T5 B57 T Eldrige Primary Docs 20th Hijackers 4 Of 4 Fdr- Zacarias Moussaoui 6-3-02 Memo Re Interview Of Uscs Senior Inspector 356

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M-INT-00161800 265A-NY-280350-302-115797 01/02/0006 INTERVIEW

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06/03/2002 Senior Inspector! "^jot'the United States Customs Service (USCS), was interviewed at his place of employment, USCS at U'Hare international Airport Chicago, Illinois Also present during this interview was Assistant United States Attorney, DAVID J. NOVAK.of the United/States Attorneys Office (USAO), Eastern District of Virginia (EDVAV. After being advised of the identity of the ir/terviewing investigators and the nature of the interview! ^provided the following information; / / ;; i I

lhas been employed by the USCS for nine (9.V'years' as/ah inspector; the last six years as a senior inspectoral O'Hare Internationar Airport.! . Jduties-lcfclode the enforcement of United States Customs laws involving duties, taxes,-narcotics, curreficy, etc; of in.diyiduais entering the ^United 'States. Approximately four (4) to five (5) million.individuals enter.the United StateVyeaely through O'Hare International Airport and approximately one (1). percent are stopped by USCS and nioyed to a secondaryiarea for\further inspection. This secondary inspection is based on either observations by the inspector on ^information supplied by the traveler on the USCS Declaration form. .'/ / ; H i '*• [was shown photo copies of a USCS Declaration form for ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI dated February , 2000, tor entry into the United States on United Airlines/flight # 929 arriving from London, England. MnilSRAnu-l declared $45,000 on the declaration form/and was moved to sdcoridary for further inspection. ^vas shown a USCS Form # 4790 Report of International Transportation of Currency nr Monetary Instruments! [stated that this form whicr/was prepared bvt ^land initialed by[ ^ias MOUSSAOUI declaring $35,000 not $45.000:1 / ~^has no independent recollection of the secondary stop concerning MOUSSAOUI but does rarogniz'^ th'e US'CS Form # 4790 as being in his handwriting and initialed by him. Upon reviewing the USCS forms"!/'/ i Istated that the form number 4790 reflected that MOUSSAOUi spent approximately five (5) minutes in the secondary area and no further action was taken concerning the stop. Computer printouts'.of the stop were also shown tol i land they are known as TECS entries. // / / ! The photo copies of the USCS forms and original ..notes from the interview were placed in a 1A envelope. The contact information for| Jis as follows: USCS, O'Hare International Airport. Chicago. Illinois, work telephone number[_ phone number I

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