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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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ALL INFOPHATION CONTAINEDHEF~IN IS l~CLASSIFIED

DATE' 01-08-2.007 BY 60324 AUC/BAW/CPB/l'ID.,! Date of transcription 01/15/2 002

On 01/10/2002 and 01/11/2002, SAI' land AirForce Office of Special Investigations Special Agent I I

I I assigned to the Los Angeles Task Force on Terrorism, .conducted a canvass of various hotels located on sepulveda Blvd. inCulver City, California. The purpose of the this canvass was todetermine if any of the individuals associated with the attacks ofSeptember 11, 2001 had stayed at these hotels.

Los Angeles had obtained information from FBI San Diego. and FBI New York that! I aresident of San Diego who was interviewed as part of a profferagreement at the Southern District of New York,had been introducedto NAWAF AL HAZMI and KHALID AL MIHDHAR, two of the hijackers onAmerican Airlines Flight 77, by Mr.OMAR BAYOUMI, the spiritualleader of a Kurdish mosque in Magnolia, California.~I ~

further stated that in late Spring/early summer 2000, he and ALHAZMI and AL MIDHARhad .taken a trip from San Diego to Los Angelesin order to drop off AL MIDHAR at the Los Angeles InternationalAirport for a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia. While inLos Angeles,thethree stopped off at the King Fahad mosque inCulver City, California before continuing to an unnamed motel wherethey spent the night prior' to going to the hotel. I Ihad .further added that he did not know the name of the hotel, butadvised that the hotel was the "middle one" of three in a row.

I Irecalled that AL HAZMI singed the register and paid for theroom in cash, although I Idid not recall whose identificationAL HAZMI usedto·rent the room.

Investigation by Los Angeles on 01/10/2002 and 01/11/2002revealed the following:

On 01/10/2002, SA 's [ Imet withl~~""""="",,,,,Jthe Deano's Motel, located at 3868 S.

~s~e~p-u~l-v-e-d~a~B~l~v-d~.-,~C~u~l-v-e-r~·~C~l~lt~y--, CA. 90230, (310) 390-3511. Deano'smotel is the "middle" motel between two other motels immediatelyadjacent to its left and right.1 Ivoluntarily provided theagents with the motel's guest registration cards from January 2000

~o the present. While searching the registra.tioncards, SA's

~discovered a registration card under the name

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File # 265A-NY-280350-302 ..,..-_ Date dictated 01/15/2001

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FD·302a (Rev. 10·6·95)

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Continuation of FD·302 of,o~ 01/11/2001

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pa~d the total amount ot $51.52. The reg~strat~on card was"se~zea. . .by SAI land secured at the FBI Los Angeles ev~dence fac~l~ty.

0; :J /J 0/~QQ2 SA 's I ' Imet with 1-:-- 1, Ithe Halfmoon Motel, ··.located at 3958S.

Sepulveda B v ., Cu ver City, CA. 90230, I Ivoluntarily provided the agents with the,motel's guest reg~stratloncards from January 2000 to the present. While searching theiegistration ~~rds, SAlsl Idiscoveredaregistration cardun~er the name ofl . I Abovethe name written in encilby the motel registration clerk was the'name The registration card also contained the~u.Q~i9:rnIwua:t:rm:i~·~dress: I I

Room number: 105, No. in party:3; amountpaid: $47.04; method of payment: Visa credit card. reference number:08801001. The registration card was also signed'byl I Theregistration card was seized by SAl land secured at the FBI

. Los Angeles evidence facility .

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checked into the hotel on"--:---~--:--------=-::-r::-:~::-::'-::-="""

. On 01/11/2002, SA'sl Imet with~1 ~.11 Director of Travellodge Motel, located at 11180 WashingtonPra"c"e', .Culver City, CA. 90232, I Ivoluntarilyprovided the agents with.the motel's guest registration forms andcomputerized registration database from December 1999 to theresent. While searching the registration forms and database, SA's

L-~ ~~d~i~s~c~o~v~e~r~e~d~a~r~e~istrationform under the nameof The information on the formrevL.e-a~l-e~d:"""":'t"7h-e--f';:"o~l-:;-l-o-w-:i-n-g--:-a-d~d-r-e-s-s-:"""-"""'--=':":':::"""::":":":==":":":="::"::::":":"''''':::'':'':'-''';=:::'''''=''='';':':''''----'

CA. 92117;. Nurriber of Guests: 1. registration form also revealedI Ichecked into th.....................................-'fl/09/2000 at 21 :28 hoursand checked out at 21:50 hours. was not charged for hisstay. Additionally, SA's discoveredre istration forms from 12

Addi t ionall1;, SA I s I Idi scovered aregistration form for l --------__----~I--w...h-o.......had stayed at the

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hotel from 05/08/2001 to 05/15/2';.l;0...:.0'-'!1.......... ....L..~:oi....J~~~~~t.:.:h~e_·--.

following information: address: 4----------,--~~~~~--~--~Saudi Arabia; credit card number ve ~c e:~~ ~

Investigation of theL..."-.,..",.."...."",.".",....."..,,,......,.....,,.,,,..,,..,,,..,,,,.,...,,..,.,,....-.......---.................,..,,,..,,,......,,.,,.,,,.,,.,,.,,,..,,..,..,,....,........!hat AHMED ALGHAMDI and

two of on United AirlinesFlight 175, and that SAEED ALGHAMDI was one of the hijackersonboard United Airlines Flight 93. The registration'forms wereseized by SAl land secured at the FBI Los Angeles evidencefacility., ' "

Furthermore,l ~the agents that manyindividuals that visit the King Faha , mosque stay at their moteldue to its close proximity to the mosque.

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