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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Event: Interview of FBI Special Agent~I ...

Type of event: Interview

Dates: October 9,2003

Special Access Issues: None

Prepared by: Raj De

Team Number: lA

Location: FBI, Washington Field Offiie

Participants - Non-Commission: FBI .Assistant General Counsel Bob Sinton, Special

Counsel Pat O'Brien ,

Participants - Commission: Dieter stu, Hyon Kim, Raj De

I toined the FBI in ~995. She was with Customs before joining the

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FBI. Her first assignment was in the narcotics section in Miami. She was transferred to
white collar in WFO, ~hich is where s~e was assigned as of 9/11. She is currently
assigned to CIRG at Q~antico. )

c:Jfar!iCiPaifd in one intenhew of Saleh al-Hussayen.

I t~feived ~\lead that Hus~ayen stayed in same hotel as some of the

hi' ackers rlor to '9/11. Before interviewin him
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She could not.",t'\call wfat the acr~nym stood for.

Before interviewing ~ussayenl ' Ispoke with the night manager at the hotel.
She determined that there had.been no calls made from Hussayen's hotel room. She
thought that she arrivedat the hotel room around 11 :00 pm (although later in the
interview she said that it~~e FQ-302 stated a !different time, the 302 would be more
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Hussayen answered 'the door, an~ directed) to his wife. His wife said
Hussaye,n fd not Sra,k a~y :grgli~h, ,~e ",:~svery quiet. His ,wife seemed very eager to
speak With .His wife seemed intelligent/and was considerably younger than
Hussayen (he appeared to be arq,~.u1~70J whereas the wife appeared to be in her early

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As his wife was spe~njl!.i\\\\·':<::· oticed that Hussayen was
muttering and drooping h.is)lea~.; ! ]\\.\ '\'. s~ed'ifpe,.wa8 ok. His wife dismissed her
concerns and said he was fine. /fA ~W::rt:lin:~te's,later. "'" "", oticed that Hussayen was
soaked with perspirationand wa~ 4rQPHngY":::".Hu~sayen fel '. ..ward out of his chair onto
the floor and was unconscious fer abQut\7 - t,o" seconds. 'a:s,~oncerned, however
Hussa en's wife did:no't a &rknf:erl: \concetned~ escri~ed"het demeanor as
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1 b~l~.e~the p~~a~e~~csl \~~~n t~:::'paramedics arrived, t~ey..as~if

Hussayen could have beep/"fa:king it~'~ i;I~saye~.>~.yastaken to the hospitat-r::=JWaS
confident that jussayenruli nOJ ~;YT ~eer fak~~it.

Hussayen's wif«(appf:bac~eclT'TT1tt the '#~pital and wanted to continue their

conversation. She said/that she apd~~nd had'come to the U.S. for a "holiday."
When they.arrived, th~¥ met' some B~ngl~deshi meri,-..i'~\J'JYwho drove them around and
who laterdrove them!l¢>Pennsylvania, ~h~re they me,t'-..Withsome other men. They
subse9u~tly traveled :to Detroit.jl'orcnjo, \pack to Defto,it" and finally to Herndon. When
I. lIsked his wif~ whowerethe ipd~vi~uals with W.P'Qkr they met during their travels,
his wife did not 1m?! because s1e war 1w'rs separate~\¥~ the other women:

His wife stafed that Hussayen ~aa.

a f'brother" in I4abQ, but they did not visit him.
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~i~ wife also sta¥4 that while i~ the o/~hi~&!OnJ DC area, and her husband did not
VISItany monu~ents or iuseuIJIs, w~c i ii hought ~S\Odd .

uss ~n/s wife thad a Saudi driv~r's\Iicense as well ¥ ~~

\Yirginia driver's license.
Whe sked her ;how and why \she had a Virginia license, she stated that she
thoug~ 0 Ii be a ,Od "souvenir, 'r that s~e had got it on 9X,I ci(~}, and that a friend of
theirs o~ / ~~elped her get~it. ':;They knew this frien~, th,~~,ughth~D

At the:hosPitaLr---isked JusJayeri,s wife whether s~e 'i~~ugli:'her husband

could have b~en invol~~·he events ~f9/~ I in any way. Thri.,~'i.f~~r-esponded,"I
don't know.~tl Ifound\~his respo*se extremely unusual. \" \//'\

Hussayen was releas~ . from th~ ho~pita\ within 2 hours, Whi'~{}c;~o

believe that whatever his condition it ~oul~ nothave been that serious, t~ent
back to .the hotel.' \.. l \ \ ./ \, \,

Upon returning to the hot~t ~ \ sked for a male CT'~gent and Arab speaker
be s~nt tp interview Hus~ayen.. . tated thai:,he ;llate,.i disappointed. ..in the
i brevt,ofthe follow-up interview. ..~e,next day, eceived a call ITrnD
who was at the "Dulles Command Center, as mg Whether Hussayen was
penmtted to leave the count . tated that that was/ilOt her decision ..\) make but
related that
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discussed with them; that Hussayen's wife wanted a Virginia driver's license as a
"souvenir;" and that Hussayen's severe reaction started w~~ad asked his wife
why they moved to the hotel where they were staying.at the time of the interview.
Hussayen's wife said that they had moved to that-hotel from another in the area because
:/they wanted a kitchenette, blJr---loupd·tllat explanation suspicious in view of the
/ fact that there was nothingin ~"iior
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