Eleanor Jean Hill (born December 19, 1950) served as Inspector General for the

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under President

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. Hill was the head of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 1995–1999.

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Hill was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She graduated from Florida State University with her bachelor's degree in 1972, and her Juris Doctor in 1974.Legal Info
/ref> She was awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal by Secretary

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and the Bronze Palm to the

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by Secretary

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American Airlines Flight 77

According to U.S. State Department cable of February 2010, released by

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in 2011, the

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has investigated another suspect, Mohammed al-Mansoori, who had associated with three

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citizens who had flown from Washington to London on the eve of the attacks, after allegedly surveying the

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and the

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. U.S. law enforcement officials said that the information about the four men was "just one of many leads that were thoroughly investigated at the time and never led to terrorism charges". An official added, however, that the three Qatari citizens have never been questioned by the FBI. Eleanor Hill, the former staff director for the congressional joint inquiry on the September 11 attacks, said the cable reinforces questions about the thoroughness of the FBI's investigation. She also said that the inquiry concluded that the hijackers had a support network that helped them in different ways. The three Qatari men were booked to fly from Los Angeles to Washington on Sept. 10, 2001, on the same plane that was hijacked and piloted into the Pentagon on the following day, but did instead fly from Los Angeles to Qatar, via London. While the cable states that Mansoori would be currently under investigation, U.S. law enforcement officials said that was no active investigation of him or of the Qatari citizens mentioned in the cable.

The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force

Hill agreed to serve on The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force in December 2010.

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Official DOD statement by Hill

9/11 probe discusses Hill
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Background information

American Airlines Flight 77

The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force

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