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SECRET/NOFORN/ORCON ” To: Los Angeles ns as Angeles... lunch. The two first entered the Mediterranean Café. [had _ informe he and his family had dined at this restaurant ~ before! and[__ J entered the Mediterranean Café, — they were informed that the Mediterranean Café-did not serve food.. asked if this was the Mediterranean Café on Venice. Bivd. lwas informed, that another Mediterranean restaurant was 5 q Few yards away.[(-. J and [walked a. short distance west on Venice Boulevard and inte thé@*MEDITERRANEAN GOURMET Restaurant, located at 10863. Venice Boulevard, phone number (310)842-- 8291. me ue, ; MU) Xone foe) While at the: MEDITERRANEAN GOURMET, and [al et with hijackers Al-Mihdhar_and Alhazmi. It is unknown at “this time whether-this meeting between [___] and the hijackers,y) . in LA, was a planned event or a “chance meeting." The meeting is bé . believed to have occurred on 02/01/2000, based on visa application bic -activity-and t rd analysis. San Diego investigation has indicated thas Do has extensive ties to the Saudi government. He was being supported in the U.S. with a. stipend from his employer, © the Saudi Arabian.Civil Air Administration, and/or the.Saudi | government. There is speculation that could be a Saudi ‘intelligence officer based on numerous factors and circumstances. There here remains the possibility that the meeting was planned Or was directed by someone at the Saudi Consulate: to meet the two hijackers at.the restaurant in- LA. : (i ~ DRINE/ OC) During the conversation, [J tearned via [I that Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar Had an apartment in LA and Rave only been there and in the United States for a short time. They stated that they did not like Los Angeles. They were having a .. ‘difficult time and didn't know -Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar were in the U.S. to learn English. ‘invited them. to come to San... Diego and check it out. told them they would probably like it in San Diego. Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar indicated they were -- ' interested... ave his phone number to Al-Hazmi. It is also - . ‘possible tha go# their phone number as well, but [__]. -was unsure. and[L___ left the restaurant/café and went to . — the Culver City Mosque, also. know as the King Fahad Mosque. (U) ~ 9ys#/00) the next. time[— | met Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar was when they were in the Parkwood Apartments on Mt. Ada Road in San Diego. This was at the welcome/housewarming. party[L___—'sihad thrown for the hijackers. It was a matter of a few weeks to a month ‘between the meeting at the LA restaurant ‘and the time of the welcomin arty for Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar.. During this interim ~ : period, pee aid mention that he had’ been in contact with the SECRET/NOFORN/ORCON | 3