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b6 b7C 6 faa S00, DATED 3/29/06 Activity: The team met with a Court for Sierra Leone iscsLL sd [Jon 02/08/2004. had returned from Monrovia, Liberia on 02/07/2004, where he had conducted investigations related to the SCSL’s mandate. In the course of these investigations | Thad interviewed several members of the staff of the Royal Hotel in Monrovia. This hotel was formerly known as the Hotel Boulevard, and was a known hangout for and those with whom he conducted illicit diamond deals. In the course of these displayed a page of photos of the Top 22 Terrorists taken from the FBI web all parties interviewed identified| s individuals who had spent time in the hotel. A report on this contact will follow under separate cover pendin provision of documents in his possession relating to his investigation in Monrovia. | Strongly advocated the team’s travel to Monrovia, claiming “everything was in Monrovia,” and that if the team chose not to travel to Monrovia, it “would not be doing its job.” interviews, site. According to [_lescribed the following as the investigative leads for the team he had discovered in Monrovia: 1) — Interviewing the staff at the Royal Hotel (formerly Hotel Boulveard); Interviews at the Liberian Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) HQ in Batala (phonetic), Liberia. These potential interviews are based on information that the individuals identified by the Royal Hotel staff ES A 5, have traveled to the ATU HQ. Before the team conducts any investigation into this matter, the lead information will be confirmed and more specifics gamered. RSO Monrovia will then be consulted on the feasibility of travel to, and interviews in, the ATU compound; and, if possible.[___is he CHARLES TAYLOR regime who leased a Boeing 737 aircraft for TAYLOR to use as his “presidential aircraft.” [iis reportedly now the Liberian Ambassador at Large for the Ivory Coast. According to an associat] and used the 737 to transport a number of Lebanese diamond traders into and out of Monrovia. At this time, even given the above is factual, the team sees very little connection between|____ and its investigation. However, any information regarding] __ Javailable to the team while in Monrovia will be investigated and reported. ‘UNCLASSIFIED - EFTO 1 of 3 MISC. REQ. #57 000005714 —