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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Event: Department of Justice briefing on cell and phone calls from UA Flight 93

Type of Event: Briefing

Date: May 13, 2004

Special Access Issues: None

Prepared by: John Raidt

Location: U.S. Department of Justice, Room 1137 9/11 Law Enforcement Privacy Team: 7

Participants (non-Commission): Dave Novak, Assistant U.S. A~~'ffieY;·1...~ __ ~---II Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation; Ray Guidetti, New Jersey State Police.

Participants (Commission): Bill Johnstone and John Raidt

Background

[U] Assistant U.S. Attorney Dave Novak and his team provided a briefing to Team 7 on the airphone and cell calls made from aboard VA Flight 93 on 9/11. This information was derived from an exhaustive study of the GTE airphone records from Flight 93 (with expert technical assistance from GTE engineers), and from an examination of the cell phone records of each of the passengers aboard 9/11 who owned cell phones. This work was conducted in support of the U.S. Justice Department's criminal case against Zacarias Moussaoui.

-[U] The following is the information provided during the briefing:

[U] Because of the capacity limits of the GTE airphone service only eight outgoing calls can be made from the aircraft at anyone time.

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[V) GTE Airphone. Calls:

1. Placed from the airphone located in RO~,23'j)Ef

9:39:21 Lauren Grandcolas to Residence I I 46 seconds. 9:40:42 Lauren Grandcolas to Kris Kor/Globall \:"\ I 0 seconds. 9:41:34 Lauren Grandcolas to Residence :}:\: 4 seconds. 9:42:03 Lauren Grandcolas to Residence \f~ \. 2 seconds. 9:42:25 Lauren Grandcolas to Residence :::\ 3 seconds. 9:42:45 Lauren Grandcolas to Residence ::\\::.... 3 seconds. 9:43:24 Lauren Grandcolas to Vaughn C. Lohe4 \,,: .. 10 seconds. 9:43:44 Lauren Grandcolas to V. Nadel (miSdhdtitI~\\'=\ :;:":;:=,=="17 seconds.

2. Placed from the airphone located in Row: ZS.\bE~'\ : :: : ~: " ~

9:36:10 to Vaughn HOglanl 5 seconds...... \1 166 seconds . 9:37:03 Mark Bingham to Vaughn~H:::o~g.::la~n==::-t~~" ·,t 9:41 :20 Mark Bingham to MisdiaU ... , o seconds. 9:41 :53 Mark Bingham to Vaughn--=H:-o-g:-Ian--;::::'=::::::!....iL.. .. __ "':'I 3 seconds .

3. Placed from the airphone located in Row ?~~'~;F

9:42:13 Joseph DeLuca to Parents 14 seconds. I :1 . . 9:43:03 Joseph DeLuca to Parents .. 130 seconds . 9:46:05 Linda Gronlund to Elsa Strong ( .. "1 :. 71 seconds . 9:48:48 Joseph DeLuca to Atwell Haines .. ~ o seconds. : 4. Placed from the airphone located in Row 2fREf 9:37:41 to Joanne Makelyl ...... t 7,565 seconds . .. S. Placed from the airphone located in Row 3~ ~EF

9:42:44 to AT&T (800) 225-5288: o seconds.' 9:42:44 Todd Beamer to AT&T (800) 225·5288: o seconds. 9:43 :48 Todd Beamer to residence I t o seconds. 9:43:48 Todd Beamer to GTE opera~t-or-:"I=_=_=_=_=_=_=_!:...... I""E\3,925 seconds.

6. Placed from the airphone located in Row 33 DEF

9:35:40 Sandy Bradshaw to UAL StarFix (speed dial) \ ' 353 seconds. 9:49:30 Sandy Bradshaw . o seconds. 9:50:04 Sandy Bradshaw to Residencel I 470 seconds.

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7. Placed from the airphone located in Row 34 ABC

9:31:14 Flight Attendant to UAL StarFix (speed dial) 2 seconds. 9:32:29 Flight Attendant to UAL StarFix (speed dial) 95 seconds. 9:35 :48 Flight Attendant to VAL StarFix (speed dial) 4 seconds. 9:45:37 Waleska Martinez to Dratel Group 1...... o seconds.

8. Placed from the airphone located in Row 33 ABC

9:35 :56 Flight Attendant to UAL StarFix (speed dial) 4 seconds. 9:49:12 Marion Britton to Fred Fl·r-um....;;...an_o;..al__ ~_--': 232 seconds. 9:53:43 Honor Wainio to Parentsl I; F69 seconds.

9. Placed from the airphone located in Row 3f ABC \

9:47:57 CeeCee Lyles to residence I t, : 56 seconds.

54 seconds. 9:44:23 Thomas Burnett to Residence 1....----~t 11. Placed from the airphone located in Row 24 ~,C

8:30:32 Thomas Burnett to Residence I I :\\28 seconds. 9:37:53 Thomas Burnett to Residence ...... I'. ',c', \! \62 seconds .

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