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M~ORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Event: Interview of FBI special··~~\,-ge·n~

.. ...~ucson RA

Type of event: Interview

Dates: January 7, 2004

Special Access Issues: None

Prepared by: Hyon Kim

Team Number: lA

Location: FB I, Phoenix Field Office

\,\.participaDts - Non-Commission: FBI, Assistant General Counsel Randy Blair

farliciponls - Commission: Michael Jacobson, Hyon Kim

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!was the case agent fo The case has been closed sincD
I Jias left the country, as In t epilot circle of individuals such as
Hanjour, L,~tfi Raissi and Raye ! //
I \l}rst entered the United States ~n 1993. !In addition to Arizon~ " I
has hved io~a, South Florida, and San Diego, where he attended the same English as
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Second Language school as Hani Hanjour, though not at the same time. ,"" ,/'

o- ~ In the su~m·~~\of20001 ",as

in Vera Beach, Florida·.1 ,".. I·
departed in August~pf2000, Post 9/11, '~he~ was interest because ~j?eof'the a1lldi
hiiackers was associated with the same ~ddtess in !Vero Beach. N~,,'.fin~:'betwee.:
nd the hijaCJcers was found, l\he ~ight school in Vero .'~ea~h did have a arge
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v.~. I~ems t~·.~ave loaned one" t . ny of his ~~o<;i~tes h) Arizona. A
review of bank if~i;ounts indicates tha as just p~ovjding cash advances and
that his associates'would a
him back s ; rtly. , ani Hanjq~r borrowed a few hundred
dollars from ,als~ ~elp~/ some st~d~rits with bonds they had to
, post to atten .. '\ \ i !! ,,:</', ...:' :/

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with any particular' reasons for the trips. lis not aware of sAl
activities in Fort.Collins.or of any contact with Anwar Aulaqi. \ .... ---- ...

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¢}I t'~sed to buy ~~~ sell vehicles to make a profit. It is possible that Lotti
Raissi was doing the same. SA 1 Idid not find any indication that they were trying
to hide ownership of vehicles .

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