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1 What Are They L Down There? Page . b6 -1 b7C -1 From: I b6 -1 To: I ••• b7C -1 Date: Thu, Aug 15, 2002 :02 PM Subject: What Are They Doing Down There? Greetings... b6 -1 -1 I know you are still on vacation, so your info may be a little old by the time you read it. b7C Here's what we are up to and into: b6 -2 We are plugging into meetings daily with the FBI/CITF leaderl I etc) to keep a hand b7C -2 in things. From discussions with these folks we are forging ahead with plans to : 1) Utilize the OPS meetings with the interview teams to have feedback sessions regarding what is effective/ineffective and what Information is good to share. (We have discovered that info developed in interviews is sometimes not shared with others who need it) Duh, you say. Anyway, a lot of it is shared informally at night around the campfire, but we are working with loosening up the "Chief so we can have these sessions. bl 2) Identify additional resources for interview team3 6000, we wil 1pwith —1—fh 1 them to make that available. There are many resources at these folks do not know about. I am b6 -1 still working on my relationship with the "Chief and these things can be disseminated to thesefolks in the b7C -1 next training session. 31 Provide on-going training. Last Tuesday, we had a day of training. Capt. gave Leon, Ire Rules, Regs, Safety and Protocol in the "box",1 have al-Qaida 101, LI ave Islam 101 and I gave Behavioral Assessment/Interview Strategies. It worked very well b6 -.1,2 1 together, with the exception of the "Chief's" rigidity about time and the lights went out early into my b7C -1,2 presentation. We are rescheduling that for next week for the FBI/CITF folks (some new arrivals) and a separate training for the DHS interregat d news Is that they requested it and their folks are coming over for our assistance. At Col. I'request, I have put the presentation on CD for future use by our replacements. I do not see getting that contribution from theothers involved in the training the other day. I know we have the CITF (BSCT) CD (one you left and it incorporates a lot of this stuff. We will leave that here, as well, for our folks that follow us. Gran e , everyone has there own teaching style. 4) Observing interviews at Delta. Ongoing and daily. We have feedback sessions afterwards. At the request of the interviewers (we are being careful here), we are offering some "coaching" during the interviews. • 5) Reviewing files and having consultations with teams re assessments and interview strategies. After the interview, we regroup for feed back. 6) Getting on the dissemination list for the daily sitreps oir chigit of here to HO. I am on a computer that b6 -1 will not allow me access to t rive to send it to you, s will send it to you on her computer. It is b7C -1 dated 8/15, drafted b and will make reference to some of the cases we have been Involved in. I know this is a long message, but you have never known me to be short-winded. We finally got a cable box and are tapping into what is going on In the world. The phone thing will not work, we cannot link with the lines from the CP block. We use international out of our hooch. This is fantastic! These folks have such a tough job(misslon, gotta use the right lingo) and they are so motivated and determined. You will see from the sitrep that there are some inner circle and outerfinner ALL-am.ORtPal.014-;comAlultP DETAINEES-3290 WEIN.t$1 UNCIAI=IRO' EXCEPT. SRET umegt7skoug torimgel/2 A.1.-Gs-a••ao4 CLAIJi/FIelD:BY RE 'AVM; C."4: il-es=zo2s...'•'-L.: •. Yl.• DOJFBI-002520 What Are They C.Down There? Page 2 I' . b6 -1 b7C -1 • circle folks in the ring for the bout. ECIRkI More later, E & M DETAINEES-3291 ST DOJFBI-002521 •• ' •