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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED SITRERE02092 S URSCLASSIFIED. Page 1 DATE 05-02-2006.B3 b6 b7C TO 1006600, DATED 3/29/06 BI/DS Deployment reetown, terra Leone 1300Z.02/09/200 Activity: The team met with Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCsL) on 02/08/2004. had returned from Monrovia, Liberia on 02/07/2004, where he had conducted investigations related to the SCSL's mandate. In the course of these investigations, had interviewed several members of the staff of the Royal Hotel in Monrovia. This hotel was formerly known as the Hotel Boulevard, and was a known hangout for and those with whom he conducted illicit diamond deals. In the course of these. interviews, displayed a page of photos of the Top 22 Terrorists taken from the FBI web. site. According to. all parties interviewed identified. as individuals who had spent time in the hotel. A report on this contact will follow under separate cover pending provision of documents in his possession relating to his investigation in Monrovia.. strongly advocated the team's travel to Monrovia, claiming "everything was in Monrovia,"' and that if the team chose not to travel to Monrovia, it "would not be doing its job." described the following as the investigative leads for the team he had discovered. in Monrovia: 1) Interviewing the staff at the Royal Hotel (formerly Hotel Boulveard);. Interviews at the Liberian Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) HQ in Batala (phonetic), Liberia. These potential interviews are based on information that the individuals identified by the Royal Hotel staff as may have traveled to the ATU HQ. Before the team conducts any investigation into this matter, the lead information will be confirmed and more specifics gamered. RsO Monrovia will then be consulted on the feasibility of travel to, and interviews in, the ATU compound; and,. 1) To locate and interview. Jif possible. Jis described as Jthe CHARLES TAYLOR regime who leased a Boeing 737 aircraft for TAYLOR to use as his "presidential aircraft." is reportedly now the Liberian Ambassador at Large for the Ivory Coast. According to is an associatq and used the 737 to transport a number of Lebanese diamond traders into and out of Monrovia. At this time, even and its investigation. However, any information regarding available to the team while in Monrovia will be investigated and reported. unclAssified - Efto 1 of 3 MISC. REQ. #57 000005714