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 that the FBI had Omar Al-Bayoumi under investigation prior to the 9/11 attacks. CS-2 told me that it was his/her belief that Omar Al-Bayoumi was receiving substantial sums of money from the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC prior to the 9/11 attacks. CS-2 recalled that this money was being funneled from accounts at Riggs Bank belonging to Haifa bin Faisal, the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Bandar bin Sultan.

CS-2 related that his/her investigation showed that Al-Bayoumi had several “no show” jobs while he was living in the United States. CS-2 defined a “no show” job as one where an employee is paid by a given employer but not required to actually show up for work. CS-2 stated that Al-Bayoumi allegedly was employed by Ercan, a Saudi company. According to CS-2, Commission investigators later learned that Al-Bayoumi was paid by the company but rarely showed up for work.

Based on the above, I checked open source information regarding Ercan. The information shows that Ercan was a subcontractor for a Saudi aviation company, Dallah Avco. The information further shows that Dallah Avco is suspected of having ties to the Saudi government. Checks of open source information show that two months following Al-Bayoumi’s meeting with the two San Diego based hijackers, his monthly allowance from Ercan rose from $465 to $3,700.

CS-2 stated that he/she believed that Fahad Al-Thumairy was an intelligence officer working for the Saudi government. Checks of open source intelligence show that Al-Thumairy was later deported from the U.S. on suspicion of links to terrorism.

CS-2 stated that sometime following the 9/11 attacks, the FBI set up a squad at the Washington Field Office to investigate ties between the Saudi Government and the 9/11 attacks.

CS-2 stated that sometime in 2003, he/she was fired by the staff director of the 9/11, Philip Zelikow. According to the investigator, he/she was fired in that he/she obtained a classified index to the House and Senate’s joint inquiry into 9/11 from a source other than official channels. According to CS-2, the index is a document that identifies the source documents, i.e. FBI and other government agency reports, that detail the suspected Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks. CS-2 described his/her actions as a minor security violation. He/she further stated that he/she was terminated by Zelikow, as Zelikow was attempting to blunt the 9/11 Commission’s inquiry into Saudi involvement with the hijackers. CS-2 noted that sometime before his/her termination, Zelikow had blocked his/her requests to conduct interviews and obtain documents pertaining to his/her inquiry. CS-2 noted that Zelikow seized the index from him/her at the time of his/her termination and did not let anyone else on the commission see the document. CS-2 stated that the former Deputy Staff Director of the 9/11 Commission may know where the index is currently located.

During August of 2016, I interviewed a former FBI Special Agent whose identity is known to me. The former agent is herein referred to as CS-3.