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PARTICIPANT WORKBOOK
NOVEMBER 2006
INSTRUCTOR GtJlln:
Course Purpose ('his course provides an overview of immigration and border security
violations perpetrated by the 9/\\ hijackers to further their plot.
Field Performance Given a potential threat ofterrorisl attack. the student will identify
fObjective ~he border security and immigration related violations perpetrated by
he 9111 hijackers, according to the principles outlined in 9/1 J and
I'crrorist Travel.
Interim (Training) J. Identify the historical perspective ofterrorist travel tactics by
Performance Objectives terrorist plots.
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I. Title
2. Field PCl'ii.mnance <)bjccti vc
J. Interim PerliJrmance Objectives
4. Interim Pt.'Ti()rmance O~jcclivcl>
5, Creation/Purpose of 911 I Commission
6. Terrorist Groups and Travel Documents
7. Terrorist Groups and Travel Documents
8. IIistorieal Perspective ..tcrrorist tactics by plot
9. Historical Perspective-terrorist tactics by plot
10. 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
1I. Landmarks Plot, June 1993
12. Atlantic Avenue Subway Plot, July 1997
13. East Africa Bombings, August 1998
14. Millennium Plot, December 1999
15. Immigration & Border Security Evolve J993-2()()1
16. DOS Visa Issuance-Intending Immigrant Provision
17. DOS Visa Issuancc--Non issuance of visas and other docs
18. DOS Visa Issuance--Terrorism
19. DOS and INS Contact in Visa Issuance
20. DOS Budget in the 1990's
21. Visa Waiver Program
~2. DOS Technology Evolution
23. 1993 World Trade Center turning .)oiI11 fbI' DOS
~4. Consular Consolidated Database
25. Immigration and Naturalization Scrvi(;CHinspections
26. Immigration and Naturalization Service-Inspections
27. Immigration and Naturalization Service-Counterterrorism
28. Immigratitm and Naturali7.ation Service~Countcrterrorism
29. INS Lookout Unit
30. INS LookoutUnitlCarricr Consultant Program
~ 1. Forensic Document Laboratory
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67. Summary
HANDOUTS
I. INTROJ)I!(TION
A. PurllOSC of ('uurse
TIll' sw,:ccss orthl' 9/1 I pill! dcpelltkd Oil 1he hijackers ubi Iity to
IIbtuin visas and pass horder inSpL'diolls to cntcl' the (lnilcd
Sllites. It ulso depended Oil their ahi Iit)' to l'cllmin in thL' United I: TlTI.I·:
Stilles tlndetl'del! whik w()rkill~ OUllhc ,h.-lui Is orthe nttuck.
c; YouseI' and I\itli liIcd fraudulent claims H)r While political asylum
political asylum to remain in the US (:Iaims were pending,
applicants were able to
renulin in the US
d, Mahmoud Abouhalimu received temporary
resident status through fraudulent claim to SAW Seasonal Agricultural
Worker program
program
a. AJi Mohamed married <l US Citizen and bcearne ~tn In 1993 he conducted
LPR. In 1993 he conducted surveillance of US surveillance of US
target!; for al Qaeda
targets /(')1' "I Qacda.
h. Khalid Abu al Dahab' was granted LPR status alicr While in the US, he
rd
marriage to his 3 wife: subsequently naturali;l.cd provided money and
fraud docs to terrorists
, worldwide
c. Wadicl Hage studiedin the US during the 1970's
and 1980.'s: gained LPR status through tnarriage to Wadiel Hage served as
personal secretary to
a United States Citizen Usama Bin Laden
B. Stnte J)cpartment
I) Del:reased the 11l1ll1her of' app! il:anls Established ill I 9fiC! liS II
I. I nspcdions practices
2. Counterterrorism pr;lctic~s
I) Name-based system
2) Contaillcd80,OOO records on
tcrrorist activity by 9111/200 I
1) Reviewed passenger
manifests/notified POE jf a
suspected terrorist was enroute
1) Created in 1999
4) No counterterrorism focus
a. . Student/School System
b. lack of resources
Administrative liystem
2) Multiple hearings with lengthy was easy to exploit
deluys
h. Immigration Benefits
I. Border Patrol
or
d. relocated to Pakistan J()lIowing lJS Latc 2001
invasion Afghanistan
B. Travel Facilitators
1. Abu Zubaydah
3. Riyadh facilitator
C. Reliance on outsiders
D. Travel Documents
e. usc of aliases.
E. Reliance on Saudi passports
2. Saudi Arabian citizens had visa. waiver status in Effective 912002, Saudi
most Middle Eastern countries and Canada citizens require a visa
for Canada
3. Blank Saudi passports lacked a document control #
1. Photo substitution
2. Immigration issues
a. Inspections
]) No counterterrorism focus
VI. Summary/Conclusions