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MEMORANDUM

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Event:Interview of FBI Special Agen~.. Type ofevent:Interview

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Dates: October 17, 2003

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Prepared by: Hyon Kim Team Number: lA Location:

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FBI, Washington Field.Office ///

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BO,9:Sinton, ,f~sistant General Counsel, FBI

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- CO~J!liS~ion: HY~I)--~im,Mkh~el Jacobson

..... ..Ih~ndled thel" ~~~er, which arose from a lead from Dulles. The investigation lasted for.about 30 days in September 2001. INS/Customs at Dulles contacted the FBI with information abo,tid lvho had expressed pro-UBL views, was a convert to Islam, andexhibited bizarre behavior. His practice of Islam was also interfering with his duties as an INS jnspector at Dulles. INS/Customs was also aware when they contactedthe FBI that t~ of the'hijackers had gone throug~ lline at Dulles in the su~ri1er of 200 1. ,/.:' \\ \: j I

I'~~d additional ag,~'~tsconducted~ num~rous interviews '"1~th~Oworkers at INS and his supe~'i;or. They ~ookc¥.at!. _ !milita:r tinr travel records and conducted surveillance. The mvesnganon showed that as one or two steps removed from a number of terrorism subjects, such as Rageah, and another subject in Virginia. ~hone numberwasalso [inked ito an ~l?a~,doned car at Dulles that had informa~~,pn ab~~ other terrorism :\uSPfcts. l j .I

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as also wamed ebout hanging a." baseball cap in his' booth. The FBI was not able to,. det.e~in~ ~as hangip~ a baseball cap in his booth during the time period that the t#jaqkem: went through Dulles .

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!was interviewed twice, and submitted to a polygraph. On the questions about :::\\ "::::" \\':.\~\"'~hether)le had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks or supported the hijackers, he was ~\~\\ "::::" \:\" ···:~~tiown tobenon-deceptive. There may have been some discussion about doing another ~,\\\\ "'< .. '.<\" PQ:iygqlph, btit.i~ was not pursued. .

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there was a phone link to Anwar Aulaqi. \. I,did 'not recall the details.

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'. lev~~"!I'ained in Afghanistan. He did.have prior travel to ltirst went to Bahrain but then moved on

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~id!Wt indicate that'-.he kn~.w that the hijackers had passed through his line. It is probable tha~ jwould rem~m~eE\USlims going through his line .

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This investigat;~ii~a~ ~i~h pri~ty ~ t~e~eeks.~fter 9/11, and FBI management at HQ was regularly bnefedt"" _, _ lfompIled a Iist.of names from SONY, such as material witnesses, as we Las vanous watchlists, and thenames were cross checked against a list of an the peo}J~ who had been processed thro~gti lline at Dulles. There were numerous hits, and-each of them were run down, but none of the results were of concern. '<::" \ .

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