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WITHDRAWAL NOTICE RG: 148 Exposition, Anniversary, and Memorial Commissions SERIES: 9/11 Commission Team 5, Archives Box 35 NND PROJECT NUMBER:

51095

FOIA CASE NUMBER: 30383

WITHDRAWAL DATE: 12/05/2008

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BOX: 00010

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DOC ID: 31208325

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The item identified below has been withdrawn from this file: FOLDER TITLE: Terrorist Mobility Cases 3 of 3 DOCUMENT DATE: 08/14/1998

DOCUMENT TYPE: Teletype

FROM: FBI New York TO: Director FBI SUBJECT:

Documents relating to all Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) reports, or predecessor computer exploitation reports, regarding hard drives seized from al Qaed^ associated subjects from 1995 through 9/11/01-Responsive to to requests #34-1 [Packet #l]-re bin Laden

This document has been withdrawn for the following reason(s): 9/11 Classified Information

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Svnopsis: Report of,investigations conducted in \\m 05/22/1999 to Q;5/29/p999. \Details;

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' request .WFO iCart Team, . York Office anui and VP«I SA I along with representatives of the CIA's Counter |. Center (CTC) The purpo|^ofth^^travel was to or computers seized during a search conducted on 05/04/1999. Also on this date, three individuals were taken into custody According to .information provided by thed|these individuals are all members of HARKUT UL JIHAD; and were charged with involvement in .terrorist acts and anti-government activities. Director HHK explained that his government has been attempting to control the activities., of certain terrorist organizations who have a strongpresence in I _^^| One such group is Harkut . Ul Jihad. BBBV stated that the^BBhas information obtained \throuQh confidential sources thatl

G J He welcomed the assistance of• the United States as 11 he believes "we are fighting the same enemies".

Following this meeting Deputy Director , provided information concerning the arrests on 05/04/1999. arrest took place at_l

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9/11 Law Enforcement Privacy /9/11 Law Enforcement " Sensitive To: FBI Headquarters From: New York // \ Re,: 2^6A-NY-259391-I8 (Pending) Title,;} USAMA BIti,LADIN; IT-SUDAN; 00 ;NYSvnopsis: Report of ifivestigatidns conducted in | "••-.... \from 05/22/199iT'^q0}V29/1999.feetaXl'6-.; At the New request, of the V••--.. '• SA-i % ' ''•— ] WFO Cart Team, traveled to York Office and SA I Bangladeshi, along with representatives of the CIA's .Counter of computers seized during a/search conducted on 05/Q4/1999.. Also, on this date, three individuals were taken into custody,! _ According to information ..provided by the ^H these individuals are\ail members of HARKUT UL JIHAD and were charged with invdlvement in terrorist, acts and anti-government activities. Ut>on .arrival to I I SA'LrirmBBrin|.l||||,ln|met with ——•—••—"^-^™ Director^f^^H3^i~V^^H^HHllHl DePuty Director, Diiectpr ^KBEexP^ained that his government has been attempting to Qont.rol\the activities of certain terrorist organizations who have a strong presence in Bangladesh. One such group is Ha'rkut Ul Jihad. ^ | | m stated that the IHhas information obtained through Confidential sources thatf

JLncluding the subjects of this arrest and arrests conducted in January of this year, refused to spe^k to t;he authorities and are presently in the custody of. the court 'system. The computers seized were believed to have been use\ for \the publishing activities of Harkut Ul Jihad. One; of t^e computers is a Macintosh based system and the other is a Windows based system. There were also a number of floppy disks, recovered. \h will, be forwarded to the FBI laboratories and

maintained as evidence. SA|_ also made cursory examination of additional copies of all the material seized but did not find any information which '-..appeared to be connected to terrorist activity: Deputy Director)|j^^then explained that the ff had attempted to access the, computer systems using f | j [ computer specialists. It was SAI J opinion that information may have been lost during this initial examination. Both computers and all the floppy disksw^Q be examined in detail by the FBI Laboratory. Director ^ffff requested that the HRbe given copies of any additional information retrieved from the computers or disks.

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J, WFO Cart,Team, traveled to | York Office and SA l L along with representatives of the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center (CTC). The purpose of this travel was to assist n tne analysis of computers seized during" a search conducted on 05/04/1999. Also ori this date, three individuals were\taken into custody,

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According,to information provided by the B^^these individuals ake all members of HARKUT UL JIHAD land were, charged with involvement \in terrorist acts and anti-government activities._ Updn arrival to Dhaka^SA^~^^^^^net with \ ' Director ^B^^B explained that his government;; has been attempting to control the activities of certain terrorist organizations who have a. strongjpre^ence in Bangladesh. One subh group is Harkut Ul Jihad. JHHUIstated that the ••has information obtained throuqn, confidential, sources that

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J including the subjects of this arrest and arrests conducted in January of th.is year. The/ \\ * who participated in this task w.ere e.xtremely helpful ih; coordinating \the investigation. The investigative team was able\o function ^efficiently and accomplish its tasks rapidly, without any Complication. \n addition to the abbye investigation, SA I with various U.S. Embassy staff to discuss two letters received by the embassy. According to the -RSO's office, two individuals wh.o recently applied for U.S. visas-, were -connected to the Usama Bin Ladin terrorist organization by anonymous sources. In both cases anonymous letters were received-, concerning the individuals. Each letter alleged that the person applying for a U.S. visa was involved with the Bin Ladin terrorist organization. There did not. appear to be a connection between tn'es two bases. The Consular's office also indicated that letters such as this are not\n and are usually impossible to.verify. The Embassy Consular's office supplied the two names as I I and I I The Consular's office was requested to pass any future information to the State Department and to FBI NY. New York was previously informed of the letter concerning I I

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York Office and SA ], WFO |Cart Team, traveled to i n. along with representatives of the CIA's Counter iTer_rorj.sm_Cent_er (CTC) . The p^ir^o3e_jof_thj.s_travel was to assist of computers seized during a search conducted on 05/04/1999. Also on this date, three individuals were taken into custody, J. According to information provided |>y the m|these individuals are all members of HARKUT UL JIHADi and were charged with involvement in terrorist acts and knti-government activities. Upon arrival to Dhaka^SA^^^^^^^^"'**' with Director IpJUexplained that his government has been attempting to control the activities of certain terrorist organizations who have a stronq^presence in Bangladesh. One such group is Harkut . Ul Jihad. HIHstated that the 0Bnas information obtained \through confidential_sources that/

J including the subjects of this arrest and arrests conducted in January of this year, through State Department channels.

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WITHDRAWAL NOTICE RG: 148 Exposition, Anniversary, and Memorial Commissions SERIES: 9/11 Commission Team 5, Archives Box 35 NND PROJECT NUMBER:

51095

FOIA CASE NUMBER: 30383

WITHDRAWAL DATE: 12/05/2008

BOX: 00010

FOLDER: 0006

COPIES: 1 PAGES:

TAB: 5

DOC ID: 31208379

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RESTRICTED The item identified below has been withdrawn from this file: FOLDER TITLE: Terrorist Mobility Cases 3 of 3 DOCUMENT DATE: 07/07/1999

DOCUMENT TYPE: FBI 302

FROM: TO:

SUBJECT:

Documents relating to all Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) reports, or predecessor computer exploitation reports, regarding hard drives seized from al Qaed^ associated subjects from 1995 through 9/11/01-Responsive to to requests #34-1 [Packet #l]-"On 7/6/1999..."

This document has been withdrawn for the following reason(s): 9/11 Classified Information

WITHDRAWAL NOTICE

9/11 Law Enforcement "Privacy"

(RevXpg-28-2000)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Precedence:

Date:

ROUTINE

07/16/2002

Attn:

To:, , New York

Counterterrorism Iriye.stigative Services Islamabad From:

London Contact:

Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 265A-NY-259391 Title:

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USAMA BIN LADEN; MAJOR CASE ,161

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c TpprovideNewYork with a computer and documents pursuant to the arrest of \e 265A-NY-259391 Serial 7811

/ Administrative: Forwarded on July 17, 2002, via Federal Express, / to FBI New York, Attn: SAI t ..--the following:

. - MW/24 - Hard drive removed frm unbranded tower PC - NF/16 - Hard .drive removed from Dell Dimension

- MW/18 - .1 x CD

- MW/21 x"'l x CD & 5 floppy disks - MW/2.7 - 1 x floppy disk 2 - Copies of the below listed

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Exhibits: DPN/266.5/MPS/02

1 Photo album of 16 photographs of

DPN/2670/MPS/02

1 Photo album of 22 photographs of| \1 Law Enforcement

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Record Only Record Only Record Only Details: In referenced EC, Serial 7811, dated May 17, 2002, the recipients were provided with the following information: ____^_ On May 16, 2002, • | H H hereinafter referred to as'^HIH executed two searcl: warrants that had been obtained under the auspices of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT). The warrants were executed ^simultaneously at |~ 9/11 Law Enforcement Sensitive

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On July 16, 2002, ^BProvided Legat] __ computers, CD ROMs and floppy diskettes recoverec during the aforementioned searches. NSY also provided Legat with copies of documents, communications, telephone address books, etc recovered during the same searches. f

The Exhibits, as itemized in the Administrative Section of this communication, were forwarded to FBI New York, Attn: SA I I on July 17, 2002, via Federal Express. FBI New York is requested to provide the enclosed to CART, and to ensure that remaining JJ| Exhibits are entered into INTELPLUS.

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LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: NEW YORK AT NEW YORK. NY New York is requested to ensure that provided by Jfjj^ is made available to CART. New York is requested to ensure that all relevant Exhibits are entered into INTELPLUS. Set Lead 2:

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COUNTERTERRORISM AT WASHINGTON. DC Read and clear. Set Lead 3:

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INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AT WASHINGTON. DC Read and clear. Set Lead 4:

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ISLAMABAD AT ISLAMABAD. PAKISTAN Read and clear.

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