MFR Nara - t6 - Irs-Jttf - Irs Employee 1-7-29!03!00491
MFR Nara - t6 - Irs-Jttf - Irs Employee 1-7-29!03!00491
MFR Nara - t6 - Irs-Jttf - Irs Employee 1-7-29!03!00491
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\ Investigative Division.fs asslgnea.,to,,~he)omt Terrorism Task Force (JITF) of the
\W~shington Fiei'd Office ..(WFO) of'theFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He has a
Bachelor of Science a~gr~ from the\!iii~e¥ty ~f Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA.
~rio~ to joining the,)R&, on '04/12/20001 .... \]was an intern with the New Bedford,
~A Police Departm~.md \ !was assigned tQ, the narcotics squad at the Police
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I I,stated that the JTTF responds to possible terrorist activity that may
occur. He most recently was assigned to respond to the investigation of a suspicious
package that was-left in front of the Benjamin Franklin Post Office at rz"
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Pennsylvania A venue, N. wi lis expected to make an initial assessment of the
situation and coord\:nate investigation/with the MPD.
Other examples of cases that ~e handled by the JTTF would be the North
Carolina tobacco farmer who drove o~ the National Mall, and threatened to blow up his
tractor and a report frpm a SA ofth~t a Mid-Eastern male had attempted to buy
$40,000.00 of postal money orders. L-...Jalso worked at the crime scene of the
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Manassas; V A, and murder by John Mohammed during the Sniper case. As with any
case on the JITF, if the. investigation has a short term, it remains with the JTTF and if
long term, the case is assigned to a WfO counter-terrorism squad ..) ~as ..no_t...
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participated in any electronic surveillance o~ arrests while assigned to the JTTF:: ... I__ ....
was not assigned to the JTfF on 09/11/200 J and is unable to comment on anychanges
that may have occurred si~ce the terr1rist aitacks. ,:// ./
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\".\~\,<.>.\ Much"ofthejnvestigative work for the JTTF involves being prepared to respond
.:\\,::::.\>.;::;.> .. to terrorist activity at .specialevents. Iritelligence analysts assigned to the JITF tra~k
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::.\,\:-.\~heseoccasions and alert the J'TTf-members to up-coming events. Additional special
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\::..·\:-i'v.~ntsbriefings are provided by the National)TTF from FBIHQ. Normal leads are
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..·~.~ignedby the FBI squad supervisor. The supervisoris also responsible for reading all
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correspondence and clearing the leads from tlie'ACS,,~ystem.
\ '\ \,"\:::,:~\:::::r-tprovides "in house" liaison for the FBI agents w~t~~~~iRS;r-1iS
\. \ '\. fiPl~~~d~tions in the information that he can provide from IRS source~
\. \, \.limf~.jncl\lde 'not being able to provide Social Security Account numbers, or income
\. \ \~ev~ISJ-... \, I~sists the other investigators in obtaining ex parte orders for income tax
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basic counter-terrorism training that is provided by the FBI
fJe has alsoattended lectures by case officers from the United Kingdom's
\ '~I-~\and.,,~i~,~~ed ~'~,~asson,,~.ounter-terrorismat the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
\ \\' '1. . ...... \ ...~~ted ~h~tIRS '6'n,~ be an to investigate t~rrorism related subjects after
\ th~ terronst attacks-on 09/1. 1200 does not specifically know the counter-
\ terrorismpolicy o'(t~ IRS.' id know that the FBI's policy and highest priority
\was\~e p~~ven&.?n"~f:'te~ti~, JTTF reports on ,terrorism threats :md issu~s are
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provided t~ IRS;'~nd_ 'i- Jhas never been denied access to any information at the
fFO.\ \.... \....... \\...
\ " ..., Iw~"rked Whf improvements could be made to the JTTF and the
investigafi ve m;lssion ....said that the office space is very cramped and he has to
share a desk with another investigator. He also stated that there are a limited number of
data lines in the "~:uad area and ~ frequently has to leave the squad area to use his IRS
laptop computer. f Iwould'l~keto see more long-term investigations assigned to
the ~TfF with a pro-active strategy.] . ~ecommends that an integrated data
retrieval system be developed, that would merge the databases of the principal Federal
inve~igative agencies. .
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