Saudi Arabia claims that al-Bayoumi is not an agent of theirs.[1] Per previously-classified memoranda released by the National Archives in May 2016, as of June 6, 2003, "the FBI "believes it is possible that he was an agent of the Saudi Government and that he may have been reporting on the local community to the Saudi Government officials. In addition, during its investigation, the FBI discovered that al-Bayoumi has ties to terrorist elements as well."[2]