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Operation TRIPWIRE Operation TRIPWIRE is designed to improve the FBI's intelligence base with a specific goal to ald in identifying potential terrorist sieeper cells within the U.S. {It puts in place a roadmap for developing intelligence and collection requirements targeting terrorist training, financing, recruiting, logistical support, and pre-attack preparation within the U.S Examples of TRIPWIRE operations are as foliows’ Agricultural Aviation Threat Project The FBI, through the NJTTF, identified and interviewed agricultural aviation owners and operators throughout the country. The FBI reviewed a list of over 11,000 aircraft provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and interviewed 3,028 crop duster owners and operators. To date, this effort has led to the initiation of several counterterrorism investigations. Correctional intelligence Initiative Another initiative being. coordinated through the NJTTF aims to detect and interdict efforts by al-Qa‘ida and other terrorist groups to recruit within the U.S. prison inmate population, All JTTFs have been tasked to coordinate with the correctional agencies within their respective geographic regions to exchange intelligence and recruit human. sources. JTTF members are identifying existing or former sources who are now incarcerated and reactivating them to infiltrate any radical elements. To date, these efforts have identified approximately 370 connections between. particular inmates.and domestic and mternational terrorism investigations, and have identified a number of instances of potential terrorism-related activity within the prisons. Terrorism Financing Operations Section On September 13, 2001, we created the Financial Review Group, later renamed the Terrerism Financing Operations Section (TFOS), to consalidate our approach to dismantiing terrorist financing operations. TFOS works not only to identify and track financial transactions and links after a terrorist act has occurred: it explorts financial information to identify previously unknown terrorist ceils, to recognize potential terrorist activity or planning, and to predict and prevent potental terrorist acts TFOS is both an operational and coordinating entity. Operationally, TFOS has been involved in the financial investigations of more-than 3,000 individuals and groups suspected of financially supporting terrorist organizations, and joint efforts with tts partners have resulted in the blocking or freezing of millions of dollars in assets. TFOS works closely with our experts in criminal money laundering, and leverages the resources of our Financtal Crimes Section in the Criminal Investigative Division as needed. As a coordinating entity, TFOS ensures that a unified approach is pursued in investigating terrorist financing networks. TFOS. coordinates. financial aspects of FBI terrorism investigations, establishes overall initiatives. and policies on terrorist financing matters, and coordinates with the National Security Council's Policy Coordinating Committee on Terrorist Financing, the Department of Justice (DOU), and the financial services sector. Also, terrorist finance coordinators participate in every JTTF Through TFOS, the FBI has succeeded in building strong working relationships with. ail law enforcement and intelligence agencies’ that are fighting the war on terror. c pec. #5 45 000000354