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WITH D R A W A L N O T I C ERG: 148Box: 00012 Folder: 0036 Document: 24Series: Team 1A FilesCopies: 1 Pages: 1

ACCESS RESTRICTEDThe item identified below has been withdrawn from this file:

Folder Title: Qualid Moncef BenomraneDocument Date:Document Type: MemorandumSpecial Media:From: Snell; JacobsonTo: Dunne

Subject: re : subpoena

In the review of this file this item was removed because access to it isrestricted. Restrictions on records in the National Archives are stated ingeneral and specific record group restriction statements which are availablefo r examination.

NND: 341Withdrawn: 07-10-2008 by:RETRIEVAL #: 341 00012 0036 24System DocID: 3460


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W I T H D R A W A L N O T I C E

RG: 148Box: 00012 Folder: 0036 Document: 25Series: Team 1A FilesCopies: 1 Pages: 1


Folder Title: Qualid Moncef BenomraneDocument Date: 02-11-2004Document Type: LetterSpecial Media:From: MarcusTo: Hoffman

Subject: letter re: Benomrane

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NND: 341Withdrawn: 07-10-2008RETRIEVAL #: 341 00012 0036 25System DocID:3461


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Folder Title: Qualid Moncef BenomraneDocument Date: 09-29-2003Document Type: Memo of ConversationSpecial Media:From:To:

Subject: interview with FBI agent

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Lines of Inquiry: Qualid Moncef Benomrane (QMB)

Fahad al-ThumairyWhen did QMB first meet Thumairy? Who introduced them?How often did QMB see/meet/speak with Thumairy?What matters did they discuss together?Did QMB see Thumairy outside of the KFM? Under what circumstances? How often?Did Thumairy ask QMB to run errands, such as driving people in his taxi? How often?Did Thumairy ask others such as Mohammad Aleter to perform errands? Whoelse?What is Thumairy like? What does he think of the U.S.?Who were Thumairy's closest associates?

Saudi ConsulateHo w did QMB learn of Thumairy's association with the S audi consulate in LA?What does QMB understand Thumairy's role at the consulate to have been?Did Thum airy take care of visiting Saudis? If so, who told him to do so? Details?Does QMB know who were Thum airy's closest associates at the consulate?Has QMB ever met or spoken with anybody else from the consulate?Has QMB ever visited the consulate?

King Fahad Mosque (KFJVT)When did QMB first start attending the K F M ?Who introduced QMB to the KFM ?How often did QMB attend the K F M ?Who were his closest associates at the KF M?How did QMB learn about the disagreement between the four individuals an d Khalil?Who were Thumairy's closest associates at the KFM ?What did others at the KFM think about T humairy?

San Diego AssociatesHow many times has QMB been to San Diego? Why? Where did he stay?Did QMB visit any mosque in San Diego? ICSD? Al-Ribat?Does QM B know lyad Kreiwesh? Modhar Abdullah? Omar Bakerbashat? Anwar Aulaqi? Omar al-Bayoumi? Yazeed al-Salmi? Khalid Abdulrab? //, J^ 'ur1If so , when did he meet them? Who introduced them? Where did they live? Who were their friends?Does QMB kn ow others who w orked at the Texaco gas station in La M esa?Does QMB k no w others who lived at 7200 Saranac?Weddins details?MiscellaneousWhen did QMB apply for a green card? Who is the Khalid LNU who sponsored him? How did he meetthis person? Why did this person sponsor hi m ? Did he sponsor anybody else? Does he kno w Thu mairy?Does QMB still keep in touch with any of his associates from Los Angeles?


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The Tw o Saudis

Arrival in Los AngelesFrom whom did QMB hear that tw o Saudi Arabian men had arrived at LAX? Un der what circumstanceswas he told about them? When? Before he was introduced to them by Thumairy at the KFM?Did QMB learn where the two Saudis arrived from? Had they ever traveled to the U.S. before?How does QMB know that the two Saudis stayed at the Hilton on Century Boulevard near LAX when theyfirst arrived?How did they find a room at the Hilton? D id they have a reservation? D id somebody make one for them?Ho w did they pay? D id they stay alone? One room or two? How long did they stay there?

Apartment ComplexHo w does QMB know that an apartment had been rented for the two Saudis in advance of the ir arrival?Who rented it? D id the two Sau dis stay there alone? D id anybody live there before or after them?When did QMB first learn the location of the apartment complex where this apartment was rented?How many times has QMB been to this apartment complex?D id QMB ever visit the apartment w here the two Saudis were staying?Where exactly did QMB pick up the two Saudi m en when he drove them around LA and when he drovethem to San Diego? Who told him how to find the apartment complex?Does QMB know anybo dy else who stayed at this apartment complex?

Unknown Indiv idua l /YemeniHow did QMB know that the two Saudis were met by a person unknown to him and taken to the apartmentcomplex where an apartment ha d alread y been rented fo r them?I s this th e same individual as the Yem eni described in QMB's second interview?How did QMB learn that th e unidentified Yemen i escorted the two Saudi men around LA and attempted tocharge them $450? Did they pay the m oney? Did Thumairy? How did QMB know that Thum airy and theYemeni were at odds over this incident?Has QM B ever spoken to th is Yemeni? For how long had he seen him at the K F M ? How does QMB knowhe is from Yemen? Who are the Yemeni's associates? Where did he live? Any other details?D id th e Yem eni have an y affiliation with the KFM or the Saudi consulate?Had Thum airy asked th e Yemeni to do other things in the past?What did the two Saudi m en tell QM B abou t th e Yemeni?W ho might be able to identify this individual other than Thumairy?


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Thumairy IntroductionWhen Thumairy introduced QMB to the two Saudi men, who else waspresent? Where did the introductiontake place?What did the Saudis say when they met? How familiar were they with Thumairy?What names did the two Saudis use to introduce themselves?At the t ime of this introduction, had the Saudis already moved from the Hilton to the apartment complex?D id QMB charge the two Saudis for driving them around LA? How much ? Who paid?When was QMB told by Thumairy to keep the presence of the two Saudis to himself? What were thecircumstances?Ho w could nobo dy at the K FM have known about the two Saudis if they visited the m osque and that iswhere Thum airy introduced them to him?Ho w does QMB know that the Saudi consulate knew about the two Saudi men and told Thumairy to takecare of them? Who told QMB that this was the case? W hen? W ho in particular at the Saudi consulate ishe speaking of?

Trip to San DiegoHow long was the drive from LA to San Diego? What did the three of them talk about d uring th e drive?Where was the gas station where the y stopped on the way to Sea W orld? Was it a Texaco station? D idthey talk to anybody there?How long did they stay at Sea World? What di d they do ? What did they talk about?Did Thumairy give QMB the rest of the money for the Sea W orld trip? How much? When?

Sick FatherWhen was QMB told by Thumairy that the two Saudis were in the U.S. to see their sick father in a localhospital?W as it QM B's u nderstanding that the two Saudis were brothers?How did QMB know that th e sick father was staying at the apartmen t with the two Saudis? Did QMB eversee him there?D id th e sick father arrive with the two Saudis? Did he live in the U.S.? I f they were visiting him, whywould he be staying at their apartment? If he was in the hospital, why was he at the apartment?Why did QMB wait until his third interview to mention that th e sick father was staying with the two Saudisan d that he drove around LA with them? What did he talk ab out with th e sick father in the car?Where was the sick father when QMB drove the two Saudis to San Diego?What did the sick father look like? Did he leave with the two Saudis? Did QMB ever see him again?


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IdentificationWhat did the two Saudi men look like?Why did QMB pul l the two photos aside during an earlier interview?

Who is Khalid? Which one of the two may have looked like his brother?Why did QMB wait until his third interview to describe one of the two as "heavy" or "fat"?

TimingH ow did QMB know that the two Saudis stayed in LA for approximatelyon e month? H ow many times didhe see them? When and where did he see them? How much time did he spend with them? Did he ever seethem speakingwith anybody else?Why was QMB so sure that the two Saudis visited before 9/11?D id the two Saudis arrive in the winter? While QMB was studyingat Concord English Language School?While QMB was taking computer science classes at West Los Angeles College? Before or after Ramadan?

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