9/11 Law Enforcement Privacy
05/11/2003 To,: General Counsel Daniel Marcus \Deputy General Counsel Steven Dunne From:'I
I Quinn John Tamm, Jr.
Subj: Record and investigative file request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) It is respectfully requested that the below listed documents be obtained from the FBI: 1. A complete copy of the investigative file for Consular Officer FAHAD al THUMAIRY, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Thumairy was assigned to the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Los Angeles, California from 1996 to present. Al Thumairy was declared Persona non Gratia (PNG) in March 2003, and expelled last week from the United States when he attempted to reenter the U.S. from Frankfurt ain Main, Germany. This file may be redacted to protect information sources and intelligence gathering techniques. The Commission will need copies of both the FBI Headquarters file, and the Field Division files. It is likely that there are files for al Thumairy in the Washington Field Office, Los Angeles Field Division and San Diego Field Division. 2. Copies of all memoranda, including the "Letterhead" memorandum prepared by FBI Headquarters, that summarized al Thumairy's activities for the Department of State. Other memoranda would include any memoranda directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that alerted that department that al Thumairy's diplomatic visa had been revoked, and al Thumairy was now on a "lookout list." 3. A copy of, or summary of, the interview Special Agents of the FBI during the week of was detained by the DHS, while attempting to Thumairy was detained for two days, and most interviewed.
of al Thumairy by 05/05/2003 when he reenter the U.S. Al probably intensively
4. The identities of the FBI's case agents, field supervisors, assistant special agents in charge, unit chiefs, and section chiefs that supervised the investigation of al Thumairy.
cc: Team Leader Douglas MacEachin