CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE

UNCLAS PARIS 000091 SIPDIS SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO DS/ICI/PII, DS/CR/CIL ICE IAO FOR ERIC SALLICK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM FR AG SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE BY RSO ALGIERS SENSITIVE ¶1. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attach, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Algiers, Algeria in obtaining information on Mohamed Farid SI LARBI. SI LARBI is a citizen and national of Algeria who was granted Refugee status and allowed to enter the United States on 09/27/00. ICE received information that SI LARBI may have involvement and/or connections to terrorist groups and terrorist activities. On 5/15/07 SI LARBI was questioned and given a polygraph concerning this new information. The results of the exam concluded that SI LARBI was deceptive during his responses. ¶2. SI LARBI is identified as follows: NAME: Mohamed Farid SI LARBI DOB: 04/11/74 SEX: Male ALIEN REGISTRATION NUMBER: a78788876 ALGERIAN DRIVERS LICENSE: #180461 dated 02/05/95 ALGERIAN VOTING CARD: #504494, Bir Khadem municipality ¶3. SI LARBI entered the United States after being granted Refugee status based upon his uncorroborated verbal testimony. He has a pending application for Naturalization. ¶4. In furtherance of this investigation, the following information is being sought from the RSO in Algiers: * Request assistance from Algerian authorities (intelligence) in ascertaining if SI LARBI is known to have ties to terrorist groups and/or activities as well as any other relevant information. * Verify if SI LARBI was granted amnesty by the Algerian government for terrorist acts under the Charter on Peace and National Reconciliation (August 2005). If possible, a list of the names that do appear on the list would be helpful. ¶5. Please reference ICE Attach Paris case number PA14C607HO0009 in any correspondence. ¶6. Point of contact: Assistant ICE Attach Daniel Morro, 2 Avenue Gabriel # A-225, 75008 Paris, France. Telephone: 33-1-4312-2371; fax: 33-1-4562-3639. ¶7. Thank you for your assistance. Lydia St. John-Mellado, ICE ATTACHE, PARIS, FRANCE STAPLETON