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FBI 2017: Bayoumi reporting channel through Bandar to GIP

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Provenance

Source
FBI materials released under Executive Order 14040
Date
2017-06-14
Page
SHA-256
06000773d7b6b8a75b038f3baf66cb36c33a0a856f0fd356138bdf164d8a56e1
Classification
declassified
Copyright
public domain
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Observation

FBI analysis describes Bayoumi as a community collector reporting via the ambassador.

Interpretation

A collector tasked against Saudis might help two arriving Saudis as cover, as duty, or as plot support. The paragraph does not distinguish.

Source text

The 2017 FBI report describes a reporting path: Bayoumi collects on persons of interest in the LA/San Diego Saudi community → Bandar → GIP.

If accurate, Bayoumi's job included watching Saudis in Southern California. Hazmi and Mihdhar were Saudis who appeared in that community. Whether they were 'tasking targets' or 'collection targets' (or both) is not settled by this paragraph.

Hypothesis linkage

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