ALL REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE

PERTAINING TO THE DEPARTURE OF SAUDI

ARABIAN NATIONALS FROM THE UNITED
STATES ON SEPTEMBER 13 AND
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001.

FINAL DRAFT of RESPONSE to OCTOBER

2003 VANITY FAIR ARTICLE
(RE: BINLADEN FAMILY DEPARTURES
AFTER 09/11/2001)

RESPONSIVE
to
REQUEST #14-4

"SECRET MATERIAL ENCLOSED"

"THIS PACKET CONTAINS SENSITIVE CRIMINAL

AND/OR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION PERTAINING
TO TERRORISM RELATED INVESTIGATIONS"

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NCTA000088227
CHARTERED (Flight B 727-21 from Las Vegas)
• Chartered B 727-21, tail number N727PX departed the United Stales on 09/20/2001.

• Flight B 727-21 departed from Las Vegas. Nevada destination Stamstead Airport
(London), England.
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• On 09/20/2001, Flight B 727-21 departed with 18 Saudi Arabian Royal Party and
entourage passengers logged at airport prior to departure .

• No Saudi children on board

S earches/f n vesti gati ve Tec hniq ues:

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On 09/18/2001, SAC FBI & SAC USSS met with Prince Abdul Majeed Abdul
Aziz to discuss plans for the Royal Party.

On 09/18/2001, Manifest of Royal Party was provided along with copies of

passports.

FBI and Watchlist checks were conducted.

1 person was interviewed on 9/18/2001 because of information (which was not

d eroeatorv') contained in IIIA.
• I I name hit only.

Other Agencies involved:

FBI; USSS; USCS; INS
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NCTA000088242
CHARTERED (Flight B 727-21 from Las Vegasl

• On 09/11/2QQI. SA's interviewed management of the Four Seasons Hotel and Caesar's
P a l a c e . l "
9/11 Law Enforcement Sensitive

On 09/18/2001, SAC Grant Ashley, FBI Las Vegas and SAC Joseph Saitta, United States
Secret Service (USSS), met with s'audi Arabian Prince ABDUL MAJEED ABDUL AZIZ
and his representatives. The Saudi Arabian's were asked to provide a manifest of their
entire party and photocopies of each person's passport. A total of 69 names with
identifiers were checked against the current FBI Watch List and ran for IIIA reports. No
Watch List matches were discovered.

One (1) individual from this flight was interviewed by the FBI because of the following
non-derogatory information in IIIA:
• | [name hit only

On 09/20/2001, 18 members of the Saudi Arabian Royal Party and members of their
entourage arrived for the departure of Flight B 727-21, Tail number N727PX, a chartered,
B 727 scheduled to depart Las ^egas, Nevada with the final destination of Stamstead
Airport (London), England. Ther-e were a total of 18 Saudi passengers aboard this flight.
There were no children aboard this flight.

Prior to its departure, the aircraft vyas swept, perimeter security was provided, and all
persons boarding were matched to a previously-obtained manifest and photocopies of
passports by Agents and Officers oif the United States Customs Service (USCS).

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NCTA000088250
CHARTERED fFlight B 727-21)

Supporting Summary; (Saudi Nationals Boarding Fit. B 727-21)

Name Date of Birth

1. Saad M. A. al-Sowailem
2. Ali Abdulrahman
3. Moteb R. O. al-Oufi
4. Waleed S. A. al-Ajroush
5. Nasser M. A. al-Swelim
6. Zouheir Karim Chehayeb
7. Badr Mohamed Hassan
8. Ashraf Gharib Taher •""9/11 Personal Privacy
9. Mohamed Ishak Tolba
10. Hesham Mahmoud Selim
11. Gualherto Glore
12. Hazem Abdul Karim
13. Gamel Ibrahim al-Talwany
14. Sulaiman E. A. al-Eissa
15. Abdullah D. A. al-Shahrani
16. Mohammed Abdalla Abou Gabil
17. Gilles Gerard
18. FahdA. S.al-Salem

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' FD-302 (Rev 10ri6-95)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 09/23/2001

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as ''-a white"\maie, b o r n j ""••••.....
citizen o f f y " \n possession o f
issued | :, w^residing at
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\ JJ for Saudi Arabian Prince Abdul Majeed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
lyifince Abdul Majeed} , was interviewed at the Four Seasons Hotel, Las
Veg\as, Nevada regarding inconsistencies between his name as written on
a ma.nife\st list prbyided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, ^ and
his name as typed ih.\his passport r'l r on manifest;
/ \\" on passport] . After being made aware of the identities
ot tne interviewing ag'e'nts and the purpose of the interview, he
\d the following:-,.

His full name is^ | his date of birth is

1 1 He provides I 1 Prince Abdul
Ma need, I . .\
and plans to travel with him a.nd the royal party from Las Vegas, Nevada
to Geneva, Switzerland, to Saudi Arabia. He may instead go to Paris,
France from Geneva, Switzerland^--/" / Prince
Abdul Majeed and .his party if they go to Paris. He would have liked to
stay in Las Vegas;, Nevada a little bit longer.
He arrived in the United States on September 01, 2000 with
Prince Abdui Majeed:, He has been to the United States before, in 1997
as a touristy and stayed in the Los Angeles area for approximately
three months during that visit.

He hopes to work,with Prince Abdul Majeed again in the

future. He is willing to be\f help to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation even if he is] | He could get to the United
States Embassy in | [to provide assistance.

investigation on 09/18/2001 at Las Vegas, Nevada

File* 2 6 5 D - N Y - 2 R C n c . n - T . V Date dictated 09/23/2001
SAI 9/11 Law Enforcement Sensitive
by SA |

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your ageBCv;,. _ _ _ _ 0n
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Continuation of FD-302,pf j "'••.. '••-.., "--.-..,I On 0 9 / 1 8 / 2 0 0 1 .Paee

[On September 20, ..2001, I I departed Las Veg.as, Nevada

with a pirty of 18 persons considered to be part of a Saudi Arabian
royal party, aboard a chartered' Boeing 727-21, tail number'N727PX.
DestinationXof the aircraft'was Stamstead, London, airport. Immediate^
before boarding the aircraft. I lapproached Special Agent[
and stated that he would contact him in'the future, and that he wanted
to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation.,.]
Copy of | | passport, copy of manifest of entire Sau
Arabian royal party, copy of manifest for aircraft''! I departed
aboard, and original notes of interview placed in a FD-340 (1A)
envelope for provision to the case file.

REQ. 30-2 000000021

 WITHDRAWAL NOTICE

RG: 148 Exposition, Anniversary, and Memorial Commissions

SERIES: 9/11 Commission Team 5, FRC Box 31
NND PROJECT NUMBER: 51095 FOIA CASE NUMBER: 30383

WITHDRAWAL DATE: 11/19/2008

BOX: 00009 FOLDER: 0040 TAB: 4 DOC ID: 31206354

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FOLDER TITLE: Flight B-727-21 Las Vegas

DOCUMENT DATE: DOCUMENT TYPE: Memorandum

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TO:

SUBJECT: "Documents relating to all flight manifests for the following aricraft that departed the|
US in 9/2001 with Saudi nationals: Responsive to Requests #30-1 a thru f [Packet
#l]"-re Las Vegas Airport

This document has been withdrawn for the following reason(s):

9/11 Classified Information

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