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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
 

9/11 Commission, Memorandum For The Record, FBI Interviews. Part 1

10/29/2003: 9/11 Commission Memorandum For The Record, interview with FBI agent

Terrorism financing investigations, lack of formal coordination between FBI task forces

11/05/2003: 9/11 Commission Memorandum For The Record, interview with FBI agent

Investigation of hijacker associate(s)

11/05/2003: 9/11 Commission Memorandum For The Record, interview with FBI agent Peter Brust

9/11 Command Post, material witness deported

01/06/2004: 9/11 Commission Memorandum For The Record, interview with FBI agent Robert Clymer

Investigation of Ziad Jarrah activities in Las Vegas

01/06/2004: 9/11 Commission Memorandum For The Record, interview with FBI agents

Investigation of whether Mohammed Atta visited Hoover dam

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Monday, January 19, 2009
 

Descriptions of U.S. Border Security Programs, TIP, PISCES

10/3/2002: Description of U.S. Terrorist Interdiction Program

2/9/2002: Description of Personal Identification Secure Comparison and
Evaluation System (PISCES), terrorist watchlisting program

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Sunday, January 18, 2009
 

9/11 Commission, Memorandum For The Record, Commission Interviews

The following interview pertains to counterterrorism during the 1990s and Clinton Administration efforts against Al Qaeda:

1/7/2004, 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with Madeleine Albright

The following interviews were conducted by the 9/11 Commission and pertain to Airline Security:

11/18/2003: 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with American Airlines Captain Don Dillman

11/19/2003, 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with American Airlines employees

1/07/2004, 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with Timothy Ahern, American Airlines vice president of Safety, Security and Environmental

1/8/2004: 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with Gerard Arpey, former American Airlines executive vice president for Operations

1/8/2004: 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the record, Interview with Larry Wansley, American Airlines director of security

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Saturday, January 17, 2009
 

9/11 Commission, FBI Source Documents, Chronological, May 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002

5/5/2002: FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Rayed Mohammed Abullah

5/15/2002: CIA-FBI Joint Memorandum, Arizona Long-Term Nexus for Islamic Extremists

5/15/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Samir Abdoun

5/15/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Samir Abdoun (2)

5/24/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Qualid Moncef Benromane

5/15/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, interview at Santa Monica jail

6/4/2002: FBI Information Control Document, Phoenix

6/05/2002: FBI Summary of Information, Zakaria Moustapha Soubra

6/6/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Nancy and Ronald May (victims' families)

6/10/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Eyad Alrababah

6/10/2002: FBI Record, Manila Air, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad colleges

6/11/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, re: Todd Beamer phone calls

6/17/2002: FBI Information Control Document, Khaled A. Shoukry

6/17/2002: FBI Information Control Document, Khaled A. Shoukry

6/21/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, C. Lee Hanson (victims' families)

6/30/2002: FBI Information Control Document, Dar Al

7/2/2002: FBI Fax, "inflammatory language"

7/2/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Ashraf Nasri Suboh

7/25/2002: FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Hamed Hamdan Al-Sulami

8/1/2002: FBI Action Memorandum, Hamed Al-Sulami

8/1/2002: FBI Action Memorandum, Hamed Al-Sulami

8/6/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, San Diego hijacker leads

8/6/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, Grand Jury Information, PENTTBOMB

8/26/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Samuel G. Coombs

9/4/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, Fahad Al-Thumairy

9/11/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, "Operation Exchange," Oslo

FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, name redacted (victims' families)

9/14/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, Riyadh Lead

10/4/2002: FBI FD-302, Record of interrogation, Ahmad Ahmad

10/8/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, UBL/Al Qaeda (entirely redacted)

10/9/2002, FBI Report, Connections of San Diego PENTTBOMB Suspects to the Government of Saudi Arabia

10/25/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, Fahad Al-Thumairy

10/25/2002: FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Diah Saeed Thabet

11/8/2002: FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Al Qaeda

11/8/2002: FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Fahad Salem Al-Wahedi

11/16/2002: FBI Secret Memorandum, Rayed Mohammed Abdullah

11/20/2002: FBI Information Control Sheet, Links between hijackers and former US Navy members

12/2/2002: FBI Secret Memorandum, Mohamed Ibrahim Aliter

12/4/2002: FBI Secret Memorandum, L.A. leads related to Al Qaeda

12/4/2002: FBI Secret Memorandum, L.A. leads related to Al Qaeda

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Friday, January 16, 2009
 

'Killing Abu Baraa' Online

Al Jazeera Arabic has posted on YouTube the full hour of "Killing Abu Baraa," an Arabic-language documentary by Yosri Fouda on the life and death of Mohammed Jamal Khalifa. I'm featured in the piece.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
 

J.M. Berger Radio Interview

I was a guest on the January 13 edition of "The Jeff Santos Show," on Boston radio station WWZN 1510 AM. We discussed the challenges ahead for the Obama administration regarding homeland security, the threat of terrorism and Al Qaeda, as well as the question "Are we safer today than we were before 9/11?" Click here to listen to the segment (MP3 format).

If you're interested in booking me as a talking head for radio, podcast or TV, feel free to drop me a line.

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Monday, January 12, 2009
 

A.Q. Khan Added To Treasury List

The U.S. Treasury has frozen the assets of A.Q. Khan -- the scientist who created Pakistan's nuclear program. Khan was added to the Specially Designated Nationals list, used to seize assets from suspected terrorists. Treasury also designated companies and individuals associated with Khan, who is believed to have tried to sell the secrets of Pakistan's nuclear technology.

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