Email between FBI Officials re: Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) Training Workshop on Interviewing Extremists

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Describes logistics and expected outcome of upcoming training workshop by the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)on interviewing extremists.

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Non-legal Memo
Doc_date: 
Thursday, October 16, 2003
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: BAU WORKSHOP- INTERVIEWING EXTREMISTS

The following information is provided to participants in captioned BAU workshop scheduled for November 4-7, 2003. You may want to print this out.
I The TR# for the BAU workshop is # TR14DVO41404.
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-bainirrnun-H6iiieVet' you will need to call the hotel ASAP (540/659-0022) and reserve a room under your name. This hotel is located in Aquia on Route 1, Exit 143A off of i-95, one exit south of the FBI Academy. The hotel is a two minute drive from our off-site, and for those who are unable to hook a ride, we can assist.
III CIRG-BAU EC dated 10/06/03 invited you to participate in this workshop. Although we are primarily concerned with Muslim extremists, those of you with exposure to other groups will undoubtedly have much to offer.
Each participant in this workshop has a unique and valuable perspective. Most of you were recommended by your peers to attend this workshop. Participants include FBI agents and field supervisors, HO. personnel, JTTF members, linguists, analysts, DOD personnel and other members from the intelligence community. The workshop will be conducted at the Secret level in CIRG space.
The BAU wants to tap into your experience and insights for the benefit of others. Previous BAU initiatives have focused on examining the behavioral traits of serial murderers, sexual sadists, rapists, arsonists, child abductors and school shooters. These projects have proven to be beneficial in many investigations. Although the BAU has historically provided assistance in domestic and international terrorism cases, the unit is now reorganized to address these and other matters, such as threat assessment, more intensely.
An expected outcome of this workshop Is to incorporate your observations and insights into a cornprehensWerexpecieneed-based-guide-for•fieldagents and sneraberaaaLIZINs—Maare.discussiag the
of having both a classified and unclassified version, the latter of which could be shared with local police. In essence, all participants in this and possibly future workshops will become contributing authors to this product. Of course, as our experiences continue to evolve, we can expect to update this guide with revisions and modifications.
Interest in this workshop is high, but due to the nature of the workshop and space available, we cannot accommodate all who wish to attend. However, for the many other highly qualified agents and analysts whom we cannot include, we expect to have future similarly-focused workshops, and we look forward to their participation.
The structure of our workshop is as follows:
November 4 - Travel Day
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November 6 - (8:30-5:00)

8:30am -12:00pm - We will break into small groups in separate conference rooms to discuss behaviorally-oriented questions and topics re: interview/interrogation of extremists.
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Sub-group presentations to workshop participants and general discussion of findings
5:00pm - 5:30pm - Recommendations regarding future workshops and conclusion
November 7 - Travel Day
In order for this workshop to be successful, the BAU requests that each of you email the
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Confirmation you plan to attend.

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A list of four or five topics which you believe are worthy of discussion. This will greatly assist

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3. No more than one-page of bullets reflecting your knowledge and best practices regarding interview/interrogation strategy and source assessment and management. In essence, tell us in abbreviated form what has worked for you in these areas.
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Please email your responses expeditiously. If you have any questions, feel contact me.
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