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( 7 ae b7C a SESRET ---- Working Copy ---- Page AMIR told-the other two they should "be strong and not give in" to women by havin re-marital sex. AL-AMIR also advisedL__—sds pray daily. Those admonishments were the first time AL-AMIR had ever talked about such beliefs, suggesting to that AL-AMIR had recently become significantly more religious. * In May 1998, wnen[ ___] saw AL-AMIR in Cairo, AL-AMIR was Whee PS as pares and was planning to return to Hamburg. When was in Cairo in May 1998, he saw AL-AMIR once or twice. ADL-AMIR then had a beard and closely cropped hair. , said such an appearance would immediately draw attention to AL-AMIR as a fundamentalist Muslim and could possibly cause the police to detain, question and possibly arrest AL-AMIR. * In opinion, the appearance would also make it very difficult for AL-AMIR to Eind a wife because of the reluctance of most Egyptian females to accept the subservient role a female would have in a marriage with a Muslim fundamentalist. * AL-AMIR rod| ___| that both his parents disapproved of his wearing the beard. * In May 1998, AL-AMIR would no longer meetL_—C ct night and he spoke negatively of the sports club which they had previously frequented. * By May 1998, Al-AMIR had obviously adopted a fundamentalist life; however, he did not express any militant views about the United States and he definitely did not say anything suggesting he would ever become involved in something like the 9/11/2001 attacks. * In May 1998, AL-AMIR toldL_——sridwWihe:«~had been to Mecca and had completed Hajj, an Islamic religious undertaking indicating he had become devoutly religious. AL-AMIR did not specify when he had been to Mecca; however, believes it would have been approximately three months after Ramadan in 1998. was then given a polygraph exam and no deception was found on his negative answers on the following issues: Did you have any advance knowledge of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001? Have you had contact of any kind with AL-AMIR since January 2000? Dt LC] was then transported back to his residence where he voluntarily surrendered his home computer. On 9/19/2001, a TP FBI CART examiner made an image of the contents “ v's hard drive. TP is in the process of obtaining — telephone and e-mail records. SmRRET ACS REQ 11-24-03 “000000212 Lo