The FBI's Office Of The Inspector General Report Regarding The New York Field Office’s Investigation

I read from the FBI's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report which was publicly released in June 2006. In this section of the chapter, On August 29, 2001, the FBI’s New York Field Office opened a full field intelligence investigation to locate Mihdhar. The investigation was assigned to a Special Agent who we call “Richard.” Richard was a relatively inexperienced agent, who had recently been transferred to the Bin Laden squad.252 This was Richard’s first intelligence investigation.

Richard told the OIG that on August 30, he received a telephone call from Donna in reference to the investigation. He said that Donna said the goal of the intelligence investigation was to locate and identify Mihdhar for a potential interview. According to Richard, Donna did not indicate the investigation was an emergency or identify any other exigent circumstance.

A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks: Chapter Three, Section E (The New York Field Office’s Investigation)