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woi~~l!.lO(th~talJor about 20 years. He started working for \ \.the ~ureau,as suppoi¥.,Jl!!rsonneJ in 4>(;nBel~'in J984. He worked surveillance in Los \ \A,ngeJes from 1985 to"1991. In 199.1~ ...... ecame an FBI agent and was assigned to \ ~~ S~ Francisco Fiel,fQlf!ce. He *pr .ed..bank ~o~beries for 5 years. He later worked \'Yi~.hth~ Oakland homic1'4~"'~.askforce ...··J.n..~pr.i.1 199tJ ..... !was assigned to a domestic. terrorism squad. By the enQ 'of 1998, hewas assigned to an international terrorism squad, ~~ppnsl'l'le for "~l Qaeda ari~.:Jh~Taliban. ··ije"\Y~~"9fficiall»F~assigned to the San Diego Pj~l~ Office on Qctober 26, 2P.O·~. . \.. \.. ...... ...... \ \ \ During th~\~eek Of91l:i~aShOU~~'h~nting in s~ri{)iegO in anticipation of~i~ reasslgnmenn When the ~~rred, he ~!Irrtl
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\ said that he approached the FBl because his unc e ' tened to tell the 'F)31 that he r-lwa.~ a member of Hezbollah. According t .. his uncle - named .. ~end~· st him because of something . ance. As it turned out uncle did into the round this time and inform t e authorities tha·L.Jw~~.,a '~ember of Hezbollah .

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