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M.EMORANDUMTO :

FROM:

RE:

Mary .] 0 WhiteUnited St a t e s AttorneySouthern D i s t r i c t of New YorkLouis FreehD i rec t o rFedera l Bureau of In v es t i g a t i o n 'Richard ScruggsCoun s e l of In t e l l i g en ce Pol icy and ReviewOff ice o f In te l l igence Pol icy and ReviewJo Ann Harr i sA s s i s t an t Attorney Genera lCrimina l Divis ionJamie S . G o r e ~De:ucy A t t o r ~ ~ r a lIns t ruc t ions on sep a ra t io n o f Cer ta in Fore ignCounte r in te l l igence and Cri minal In v e s t i g a t i op s

The Uni ted St a t e s A tt o rney ' s Of f i ce fo r the SouthernD is t r i c t o f New York and the FBI have been conduct ing c r imina linves t iga t ions of ce r t a i n t e r r o r i s t a c t s , i nc lud ing t h e b ombingof the World Trade Center , and p o t e n t i a l o b s t r u c t i o n of thei n d i c ted case of Vni ted St a t e s v , Rahma n. e t a l , During thecourse of those i n v es t ig a t io n s s J g n i f i c a n t co u n te r in t e l l Jg en cein format ion has b e ~ n developed r e l a t e d to th e a c t i v i t i e s andplans of 8gents of fore ign powers op e ra t i n g in t h i s country andover sea" . i nc l ud i ng prev ious ly unk.."1own connec t ions bet. ...een

e e ~ a r a t e t e r r o r i s t groups . ~ t h o u 9 h i n format ion and evicencer e l ev an t to p o ss ib l e fu ture c r imina l p r ose c u t i ons i s still be ing

Cl as s i f i ed by: D e ~ u t . y CpunDel fo r I n t e l 1 1 g e n ~ Q p e r a t ~ .Off ice of I n ~ ~ l l i g e n c e P o l i ~ y and Reyiew. Depart men t o fJ u s t i ceDec l a s s i f y on: OADRDoclaaifiedby -;; . . , , , A . s . . k ~ "

Counsel (or Intelligence PolicyOIPRAJSDOJ

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- 2 -S O ~ 9 h t , it has become overwhelmingly apparen t t h a t t h e re i s acompe l l ing need to fu r t h e r de ve lop and expand t h a t f o r e i gncounte r in te l l igence informat ion . C o n e e q ~ e n t l y . th e FBI hasi n i t i a t e d a sep a ra t e f u l l f i e ld co u n t e r i n t e l l i g en cei n v es t i g a t i o n .

Although the coun te r in t e l l Jg e nce i nves t iga t ion "may r eau l t inth e i n c i d en t a l co l l ec t ion o f in format ion r e l e van t t o p o as ib l efu tu re c r imina l prosecu t ions , the p r ~ m a r y purpose o f the coun ter i n t e l l i g en ce i n v es t i g a t i o n w i l l be to c o l l e c t fo re ignc o u n t e r i n t e l l i g e n c e i n format ion . Because the co u n t e r i n t e l l i g en cei nves t iga t ion w i l l involve the use of su rve i l l ance techniquesauthorized under th e Foreign In t e l l i gence S u r v e i l l ~ ~ c e Act {FISA}ag a i n s t t a r g e t s t h a t , in some ins tances , had Peen sub jec t tosurve i l lance under Ti t l e I I I , and becau se it wil l involve some o fthe same sources and t a rge t s as the criminal i nves t iga t ion , webel i eve tha t it i s prudent to establ i sh a se t of in s t ruc t ionst ha t w i l l c l ea r ly separa te the coun ter in te l l igence inves t jga t ionfrom the more l imi ted . but cont inued, criminal ' inves t iga t ions .These procedures , which go beyond what lS l ega l ly requ i red , wi l lpreven t Bny r i sk o f crea t ing an IJn ...arranted appearance t ha t FISA1S being used to avoid procedura l safeguards which would apply ina ~ r i m i n a l inv es t i g a t i o n .(1 )

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The focus o f the Fore jgn Counter in te l l ige n ce (FCt)i n v es t j g a t i o n w i l l be on pre v en t ing fu tu re t e r r o r i s t act8and obta in ing foreign counter i nte l l i gence informat ion aboutthe i n div idua l s and groups e ngag i ng in , or prepar ing toengage in . t e r r o r i s ~ a c t i v i t j e s in the United StBtes andabroad .The cr imina l i nves t iga t ions w i l l focus on the indic ted casesof yni ted Sta t e s y. 12use t , e t a l . and United Sta tes y.Rahman. c t a1 . , and the poten t i a1 obs t ruc t ion of the Rahmancase . The cr imina l i n v e s t ~ s a t l o n s ~ i l l also focus on th econsp i racy to bomb Uni ted S t a t e . a i r l i n e s recent ly uncoveredin the P h i l i p p i n ~ s and the bombing of a Phi l i ppine a i r l i ne r .No p rQac t ive- i nves t iga t ive e f fo r t s or t e c r ~ i c a l coveragesare pre sen t ly contemplated in any o t the ongOing cr imina linves t iga t ions , ~ h i c h pr imar i ly focus on p a s ~ cr imina1conduct, ~ i t h th e except ion of th e obs t ruc t1oni nves t iga t ion . 1 in the fu tu re , the cr imina li n v es t i g a t i o n s develop i nformdtion requir ing p ro a c t i v e e f f o r t s or t echn ica l coverages, the United Sta t e s AttorneysOffice (USAO) and the cr iminal agen ts wil l consu l t wieh theOff ice o f In t e l l i gence Pol icy and Review (OIPR). and th e Fera g e n ~ s before under tak ing such e f f o r t s , absent e x i g ~ n tcircumDtances , in order to determine the impact , i f ~ y , onthe Fer in ves t i g a t i o n .

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- 3 -(4) The _ s u b j e c t s , wh o aT!!! p r e s e n t l y under pen r e g i s t e rs \ l rveTl lance in the cr imina l i n v es t ig a t io n , w i l l be

j nves t iga ted as FeI sub j ec t s under the FCI guide l i ne s U S ~a l l a va i l a b l e t echn iques . i nc lud ing FISA, wi thou t anyd i r e c t i o n o r cont%ol by the U5AO, Sout h ern D i s t r i c t ofNew Yo rk or the Crimina l Divis ion , Depar tment o f J u s t i c e .The c u r r e n ~ pen r e g i s t e r s w i l l be d i scon t inued be f o r e anyF 1 S A ~ a u t h o r i z e d su=vei l lances are i n i t i a t e d .

(S) FBI' s fromB fo l lows :

!or . , , , , , n t ioned edc a s e s and i n v es t ig a t io n s , inc lud ing the o b s t r u c t i o n casewi l l be seg rega ted i n to s e pa r a t e r e p o r t s which w i l l beprovided to the USAO, OlPR, and th e Crimina l Di v i s i on . A llfo re ign c oun t e r i n t e l l i ge nc e i n fo rmat ion ( inc lud ing a l lfo re ign c oun t e r i n t e l l i ge nc e r e l a t i n g t o fu tu re t e r r o r i s tac t i v i t i e s ) ~ i l l be in c l aSSi f i ed r e po r t s ~ h i c h ~ i l l beprovided to OlPR, but "'-"ill no t be provided e i t h e r to thecr imir .a l agents , the USA O, o r the Crimina l Di v i s i on , wi thou tFedera l Bureau of l n v e e t ~ g a t i n Headquar te r s ana OIPRCOncurrence. The FEI age n t r e s pons ib l e f o r handl ing the___ ",ill rerr.ain invo lved in .th e on - go ing trial o f~ y. Bahman, but ""'ill o the r wise be assigned tothe fo re )gn c oun t e r i n t e l l i ge nc e i n v es t ig a t io n and r e po r t tofo re ign co u n t e r i n t e l l i g en ce superViso r s .16) Fo=eign c oun t e r i n t e l l i ge nc e c o l l e c t e d dur ing th e course o fthe Fe] i n v es t ig a t io n wi l l ~ disseminated pur s ua n t to FB Igu i de l i ne s and F ] S A I f , in the case o f the Fe li n v es t ig a t io n , f ac t s o r c i rcumstances a re deve loped t h a treasor .ab ly i nd i c a t e t h a t A s i g n i f i c a n t f e de r a l cr ime has~ e n . is being , o r may be c o m m i t ~ e d . the rE I and OIPR areea c h i n dependent ly respOnsib le fo r n o ~ i f y l n g th e USAO andthe Crimina l Div io lon . Not ice s h a l l i nc lude ~ h e f ac to andcircurr.s t a nc e s developed dur ing the FCI i n v e B ~ i g a t l o n t h a tsuppl ied the i nd i c a t i on o f s j g n i f i can t f e de r a l c r im ina la c t i v j t y . whether o r not such a c t i v i t y r e l a t e s t o th ei n d i c t ed cases or c r imina l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s r e f e r r e d t o i nsubparagrapb (2 ) above. An ~ 8 i D t a n t United S t a t e s A ~ t o r n e y(AUSA) from th e Southern D i s t r i c t of N e ~ York who hask n o ~ l e d g e of , b u t no a c t i ve involvement in , the on-goingc r im ina l i n v ~ s t i g a t i o n s , ~ 1 1 1 cont inue to b e aes igned t owork wi th OIPR and the FCI agen ts to review such f o r e igni n t e l l i g en ce i n fo rmat ion to ensure t h a t evidence t h a t might~ exculpa tory to any defendants cu r ren t ly unde r i c d i c tm e n tis pro mp t l y cons idered f o r dis semina t ion to c r i m i na linv e s t i ga t i ve p e : r s o r ~ e l , the OSAO, and the c r i m i na l

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Division . This AUSA w i l l a lso serve to ensure , i nconjunct ion ~ i t h the FBI and OIPR. ~ ~ a t i n format ion whichreasonably ind iea tes tha t a Blgni f lcan t fed e ra l crjme haspeen. i s being , o r may be c o m ~ j t t e d i s appropr ja te lydisseminated to cr imina l inves t iga t ive personnel , the USAO.and the Criminal Division pursuant to the procedures a e tfo r th above. That AUSA w i l l cont inue to be "wal led o f f "from p a r t i c ipa t ion in the on-going cr imina l i nves t iga t ionsand cases and w i l l cont inue to abide by a l l FISAdisseminat ion prov is ions and guide l ines .