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DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BYCOMMISSION STAFFERTHOMAS ELDRIDGE

HOW FBI DETERMINED THE 19HIJACKERS'S IDENTITIES

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9/11 COMMISSION TASK FORCEDOCUMENT DELETION CODES

[As of Augu st 11,2003]"A" - SOURCE/INFORMANT INFORM ATION - Informa tion, the disclosure of which

wo uld tend to reveal the identity of an informant or source where confidentiality isexpressed or implied."B " - FBI TECHNIQUES AND/OR ME THOD S - Information on sensitive FBItechniques and/or m ethods which wo uld impede or impair the effectiveness of thattechnique and/or method."C" - NON-RELEVANT FBI CASE INFORMATION - Information neither relevant norresponsive to the Commission's requests."D" - FBI PENDING CASE INFORMATION - Information which would impede orjeopardize a pending investigation of the FBI."E" - STATUTORY - Informa tion legally prohibited from release by statute."F" - PRIVACY/SECURITY - Information, the disclosure of which wo uld be anunw arranted invasion of the personal privacy or jeopardize the safety of lawenforcement personnel and/or their family membersMaterial redacted und er this code includes (1 ) social security num bers;(2) date and place of birth; (3) home address and telephone num bers;(4 ) personnel cell phone an d pager numbers"G" - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION - The identity of a foreigngovernment and/or foreign service to include the names of foreign law enforcementemployees/officials.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: PRIORITY Date: 10/25/2001To: Counterterrorism

Investigative ServicesRiyadh

Attn:

Attn:Attni

From: * RiyadhContact:Approved By:Drafted By:

/9/11 Law Enforcement Privacy

Case ID #: 265A-NY-280350 (Pending)Title: PENTTBOMMAJOR CASE 182Synopsis: To provide information regarding the identificationprocess utilized to positively identify Al-Shehhi and Al-Hamadi.Administrative: This document is being transferred by facsimile tothe IOS for passage to addressees, and will be forwarded by disketteto Legat Riyadh to be uploaded to ACS.

Reference is made to an EC from CTD/ITOS/UBLU, dated10/5/2001 and received by hand delivery at Abu Dhabi on 10/20/2001.Details: In the above referenced communication, FBI Headquarters,at the direction of Director Mueller, mandated that photographs ofthe hijackers be shown to family members as a means of positiveidentification. This had been accomplished by United Arab Emirate(UAE) authorities, prior to the 10/2/2001 arrival of FBI personnelat Abu Dhabi.

On 10/24/2001, during a regularly scheduled liaisonmeeting, the FBI requested a detailed account as to how UAE citizensMarwan Al-Shehhi and Fayez Ahmed were positively identified ashijackers.TheFB]^eceivedadetailed briefing byll||HHIIIII||||imHHIegarding theprocess that ultimatelylaencitie^^arwanxousefMunanimad Rashid Lakrab Al-Shehhi and FayezRashid Akmed Hassan Al-Qadi Al-Hamadi (AKA Fayez Ahmed) as the twoEmirati citizens who took part in the 9/11 attacks. Both hijackershad extensive of ficial UAE files - Al-Shehhi due to his UAE militaryconnection and Al-Hamadi due to his havingbeen an Immigration officer.The official records of both men contained detailed information

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Law Enforcement Privacy

To: CounterterrUTo-sm From: Legat Riyadh" 'Re: 265A-NY-280350, 10/25/2001and photographs, which were compared to those provided by the U.S.Government .

In addition, did show the U.S. provided photographof Al-Shehhi to his brother, a retired UAE police officer, whoverified his identity. A U.S. provided photograph of Al-Hamadi wasshown to his wife, who confirmed that the photo depicted her husband.The UAE leadership, as well as individual law enforcementand intelligence officers, have expressed their absolute horror andanger that hot only one, but two UAE citizens were involved in the9/11 attacks. It is with an extremely high degree of certainty thatLegal Attache 1 1 assisting the Legal Attache Office Riyadh at

the UAE, opines that these two hijackers have been positivelyidentified by the UAE leadership to be the same two individuals thatFBI investigation has identified. If there were any alternative,then the UAE Government would have seized the opportunity to denyor refute any involvement by an Emirati in the 9/11 attacks.

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To: CounterterrOixsm From: Legat RiyadhRe: 265A-NY-280350, 10/25/2001Set Lead 1: (Adm)

ALL RECEIVING OFFICESRead and Clear.

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THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT WASPREVIOUSLY PRODUCED to the

COMMISSIONunder MISCELLANEOUS REQUEST #43

(DOCUMENTS REQUESTED byCOMMISSION STAFFER THOMAS

ELDRIDGE -SUPPLEMENTAL PACKET #1BATE STAMP NUMBERS 000004151 - 000004154)

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.i Law Enforcement Privacy(Rev. 10-01-1999}

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

..Precedence: IMMEDIATE,..To: Counterterrorism\e Services\Dallas.Mew YorkWashington Field

Date": 11/20/2001Attn: AD Dale Watson

Riyadh\tContact:From:

Approved By;Drafted By:Case ID #: 265A-NY-280350-RYTitle: PENTTBOM;MAJOR CASE #182

pending;

Synopsis: Riyadh covered Major Case 182 main file lead numbered21472.Reference: 265A-NY-280350 Serial 21472265A-NY-280350 Serial 19726Details: FBI Director Robert Mueller personally requested that hostcountries display FBI obtained photographs of the suspected September11, 2001hijackers to family members, personal acquaintances, friends,employment associates and other individuals who may be able to assistin ascertaining the true identity of the individual hijackers.

Legat Riyadh provided the photographs tojalong with the above request. FBI Emirate Forward Element (EFE)in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), provided the photographstoThe following is a summary of the identification effortsof

MARWAN ALSHEHHI (Flight 175), U.S.provided photograph was verifiedas ALSHEHHI by his brother, a retired UAE police officer.FAYEZ AHMED (Flight 175), U.S. provided photograph was verified asAHMED by his wife.

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711 Law Enforcement Privacy\ : Counterterrc.T_sm From: Riyadh\ : 265A-NY-280350-RY, 11/20/2001

AHMED ALGHAMD I (Flight 175), U.S. provided photograph was verifiedas AHME D ALGHAMDI by his father.HAMZA ALGHAMDI (Flight 175, U.S. provided photograph was verifiedas HAMZA ALGHAMDI by his father.MOHAND ALSHEH RI (Flight 175), U.S. provided photograph was shownto his father who confirmed that the general features of theindividual in the photo are those of his son MOHAND.

\ D M. ALSHEHRI and WAIL M. ALSHEHRI (Flight 11), U.S. provided\ s were verified as WALEED AND WAIL ALSHEHRI by their brother,

IABDULA ALOMARI (Flight 11), U.S. provided photograph was verifiedas ALOMARI by his father.SATAM AL SUOAMI (Flight 11), U. S. provided photograph was veri fiedas AL SUQAMI by family members (NFI).AHMED ALNAMI (Flight 93), U.S. provided photo graph of ALNAM I wasshown to his father who confirmed that the main features of theindividual in the photo are that of his son AHMED. However, he noticedthat his son looked heavier than usual in the photo.AHMED ALHAZNAWI (Flight 93), U.S. pro vided photograph was verifiedas ALHAZNAWI by his brother.SAEED ALGHAMDI (Flight 93), U.S. provided photograph was verifie das SAEED ALGHAMDI by his brother.NAWAF ALHAZMI and SALEM ALHAZMI (Flight 77), U.S. providedphotographs were verified as NAW AF and SALEM ALHAZMI by family members(NFI) .MAJED MOOED (Flight 77), U.S. provided photog raph was verified asMAJED MOQED by his father and brothers.HANI HANJOUR (Flight 77), U.S. provided photograph was verifie d asHANI HANJOUR by his brother.KHALID ALMIHDHAR (Flight 77), U.S. provided photograph was verifiedas KHALID ALMIHDHAR by his brother.

Riyadh considers main file lead number 21472 covered.

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To: Counterterrorlsm From: RiyadhRe: 265A-NY-280350-RY, 11/20/2001

LEAD(s) :Set Lead 1:

ALL RECEIVING OFFICESRead and Clear.

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