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Although Kerr admittedly was unfamiliar ~it~ .. if not all, of the Penttbom
leads that concernedl . pnd.Jl:1~. 9/11 hiJ~Bkers,he unequivocally asserted
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that all such leads were either "coincidental," "exaggeration," or "not true" (though he
could not articulate which option applied to any given lead).
. Kerr also asserted that "he had nothing to do with" the initial Penttbom lead
con~emin~ I
John Guandolo was in charge of the initial lead regarding this
subject. ,/
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.. K,[errrecalled tha,D
is i was a.Customs ,spector at Dulles and that two of the. 9/11
hijackers came through-his Inspection booth, was a convert to Islam and an
admitted UBL supporter. Kerr could not ~ernember any specifics of the investigation, but
firmly/stated that any possibility of his direct knowledge of the attacks or witting
assistance to the hijackers had "washed out." Kerr allowed th~4
Icould have been
an unwitting supporter of the 9111 hijackers. "
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f' When asked about why.h~ believed thatr--1:~uld have wittingly assisted the
hijackers, Kerr referred to a polygraph ex~i'na~en 9~d the fact that the
responsible agents believedhis denials Qf'any,involve~erit.
if K~ recalled th~tl
lattended~radicaf~:sr in La;~, MD and had been
seen praying with immigrants ~.tt~1JlIes. Kerr stated tha arne had "popped up"
.'several/times in subsequent .inYestlgati9nS', but he ,wa~(unaware 0 an specifics and stated
: that John G~491o mayhave moredetans. Kerr advised ~at as currently
, teaching in Saudi Arabia.and thatthe F~lhas requested-that
interview ~i:iti. A~,,(jf-Oct~ber 5, 290J~"the date Kerr left WF~'O~fo-r~Q!!'""u-a-n""tl-co-,-'t-a-t"""
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