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To: Ottawa From: San Diego Re: 265A-NY-280350 , 04/11/2002 On September 19, 2001, Special Agents from the FBI interviewed Mcohdar M. Abdullah of 1415 E. Lexington Avenue, Apartment Number 146, El Cajon, California regarding his association with Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdchar. Abdullah related that he met Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar in 1999 in San Diegc California. Omar Al-Bayoumi asked Abdullah to become acquainted with Al- Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar and to acclimate them the area and assist in any way in their affairs. Abdullah assisted Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar in arranging travel arrangements and flight lessons while in San Diego, California. Ir early 2001, Al-Hazmi telephonically contacted Abdullah and informed him that Al-Hazmi was in Arizona attending flight school. On September 21, 2001, a Federal material witness warrant, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3144, was issued in the Southern District of New York for Abdullah's detention. On September 21, 2001, Abdullah was arrested as a material witness in San Diego, Californi and transferred to New York on September 25, 2001. On October 5, 2001, Abdullah was interviewed by Agents of the FBI in conjunction with a Grand Jury investigation in the Southern District of New York. Abdullah was shown and acknowledged writing a document that contained references to Stinger anti-tank weapons, "martyrs," "mortors,", and "grenade launchers." Abdullah further explaine that the document reflected his interest in weaponr which was spawned through his relationship with an individual named rd Abdullah advised that he and had utilized an indoor shooting range in El Cajon, California. of Abdullah and attended the Al Ribat mosque in the San Diego area. ullat also knew and stated that he was a veteran of the Unite tates Navy. Subsequent investigatio i ited States Navy has revealed that an individual named was previously enlisted in the Navy and had received small arms weapons training. On September 22, j BI exe da Federal search warrant at Subsequent to the search, a computer was identified by a resident of the address, [——ssSb' Ss: having been used frequently by Abdullah. A separate Federal search warrant was acquired for this computer, which was then forensically reviewed by the RCFL. Located on this computer was an email message dated August 12, 2001, from with the subject line "SALAAM U PONSE NEEDED.." In the message, said "PLEASE TALK TO THE BROTHERS IN SAN DIEGO AS MANY AS Y OU CA COLEN POWELL STATED TODAY THAT THE US WAS COMMITED TO MOVING THE EM BASS} TO JERUSELEM WE MUST ORGANIZE A MASSIVE PROTEST OF THI S STANCE WE NEED PRESS COVERAGE." The message was sent ne Furthe 3