to 'keep
quiet' regarding this issue. The translator who was present during the
session with the FBI informant, Mr. Behrooz Sarshar, reported this incident
to Director Mueller in writing, and later to the Department of Justice
Inspector General.

The
press reported this incident, and in fact the report in the Chicago Tribune
on July 21, 2004 stated that FBI officials had confirmed that this
information was received in April 2001, and further, the Chicago Tribune
quoted an aide to Director Mueller that he (Mueller) was surprised that the
Commission never raised this particular issue with him during the hearing(Please refer to Chicago Tribune article, dated July 21, 2004).

Mr. Sarshar reported this issue to your investigators on February 12,
2004, and provided them with specific dates, location, witness names, and the
contact information for that particular Iranian asset and the twoof
unqualified translators in charge of translating high level sensitive
intelligence. The FBI confirmed at least one case: Kevin Taskesen, a
Turkish translator, had been given a job as an FBI translator, despite the
fact that he had failed all FBI language proficiency tests. In fact,
Kevin could not understand or speak even elementary level English. He had
failed English proficiency tests and did not even score sufficiently in the
target language. Still, Kevin Taskesen was hired, not due to lack of other
qualified translator candidates, but because his wife worked in FBI
Headquarters as a language proficiency exam administrator. Almost everybody
in FBI Headquarters and the FBI Washington Field Office knew about Kevin. Yet,
Kevin was given the task of translating the most sensitive terrorist related
information, and he was sent to Guantanamo Bay to translate the
interrogation of and