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To: Counterterrorism From: Berlin Re: 315N-WF-227135, 12/05/2003 e ut AJg ayn o? pannteqns anam suonasanb s,lstneuano! aye written format in advance of the scheduled interview. Then, BfV experts reviewed the questions and provided Fromm with appropriate answers to the questions. Fromm reviewed the prepared answers, and ay? Aq pasod suornsanb aye on suamdue aues asoy? aaeb Atauanbasqns journalist during the interview. Associate Judge Dr. Mohr then asked whether Fromm had agencies. Fromm answered that he had not done so. The Associate Judge then asked whether anyone else was present during the interview with Fromm. Fromm testified that the head of the Bfv's Press Office was also present during the interview. Prosecutor Dr. Matthias Krau next asked how high up the planning for the September 1lth attacks originated in the Al-Qaeda leadership, or if the basic idea for the attacks had been formed in Hamburg. Fromm testified that it was difficult to. make a general attacking the World Trade Center had existed with Al-Qaeda for a very long time. It was the type of goal for which they undertook long- term planning. A similar example was the attack on the U.s. navy ship, the U.s.S. Cole. This was another target for which Al-Qaeda conducted long-term planning and preparations. Prosecutor Dr. Kraur noted that Fromm had just testified that Al-Shehhi, Binalshibh and Atta had all traveled to Afghanistan in 1999. He now asked whether Fromm had any information if any one Fromm testified there were claims that Atta had traveled to Afghanistan during 1998, but the Bfv had no evidence to support these claims. Prosecutor Dr. Krauf next asked Fromm whether Binalshibh had ever traveled to Afghanistan prior to the 1999 trip. Fromm umo sty Jo adons ay? puoAeq sem uorgsenb sty? leyn patgnasen knowledge. Chief Prosecutor Dr. Walter Hemberger asked Fromm how many people were trained in the camp in Afghanistan which the members of the Hamburg Group had attended. Fromm testified that he could not the five (5) digits, encompassing thousands of participants. The Bfv, however, did not have any precise numbers to that effect.. The Chief Prosecutor now asked Fromm how many of these thousand of participants spoke English. Fromm answered "no."