C05453732 • 6 December 2002 Al-Qa'ida uses fraudulently acquired Saudi passports to document it nneratives and facilitate international travel I Some of the passports are stolenJ l_ _ _ __ ___ lissued to terrorists under false ___ _ pretense I Forgers fraudulently issue or alter these passports to create false identities im lersonate other citizens and r_nnrl' I • I I • • travel Thousands of Saudi Passports Lost or Stolen · I · · audi passports have been lost or stolen in recent vearsl Saudi blanks are particularly problematic because they lack the document control number normally used for tracking their disnosition before issuance This renort was nrenared bv the Dr I Cnuoterterrorist Center I • b 1 b 3 EO 12958 1 4 b 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 c 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 d 25Yrs EO 129581 4 e 25Yrs EO 12958 3 5 c -SESREri J --- JAAP ROVED FOR RELEASE J25-April-2012 CO§ 4 5 J 3 7 3 2 Frau·dulently Acquired Saudi Passports Facilitate Al-Qa'ida Trave 11 6 December 2002 - '-·-------' • - fu late 2001 the Saudi Government began a transition to new style passports that are more difficult to fraudulently issue or alter because they incoroorate a numhPr of ' f tnl'P • • 2