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Event: ... . . . .k F : ~ I Miami Field Office JTTF Member) InterviewType of event: InterviewDate: October 2, 2003Special Access Issues: NonePrepared by: Lance ColeTeam Number: 6

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investigations, and he has "informal contacts" with officials ..i n t h 9 . . . --Jthat he can use/to obtain information fr9fu those systems, .:'I n short, he prepares portfolios on

a..- Ialleged to he associated with terrorist the.FBlis seeking, He has no ongoind Iresponsibilities, and in addition to his work f9tlh'e:NS-1;:;~uads he helps the otherMiami squads

.. if they need! anything related t1 .'. .' L F l ~works closely withth~~BI agents on theJTTF and/~lway~ takes agent~.:'ithhim..:Wh~Jl:he}fl'tervie~A ~n terrorism matters ..1 ' . r as reassigned to thet'4;'9i~lligengeSquad" \ V M ~ the Miami JTTF wasreorganized i h 2002. He':described:th~:jT1;F' as different from prior task forces he has worked" " , ' : ' :: ,:' :~ ,. .,: " . : . " ,,' - ,with: such the Safe-Streets r a ~ } ( F ' o r ~ e :n thafthe JTTF:,.ii"more structured and long-term."Otherwise, however, .he is d9iJ1g.tht


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COMMISSION SENSITIVEColumbian drug matters, and 700/0 of her time on work fo,~.. ....He said he could use asec.onDanalyst. ,! I /works with FBI language specialists ("LSs") when there is a language thaDpersonnel a j ~a1mottranslate. There are:~o Arabic. speakers a . l Iso he mTi~tuseFBI J-'ss in/cases where an Arabic translator isnY~dedl... ~ __ ' ~ ....,~~_~__...He has had good experienceswit}ithe FBI LSs and has found them to be veryresponsive to his needs. ,,' .: .:.... Iserves as the liaison betweenthe JTTF andthO Hi~upervisor inMiami has only a secret level clearance,butQupervisorsin Washington atI...--Ihadquarters have top secret clearance~',~dhe can sha;f~:,'i~fonnatiorihat is"~lassified at that~evd jwith them when it is necessary~ocbnvey suchinformati09,i6 thO I . I(sp?)Jfro~eadquarters is assigned y~:' .:'

. . . . . . . . / 1 . . . . . . . . ~hinksheiS)~el' ~epres~tative on FBI fiel~offi~~ JTTFs in the entire.," coyi~,t~,/ ~ l i 9 . t f ar~,'r,6/3,sC}:~.pf~S'e'ntativ,~,s"~~signedto FBI,f1e1cfoffices nationally, but to the

, : : ' , , , " , b : S . t : o . . f h~S,Jfuo~'~~,4g~::#'f::df~~.tDe?rei~ntatives at ~,?l'fi~id offices are working on Safe. . , . S t f ~ ~ t s / T , ~ ~ k : ~ q t~ : ~ ~ ; > l i ~. .~:xp'fainedJhatmost of h.~s.Dol1eagues assigned to Safe Streets task'"., . ::"Q't~e~:;:Aid,ri~{if:W~'f~~,jio::JTT~,s''\~hene did(:iieis still involved in their twice monthly..... ///i~lebnf~~~(}~~;c~usbid not.repj~~e him on the Miami Safe Streets Task Force.q / / / 1 . . . . ~~~wedt6hesugg~Sirfi~,although he did not say so explicitly, that all the JTTFs

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:/,,;(11 Law Enforcement Privacy. . / m \ ' . .C{)::I~~~~~SENsmVEactivities to report to thei'BI!ld .">J;sthe program repr~~~;;-iiitiveiuthe FBI's Miami FieldOffice; each FBI field ifice ~~~a progr:arit-{~presentative. In June or July~f"20n3~. ...had a meeting with I \ 1 : i a m H a i ~ a l \ , ~nd distributed the checklist andother information tq:,ihem., They responded Pdsidv~~y ' ~ n 4 expressed their willingness tocooperate with th~::,PBI.Altl~oug~ IhaS>PQtyetre~~iv.e,d any specific benefits from theprogram, he believes that in ~he long run it will beavery helpfulprogram. [On behalf of theCommission, werequested documentation on this program, such as the-suspicious activities

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Dntelligenc:c CollectionActivities.Under pre,9711 proce~ures, ~h~as a"Special Investigations Sectien" in charge of internal affairs a t hat gathersintelligence onl liHe was in charge of an SIS section in 't~96. Tli' reassigned to "security threat groups" and information is collected aboutthem and their activities.

c=Jolicy is not to release this information to other law enforcement agencies without asubpoena, whether a grand subpoena or an administrative subpoena. Th~'1 II . ~rogram is intended to ensure that all information relevant to terrorism isprovided to the FBI.

Terrorism Training. I . . _ . . . . . . .attended a one-week terrorism training program atQuantico. Before attending that training program he completed an eight-hour training CD on

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COMMISSION SENSITIVEterrorism. He also attends in-house training sessions when they are offered. For example, heattended a three-day U.S. Attorneys antiterrorism symposium. The FBI pays for him to attendthese training sessions.

Suggestions for Improvements in the J TT~ :A ~elieves that the FBI needs abetter hand-held radio communication system in Miami, The City of Miami has a much bettersystem that the one the FBI has. The JTTF members also need to have access to the FBI'sIntranet that shows photographs of FBI employees - it is embarrassing to go to meetings and notknow who the people are that you are meeting with. He also thinks the JTTF needs even morerepresentatives from agencies such asthe INS who can r u n name checks and help collectinformation for the JTTF. He ~9l11d recommend adding representatives fr.?wl

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