabia he replied no and that-he was justt
told that they had left Los Angeles. 'u .» ._ "'
_ £Ui§ ;<kNF/OC! Benomrane could not remember the Saudis
names, but remembered_one was approximately twenty one years.
old and the other was approximately twentyfive years old,
Benomrane stated over and over that the two Saudis came to Los
Angeles prior to O9/ll/200l.l' _ ' t» Yr
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CU? ';§QNF/OC! During the interview, Benomrane was shown
photographs of all the hijackers and numerous photographs of
unrelated individuals. Benomrane looked at all the photographs
carefully and placed all the photographs in a pile on the left
side of the desk. When he viewed the photographs of AlMihdhar
and Al-Hazmi; he placed the photographs on the right side oft.
the desk; Once he had gone through all the photographs, he g
mixed the photographs and stated that he did not recognize
anyone from the photos. FBI Los Angeles is of the.Qpinion that
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