MEMORANDUM TOTHE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPONTHE UNITED STATESTHE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCETHE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE _________________________________ Israeli Surveillance of the FutureHijackers and FBI Suspects in theSeptember 11 Attacks and TheirFailure to Give Us Adequate Warning:The Need for a Public Inquiry ________________________________ September 15, 2004
 
TABLE OF CONTENTSPage1. General Preliminary Conclusions……………………………………………… 22. Imperatives and Priorities…………………………………………………………… 43. The DEA Report…………………………………………………………………………………………… 54. The Israeli DEA Groups……………………………………………………………………… 6a.
 
Backgrounds in Intelligence, ElectronicIntercept and Communications Units…………………………… 6 b. Connections to Israeli Wiretapping and Telecommunications Companies…………………………………………… 9c.
 
Israeli Surveillance of U.S. GovernmentOffices, Laboratories and Residences and OtherU.S. Strategic Areas………………………………………………………………… 10d. Spying on the United States……………………………………………… 11e. Israeli Surveillance of Arab Groups,the Future Hijackers and FBI Suspects…………………… 13f. Hollywood, Florida: The Operating Base ofThe Israeli DEA Groups…………………………………………………………… 145. The Future Hijackers and FBI Suspects……………………………… 15a.
 
Operations in Hollywood, Florida………………………………… 15 b.
 
Timing of Operations of Both Groups in theHollywood Area………………………………………………………………………………… 17i.
 
Hijacker Timelines………………………………………………………… 17ii.
 
Israeli DEA Groups………………………………………………………… 18iii. Future Hijackers……………………………………………………………… 18c.
 
 Activities of Both Groups in Oklahoma…………………… 20d.
 
Dallas: A Probable Training Area for theIsraeli DEA Groups ……………………………………………………………… 23
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 6. Reports Concerning the Surveillance Activities ofThe Israeli DEA Groups……………………………………………………………………… 257. Northeastern New Jersey—Another Vital Center ofOperations for Both Sides……………………………………………………………… 26a. Hudson and Bergen Counties: The OperatingBase of the Israeli New Jersey Group……………………… 26 b.
 
The Leader of the Israeli New Jersey Group Fleesto Israel and becomes an FBI Suspect……………………… 29c.
 
Hudson and Bergen Counties: The Staging Ground for the Future Hijackers of the Pentagon Plane… 30d. The FBI’s Conclusion: The Israeli New JerseyGroup were Mossad Intelligence Operatives Spyingon Local Arabs in Hudson and Bergen Counties………… 318. Inadequate Israeli Warnings in August 2001……………………… 329. The Watchlisting of Khaled al Mihdhar and Nawafal Hazmi in August 2001………………………………………………………………………… 36a. “John”, “Mary”, “Jane” and “Alice”………………………………… 38 b.
 
The Uncertain, Untranslated, Unwitnessed,Unremembered and Erroneous Identification ofKhallad………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39c. William (of Ockham)………………………………………………………………………… 4210. Why the Israeli Groups?………………………………………………………………………… 4311. The CIA’s Role and Responsibilities………………………………………… 4512. Detailed Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………… 49EXHIBITS AND MAPSEXHIBIT A—The DEA ReportEXHIBIT B— Members of Israeli Groups and Future Hijackersand FBI Suspects in Key Towns and Areas
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