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U.S. Department of Justice_Office of Legislative Affai rsOffice of the A ssistant A ttorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

June 23 , 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States AJ/)T^ M />2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300 / ^ ' A 0Washington, DC 20036 jj;

VDear Mr. Marcus:This supplements our prior responses to the C omm ission's Docum ent Request No.l 1 tothe Department, which requested docume nts in 13 itemized categories, and Re quest No. 13,which requested materials in four categories relating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance A ct(FISA) and inform ation sharing matters.Enclosed are 150 pages of classified docum ents that were provided by the Department'sOffice of Intelligence Policy an d Review (OIPR), which ar e responsive to these Requests. TheDepartment has previously offered to make these documents available for review and they havebeen review ed at the Department by Com mission staff. We are providing them for furtherreview at the Com mission's offices, in response to your request and pursuant to your agreement

that they will be returned to the Department, rather than becom ing part of the Commission'srecords. We understand that while they are in the C omm ission's offices, they will be stored andhandled in accordance with established requirements relating to their classification. Pleasecontact Faith Burton in this Office at 202/514-1653 to make arrangements for return of thedocuments as soon as Commission staff no longer need them.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

JJL< William E ". M oSAssistant Attorney General


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U.S.Department of Justice--Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

June 25 , 2004Dan MarcusGeneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 12 to the Department, whichrequested copies of the Government's Exhibits from United States v. Usama Bin Laden, et al.,S(7) 98 CR. 1023 (LBS).Enclosed are is a two page document from Gov. Ex. 0550 that was provided by theUnited States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York, in response to thisRequest, and may have been inadvertently omitted from our previous production response to thisRequest. These document will be included on CD 72, which will be imaged when we areadvised of the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney General


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U.S. Department of Justice

Off i c e of the Assistant Attorney Ge neral Washington, D. C. 20530

June 14, 2004Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon th e United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our previous responses to the Commission's Document Request No. 13to the De partment, which requested materials in four categories relating to the ForeignIntelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and information sharing matters.Enclosed are 378 pages of docume nts that were provided by the D epartment's ExecutiveSec retariat and the Of f i c e of the D eputy Attorney Ge neral in response to this Request. Some orall of them may have been previously provided to the Commission in response to anotherRequest.I hope that this info rmation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance re garding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney generalEnclosures


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U.S. Department of JusticeOf f i c e ofLegislative^Sffaiairs

Off ice of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530June 7, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksAgainst the United States2100 K S treet, NWWashington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 16 to the Department, whichrequested copies of the Exhibits that were used in four criminal cases prosecuted by the UnitedStates in the Southern District of New York.Enclosed are the Exhibits, whic h total 905 pages, that were provided by the United States

Attorney's Off ice in the Southern D istrict of New York in response to this Request.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U. S. Department of "ustitOffice of the Inspector General

SECRETUNCLASSIFIED WHEN CLASSIFIED ENCLOSURE REMOVED

April 29, 2004Daniel MarcusGeneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States301 7th Street SW,Room 5125Washington, DC 20407Re: Request for O IG MaterialsDear Mr. Marcus:

I am writing in further response to your letter of May 19, 2003, whichrequested materials f rom the Of f i c e of the Inspector General (O I G) .Enclosed with this letter is a document identified by bates-stampnumbers 014059 - 014061, and a memorandum of interview ofPeterRobustelli dated April 15, 2004.Please contact me at 202-616-0645 if you have any questions about theenclosed materials.

Sincerely,

Carol F. OchoaDirectorO f f i c e of Oversight and Review

Enclosurecc: Dan LevinCounselorO f f i c e of the Associate Attorney General



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mtff.S . Demtffmeli! o ? J T u 8 t cOff ice of Legislative Affai rs

Office of the A ssistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

April 30, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon th e United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's D ocument Request N o. 13 to the Department, whichrequested materials in four categories relating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance A ct (FISA)and information sharing matters. As we have previously indic ated, some of the materials withinth e scope of this Request, whic h goes back to 1978, have been retired to the National Archivesand, hence , are no longer available to the Department. W e have provided yo u separately with anlist of those documents which may be responsive to this Request so that you can request themdirectly from th e Archives.Enclosed are documents from the Offices of the Attorney General, Deputy AttorneyGeneral, an d Legal Counsel that we have located in response to categories two and three of theReque st. In order to respond to your Request as prom ptly as possible, we are provid ing thesedocuments before they have been form ally proce ssed, but we will make available Bates stamped

versions at a later time. We note that some of these materials are classified and trust that theCommission will treat those materials in accordance with th e requiremen ts relating to theirclassification.We also are prepared to make Appendix D to the Bellows Report, which is classified an dresponsive to the first category of the Reque st, available for review by cleared C ommission staffat the Department this afternoon. The Department has substantial confidentiality interests in this

collection because many of the documents ar e deliberative in character an d contain advice an drecommendations that would not usually be disclosed outside of the executive branch. Several ofthe documents have already been made available to the Commission. O ne o f them, the Dellingeropinion of 1995, has previously been publicly disclosed and is enclosed with this letter. W eanticipate that th e document requested in the fourth category of this request will be available forreview at the Department in the near future.


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I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wou ldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney general


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U.S. Department ofJustice.?e of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530April 26,2004

D an Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpo n the United States2100 K Street, NW ., Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 14 to the Department, whichrequested do cume nts that describe cell phone and airphone calls placed by passengers and crewaboard A merican A irlines Flight No. 11, A me rican Airlines F light No . 77, United A irlines FlightNo. 175, and United A irlines Flight No. 93 on September 11, 2001.

Enclosed ar e fifty pages documents provided by the United States Attorney's Office inthe Eastern District of Virginia in response to this Request. In order to respond to your Requestas prom ptly as possible, we are providing these docume nts before they have been formallyprocessed, but we will make available Bates stamped ve rsions at a later time.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S.(Department of JusticeOffice of Legislative Affairs

Office of the A ssistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530April 26,2004

Dan Marc us, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW., Suite 30 0Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's D ocument Request No. 13 to the Department, whichrequested documents that include the A ppendix D to the May 2000 Bellows Report and recordspertaining to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance A ct.

Enclosed are 182 pages documents provided by the Department's Executive Secretariatand the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review in response to this Request. In order to respondto your Request as promptly as possible, we are providing these docume nts before they have bee nformally processed, but we w ill m ake available Bates stamped ve rsions at a later time.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance re garding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

William E . MoschellaAssistant Attorney General


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of JusticeOffice of Legislative Affairs


April 20, 2004Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

Enclosed is a document, dated September 9, 2001, from the United States A'ftorney'sOffice in the District of Utah to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General regarding th e DistrictLECC Olympic Initiative, which may be of interest to the Commission. We have not yetformally processed this document but wanted to provided it to you as soon as possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact this Office if you would like additional assistanceregarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

"l/i/L- ZWilliam E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney General


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Off ice of Legislative Affai rs

Off i ce of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

March 3, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No.l 1 to the Department, whichrequested docume nts in 13 itemized categories.Enclosed are 191 pages of doc uments that were pr ovided by the Departme nt's Office ofIntelligence Policy and Review (OIPR), which are responsive to items 1 and 3 of the R equest,including 139 pages of classified inform ation. We are providing the classified pages to theComm ission with the understanding that they will be stored and handled in accordance withestablished re quirem ents relating to their classification.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wou ldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaA ssistant A ttorney General


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U(S. Department of JusticOff ice oFLegislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant A ttorney Ge neral Washington, D.C. 20530

March 5, 2004

Dan Ma rcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our prior responses to the C omm ission's D ocume nt Request No. 9 tothe Departme nt, which requested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 431 pages of documents that we re provided by the Department's CivilDivision in response to Item 8 of this Request. They will be imaged on CD 70, whic h will be

produced when we are informed of the Commission's format preferences.We have an addit ional 20 pages that were provided by the Civil Division, in which th eDepartment has significa nt confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character andcontain advice and recomm endations that would no t usually be disclosed outside of the

Executive Branch. We are prepared to make these pages available fo r review by Commissionstaff at the Department pursuant to our confide ntiality agreement regarding these types ofmaterials.I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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JLS^epartment of JusticeOff ice of Legislative Affa irs

Off i ce of theA ssistant A ttorney Ge neral Washington,D.C.20530 ' ' L/i/v( ^

March 19, 2004Dan MarcusGeneral CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, N W , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 12 to the Department, whichrequested copies of the Governm ent's Exhibits from United States v. Usama Bin Laden, et al,S(7) 98 CR. 1023 (LBS). .'"Enclosed are 433 pages of docum ents that were p rovide d by the United States A ttorney'sOff ice in the Southern District of New York, in response to this Request. These docume nts willbe imaged on CD 72 when we are advised of the Commission 's format preferences. Alsoenclosed are 17 pages, not yet page num ber stamped, that we are advised c onstitute Governm entExhibit 550, whic h rem ains under seal. We are providing it wi th the under standing that thisdocument will not be disclosed outside of the Commission no r cited in your public report. We

will provide a formally proce ssed version of this docum ent at a later time.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance rega rding this or any other m atter .

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaA ssistant A ttorney G eneral


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U.S. Department of JusticeOffTcelxflJegislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant A ttorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

February 27, 2004

Dan Marcus, G eneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No.l 1 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 13 itemized categories.Enclosed are 939 pages of documents that were provided by the D epartment's CriminalDivision and the Office of the Attorney G eneral in response to this request. We have imagedthese documents on CD 67, which will be produced w hen we are advised by your technical staffof the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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February 27, 2004

Dan Marcus, G eneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, S uite 300Washington, DC 20036

Dear M r. Marcus:This responds to requests by Commission staff fo r particular documents described in thetheir interview on February 17, 2004 of Jeff Breinholt, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division'sCounterterrorism Section an d Director of its Terrorist Financing Unit.Enc losed are two docum ents, totaling 33 pages, that were provide d b y the De partment'sCriminal Division in response to this request. W e have imaged these documents on CD68,which will be produced when we are advised by your technical staff of the Comm ission's formatpreferences.We have a third docu me nt, of 41 pages, that was provide d by the C rimin al Division, in

which the Department ha s substantial confide ntiality interests because of its law enforcementsensitivity and deliberative character. We are prepared to make this docum ent available forreview by Commission staff at the Department at any convenient time .I hope that this information is helpful. Please d o not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Dep ttment of JusticeOffice of Legislative Affairs


February 13, 2004Dan Marcus, G eneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20,2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 97 pages of documents that were provided by the Criminal Division, the

Office of the Deputy Attorney General, and the Office of the A ttorney General in response to thisRequest. These pages will be imaged on CD 63, which w e will produce wh en we are advised ofthe Com mission's format preferences.We also have 2 pages that were provided by the Crim inal Division, in wh ich theDepartment has significant co nfide ntiality interests because they are deliberative in character andcontain recom me ndations and advice that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExec utive Branch. We are prepared to make this document available for review by Comm issionstaff at the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding these types ofmaterials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this m atter.

Sincerely,



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l(.S.Department ofJustice M$6TI^Off ice of Legislative Affairs

Off ice oftheAssistant Attorney General Washington, D.C.20530 //]/XJ J/ l A^February 13, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Com mission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the U nited States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 30 0Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Comm ission 's Docume nt Request No . 4 to the Department, whichrequested m emo randa, transcripts of statements, interviews, or debriefings of seven individuals.

We have 72 additional pages of doc uments provided by the Federal Bure au ofInvestigation, whic h contain highly sensitive information that we are prepared to make availableto limited Commission staff for review at the D epartment pursuant to your agreement that theinformation will not be disclosed ou tside of the Comm ission. We appreciate youraccom modation of our c onfide ntiality interests in these particularly sensitive materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaA ssistant A ttorney General


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U.S.(Off ice of Legislative Affai rs

Office of the Assistant Attorney Ge neral Washington, D.C. 20530 I 1/1 A > LJA/l/LS

February 13,2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, N W , Suite 300W ashington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our prior responses to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 tothe Department, which requested docum ents in 17 itemized categories.We have an additional 89 pages that were provided by the Office of the Deputy AttorneyGeneral in response to this Request, in which the De partment has significant confide ntialityinterests because they are deliberative in character and contain advice and recomm endations thatwould no t usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are prepared to make thesedocuments available fore review by Commission staff at the Department pursuant to ourconfidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Dep artm ent of Justice

F e d e r a l B u r e a u o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 205 35-0001October 24 , 2003

Daniel Marcus, General CounselNat ional Commission on Terroris t Attacks Upon the United StatesSuite 3002 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .W ashington , D.C. 20036RE: Comm ission 's Request for Documen tsDear Mr. Marcus:

In response to the Commissions Request fo r Documents , please f ind th efol lowing:Documents re spons ive to Documen t Reques t fo r ACS Mater ia l[10/21/03]-5 Packe ts ;Documents re spons ive to Docu men t Request 1-11: 1998 Inspection Report fo rL o n d o n Lega t ;D o c u m en t s re spons ive to Document Reques t 1-11: 2001 Inspection Report fo rLo n d o n Lega t ;Documents re spons ive to Document Reques t 3-le;Documents re spons ive to Document Reques t 3 - l j ;D o c u m en t s re spons ive to Documen t Reques t 3-lq;D o c u m en t s re spons ive to Document Reques t 3-lr;D o c u m en t s re spons ive to D o c u m e n t R e qu e s t 3 - I s ;Documents re spons ive to D ocumen t Reques t 3-lv;Documents re spons ive to Document Reques t 3-lx;Documents responsive to Document Request 3-ly;D o c u m en t s responsive to Docume nt Request 5-4 - 4 Packets;Documents respons ive to Do cument Reques t 5 -4d - 3 Packe ts ;Documents re spons ive to Documen t Reques t 5 -8a ;D o c u m en t s re spons ive to Document Reques t 5-11 - 2 Packets;


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Documents responsive to Document Request 13-11;Documen t s responsive to Docum ent Request 14- lc ;Docum ents responsive to Document Request 14-lr .

This is part of the FBI's rolling production and thus may be supplemented in thefuture. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.Sincerely,

Robert S. SintonAssistant General Counsel


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February 3, 2004

Dan M arcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 30 0Washington, DC 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus:This responds to the Comm ission's Docume nt Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 22 pages from Department reco rds, which have been imaged on CD 57. Wewill produce the CD when we are advised by your technical staff of the Comm ission's formatpreferences.I hope that this infor mation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance r egarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,

IWilliam E. Mo schellaAssistant A ttorney General


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U.S. Depar tmen t of Justice

, Federa l Bureau of Invest igat ion

Washington, D. C. 20535-0001

February 5, 2004Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Com mission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U nited StatesSuite 30 02 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .Washington, D.C. 20036RE: Commission's Request for DocumentsDear Mr. Marcus:

In response to the Com missions R equest fo r Documents, please find th efollowing:Do cuments responsive to Document Request 2-6;Documents responsive to Document Request 2-6 & 7;Documents responsive to Docu ment Request 3 Su pplemental #2-f;Do cuments responsive to Document R equest 3 Supplemental #2-r;Docu ments responsive to Docum ent Request 3 Supplemental #3-o;Do cuments responsive to Docum ent Request 10-le;Documents responsive to Docum ent Request 10-lg;Docu ments responsive to Document Request 16-lb - 5 Packets;Docu ments in response to Miscellaneous Request #23 [Documents R esponsive toRequest from Commission Staffer Hyun Kim].This is part of the FBI's rolling production and thus may be supplemented in thefuture. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.

Snee ly ,



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U.S. Departmen t of Justice

Federal Bu reau of Invest igat ion

Washington; I>. C. 20535-0001

February 6, 2004Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesSuite 3002 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .Washington, D.C. 20036RE: Comm ission's Request fo r DocumentsDear Mr. Marcus:

In response to the Co mm issions Request for Documents, please find thefollowing: Docum ents responsive to D ocument Request 2-7; Docum ents responsive to Document Request 10-1 c; Docum ents responsive to Document Request 16-la - 7 Packets; Documents in response to Miscellaneous Request #24 [Documents R esponsive toRequest from Commission Staffer Raj De - Germany Trip].

This is part of the FBI's rolling production and thus may be supplem ented in thefuture. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.Sincerely,



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U.S. D e p a r t m e n t of Jus t i ce -QOl ^1 ^7 )( Federa l Bureau o f Inves t iga t ion

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 20535-0001

February 9, 2004Danie l Marcus, General CounselNat iona l Co m m iss ion on Terro r is t At tacks U pon the U ni ted S ta tesSuite 3002 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .Washington , D.C. 20036RE: Commission 's Request fo r D o c u me n tsDear M r. Marcus:

In response to the Co m m iss ions Request f o r Do cum ents, p lease find th efo l lowing : D ocum ents respons ive to D ocum ent Request 3 Supp lem enta l #4-a ; D ocum ents respon s ive to D ocum ent Reques t 10-1m; D ocum ents respons ive to D o c um e n t R e q u e st 16-la - 6 Packets ; D ocum ents in response to Misce l laneo us Reques t #25 [Documents In Respo nse toand in Lieu o f Briefing Request #6].

This is par t o f the FB I 's ro l l ing p rod uc tion and thus may be s u p p l e me n te d in thefuture. Sh ould yo u have any questions , p lease d o no t hesitate to con tact me at 202-324-9613.

lobert S . S i n to nAssis tant General Counsel


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MISCELLANEOUS REQUES i rorDOCUMENTSA f e U ^TRANSLATION of 692 SPANISH

INDICTMENT (JUDGE GARZON)(UNEDITED VERSION)PRELIMINARY & UNOFFICIAL

RESPONSEto

MISCELLANEOUS REQUEST #24f rom COMMISSION

"W O R D P E R F E C T D O C U M E N T "ofDEFINITIVO PRO C ES AMIEN TO 201 to 250


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U. S. Department of Justiceice of the Inspector General

SECRIUNCLASSIFIED WHEN CLASSIFIED ENCLOSURE REMOVED

January 16, 2004Daniel MarcusGeneral CounselNat i on a l Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States301 7th Street SW,Room 5125Washington, DC 20407Re: Request for OIG MaterialsDear M r. Marcus:

I am writing in further response to your letter of May 19, 2003, whichrequested materials f rom th e Office of the Inspector General (OIG).Enclosed with this letter are tw o OIGaudit reports: 1) The FederalBureau of Investigation's Effor t s to Improve the Sharing of Intelligence andOther Information; and 2) Federal Bureau of Investigation Casework andHuman Resource Allocation. These reports are classified SECRET.Please contact me at 202-616-0645 if you have any questions or if youneed further information.

Sincerely,

Carol F. OchoaDirectorOffice of Oversight and ReviewEnclosurecc: Dan LevinCounselorOffice of the Associate Attorney General



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U.S.(Department of JusticeV . . :Of f i c e of Legislative Affa irs

Of f i ce of th e Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

January 14, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon theUnited States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Re quest No. 9 to the Department, whichreque sted docume nts in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 49 pages that were provided by the De partme nt's Exec utive Secretariat inresponse to this request, which have bee n imaged on CD 60, which will be produc ed when w eare advised by your technical staff of the Comm ission's format prefe renc es.We also have 40 pages that were provide d by the Executive Secretariat, in which theDe partmen t has significant confide ntiality interests bec ause they are de liberative in character and

contain advice and reco mm endations that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExecut ive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available fo r review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our co nfide ntiality agreeme nt reg arding thesetypes of m aterials.I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me i f you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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;S. Department of Justicev

Office of Legislative Affairs

Washington, D.C. 20530

January 6, 2004

Office of the Assistant Attorney General

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 30 0Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20 , 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.

Enclosed are two pages that were provided by the Office of the Attorney General inresponse to this request, which we previously provided to your staff before they had beenformally processed. These versions bear the Bates numbering stamps, consistent with our usualproduction practice, and they have been imaged on CD 58, which will be produced when we areadvised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,



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U-^epartment of JusticeOffice of LegislaJiv-e-Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, B.C. 20530

January 6, 2004

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K S treet, NW , Suite 300Washington, D C 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested docum ents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed a re 9 pages that were prov ided by the Off ice of the A ttorney G eneral inresponse to this request, which we pre viously provided to your staff before they had beenformally processed. These versions bear the Bates numbering stamps, consistent with our usualproduction practice, and they have been imaged on CD 59, which will be produced when we areadvised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this info rmation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance re garding this or any other m atter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAss istant Attorney General


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OHIS 'hU.S. Department of Justice }V - , - - ~ ~ ~Off ice oftegislative Affai rs

Off i c e of the Assis tant Attorney General Washington, D . C. 20530

November 10, 2003I - - - i f *-viD a n Marc us, General Counsel / j f i *National Commission onTerrorist Attacks { / ^Ji/f iUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, D C 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus:This responds to the C omm ission's D ocument Request No. 2 to the D epartment, whichrequested docume nts relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001or, in som e instances, to the present.W e have 26 5 pages from the Office of the Deputy A ttorney General, in which theDepartment has significant confidentiality interests bec ause they are deliberative in character andcontain recomme ndations and advice that would not usuallybe disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to ma ke these docume nts available for review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding thesetypes of mater ials .I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance re garding this ma tter.

Sincerely,

William E. M oschellaA ssistant A ttorney General


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Office of th e Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 /ll/ A , j )

November 24, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 296 pages of documents that we re provided by the Department's ExecutiveSecretariat in response to this request. We have imaged these documents on a CD, which will beproduced when w e are advised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences .We have 44 pages that were provided by the Executive Secretariat, in which theDe partment has significan t conf identiality interests be cause they are deliberative in character andcontain advice and recomm endations that would not usually be disclosed outside of the

Exec utive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available for review byCommission staff at the D epartment p ursuant to our c onfidentiality agreem ent regarding thesetypes of materials.I hope that this inf ormation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department o f Justice

Federal B u r e a u of Inves t iga t ion

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 20535-0001 ftDecember 3, 2003Daniel Marcus, General Cou nselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon th e United StatesSuite 30 02 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .W ashington, D.C. 20036R E: Comm iss ion 's Reques t fo r DocumentsDear Mr. Marcus:

In response to the Comm issions R equest for Docum ents , please f ind thefol lowing:

Documents responsive to Document Reques t for ACS Material[11/25/03 fo r Hyun Kim]- 4 Packets.

This is part of the FB I's rolling production and thus may be supplemented in thefuture. Should yo u have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.

Robert S. SintonAssis tant General Counsel


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CDs OF RECORDED INTERVIEWS PRO VIDED TOTHE DEPARTM ENT OF JUSTICE BYTHE NAT IONAL COM MISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKSUPON THE UNITED STATESDECEMBER 3, 2003

UNCLASSIFIEDCleveland Air Traffic: W erth; Kennedy; Kerink o; Justice; W olbers; Kettell; WernicaCleveland Air Traffic: Barnik; Herak; Pass;Evans; Dukeman; O'ConnorIndianapolis Air Traffic: Boone; Povinelli; Byard; SchifanoIndianapolis Air Traffic: Lutomski; Adams; Gayde; Phillips; Kath; Sc hottMorse, Mike: FAA


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U.S. Department of Justice. ' 'Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530 '

December 2, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 1221 pages of documents that were provided by the Department's ExecutiveSecretariat and the Criminal Division in response to this request. We have imaged thesedocuments on CD 51, which will be produced when we are advised by your technical staff of theCommission's format preferences.W e have 91 pages that were provided by the Executive Secretariat, in which theDepartment ha s significant confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character andcontain advice and recommendations that would no t usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available fo r review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding thesetypes of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice ofLegisIafrve Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530 Kl/1 yf/jv ///

December 2,2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 4 to the Department, whichrequested memoranda, transcripts of stateme nts, interview s, or debriefings of seven individuals.

We have 13 additional pages of documents provided by the Criminal Division, whichcontain highly sensitive information that we are prepared to make available to limitedCommission staff for review at the Department pursuant to your agreement that the informationwill not be disclosed outside of the Commission. We appreciate your accommodation of ourconfidentiality interests in these particularly sensitive materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. Mosche llaA ssistant A ttorney General


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U.S. Depa r tmen t of Justice

Federal Bureau of Invest igat ion

W a sh i ng t o n , D. C. 20535-0001 / Jt>f AJ4A /December 2, 2003

Daniel Marcus , General C ounselaniel Marcus , uenera i counsel . //y ^-^-^ -National Comm ission on Terrorist Attacks Upon theUnited States / J^{A f \ -C, 'i_ 1AA *> "i\'T'XSuite 3 0 0 / } / } / )2 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W . V I/W ashington, D.C. 20036R E: Com mission 's Request fo r DocumentsDear M r. Marcus:

In response to the Commissions Request for Documents, please find th efollowing:Documents responsive to Document Request for ACS Material[11/25/03]-3 Packets.

This is part of the FBI's rolling production and thus may be supplemented in thefuture. Sho uld you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.

lobert S. SintonAssistant General Counsel


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U.S. Depar tment of Just ice

Federal Bureau of Inves t iga t ion

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 20535-0001

December 5, 2003Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission o n Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesSuite 30 02 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .Washington, D.C. 20036R E: Commission 's Request fo r DocumentsDear Mr. Marcus:

In response to the Comm issions Request fo r Documents, please find th efol lowing:Documents responsive to Document Request 3 Supplemental #2-v -3 Packets.This is part of the FBI's roll ing production an d thus may be supplemented in thefuture. Should you have an y questions, please do not hesitate to contact m e at 202-324-9613.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

December 9, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon th e United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 276 pages of documents that were provided by the Department's ExecutiveSecretariat and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in response to this request. We haveimaged these documents on CD 55, which will be produced when we are advised by yourtechnical staff of the Commission's format preferences.We have 77 pages that were provided by the Executive Secretariat, in which th eDepartment has significant confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character and

contain advice and recommendations that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available fo r review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding thesetypes of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department of JusticeO f f i ce of Legislative Affa i r s

O f f i c e of the A s s i s t a n t A t t o rn e y G e n e ra l Washington, D.C. 20530

Decem ber 9, 2003Dan Marcus, General Counsel J AJiLNational Commiss ion onTerror ist A ttacks iUpon the Unite d States2100 K Stree t , NW, Sui te 300Washington, D C 20036Dear M r . Marcus:

This supplem ents our prior responses to the Com miss ion 's Do cum ent Request No . 1 tothe Department, which requested in part 2, inter alia, transcripts, memoranda , reports, and otherdocuments and audio /v ideo recordings re la t ing to debr ie f ings or interviews and post-arreststatements by th ir teen indiv idu als .

Enclosed are 1,705 pages provided by the United States Attorney's O f f i ce for theSouthern Distr ict of N ew York in response to your reque st, whic h related to debr iefi ngs of| |We are prov iding these mater ials to the Commission on a[ co nfide ntial basis and pursuant to your agreement that they w ill not be disclosed outside of the

; Commiss ion. It also is im por tant that the Commiss ion mainta in the conf ident ia l i ty of the sourcesof these m ate r ia ls . W e have no t produced a deposition transcript o . f l 1 whichr emain s under seal in the We stern Distr ict of Washington. These docum ents have been imagedon CDs 8 and 14, which wil l be provided when w e are informed of the Commiss ion 's formatpreferences.

I hope that this in format ion is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me i f you w o u l dl ike add itiona l assistance regarding this m atter .. . . - - ' ' " Sincerely,

illiam E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney General9/11 Con fidentia l Source


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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of LegTsIative^SHairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney G eneral Washington, D. C. 20530 l/j/\ i JJjlA^

December 5, 2003


This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 1540 pages of documents that were provided by the Department's ExecutiveSecretariat and the Criminal Division in response to this request. We have imaged thesedocuments on CD 53, which will be produced when we are advised by your technical staff of theCommission's format preferences.We have 43 pages that were provided by the Executive Secretariat, in which theDepartment has significant confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character andcontain advice and recommendations that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available for review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding thesetypes of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department of JusticeOff i ce of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C.20530 j j/{ tA^


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.kSTDepartment ofJustkOfflce~ofLegislative Affairs

Office of the AssistantAttorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

November 13, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 673 pages that were provided by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General,in response to this request. We have imaged these documents on CD 44, which we will producewhen we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U.{^Department of JusticeOffice^rf Legistalive^Sffairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C . 20530

November 10, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, N W , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.

Enclosed are 1206 pages that were provided by the Office of the Attorney General, theCriminal Division, and the Department's Executive Secretariat in response to this request. Wehave imaged these documents on CD 41, which we will produce when we are advised by yourtechnical staff of the Commission's format preferences.We also have 71 pages provided by the Executive Secretariat in which th e Departmenthas substantial confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character an d containadvice and recommendations that would not usually be disclosed outside of the ExecutiveBranch. We are prepared to make these documents available fo r review by Commission staff at

the Department pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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U . S . De p a r tm e n t o f Ju s t i c e

F e d e r a l B u r e a u o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 2 0 5 3 5 -0 0 0 1 \r 20, 2003 '

Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Com mission on Terrorist Attacks Upon th e United StatesSuite 3002 1 0 0 K S t r e e t, N . W .W ashington, D.C. 20036RE: Commission's Request for DocumentsDear M r. Marcus:

hi response to the Com missions Request for Documents, please find thefollowing:Docum ents responsive to Document Request 3 Supplemental # 2-q -4 Packets;Docum ents responsive to Document Request 5-9a;Documents responsive to Document Request 13-7;Docum ents responsive to Document Request 13-8;Docum ents responsive to Document Request 13-13;Docum ents responsive to Document Request 13-16 & 1 7 - 2 Packets.Th is is part of the FB I's rolling production and thus m ay be supplem ented in thefuture. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.

Sincerely,

Robert S. SintonAssis tant Genera l Counse l


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November 20,2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks



Enclosed are 166 pages of classified documents that were provided by the Office of theDeputy Attorney General and the Department's Executive Secretariat in response to this request.Some of these documents also may be responsive to the Commission's Document Request No. 2to the Department. We are providing them with the understanding that they will be stored andhandled in accordance with established requirements relating to their classification.

We have 447 pages that were provided by the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, theDepartment's Executive Secretariat, and other Department offices in response to this request,including 42 pages of classified material. The Department has significant confidentialityinterests in these materials because they are deliberative in character and contain advice andrecommendations that would not usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We areprepared to make these documents available for review by Commission staff at the Departmentpursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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November 19, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested documents in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 1,908 pages that were provided by the Office of the Deputy AttorneyGeneral, the Department's Executive Secretariat, and other Department offices in response to thisrequest. We have imaged these documents on CD 45, which we will produce when we areadvised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would

like additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.Sincerely,



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U. S.O f f i c e of the Inspector General

November 18, 2003Daniel MarcusGeneral CounselNational Commission on TerroristAttacks Upon the United States301 7th Street, S.W., Suite 5125Washing ton , D.C. 20407

Re: November 3 Request for OIG MaterialsDear M r. Marcus:

I am writing in response to your November 3, 2003, request fo rlists or indices of interviewees and supporting documentation created byth e Department o f Justice Office o f Inspector General (OIG) in connectionwith three publicly released reports:1. Th e September 11 Detainees: A Review of theTreatment o f Aliens Held o n Immigration Charges in Connectionwith th e Investigation of t he September 11 Attacks (June 2003);2. The Immigration and Naturalization Service's ContactsWith Tw o September 11 Terrorists: A Review of the INS'sAdmissions of Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, its Processingof their Change of Status Applications, and its Effor t s to TrackForeign Students in the United States (May 20, 2002); and3. Fol low-Up Report o n t h e Border Patrol's Effor t s toImprove Northern Border Security (Redacted Version), Report No . I-2002-004, February 2002.

In connection with th e September 11 Detainees report, w e haveattached a 20-page document that contains an index of witnessesinterviewed and a general summary of documents obtained by the OIGduring the course of that investigation. In connection with theAtta/Alshehhi report, we have attached a one-page list of materialsrelated to that report that have been archived by the OIG Office ofOversight and Review, and a 10-page index which relates to the ForeignExchange and Visitor Program portion of that report. Finally, inconnec t ion with the Northern Border Security report, we have attached aone-page survey roster and a three-page workpaper index.


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Please contact me at (202)616-0645 if you have any questions or ifyou need further information.Sincerely,

Carol F. OchoaDirectorOffice of Oversight and ReviewAttachmentscc: Dan LevinCounselorOffice of the Associate Attorney General


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U.S. Department of JusticeL_ ~Office of Legislative Affairs


November 20,2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United States2100 K'Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20,2001 or, in some instances, to the present.

Enclosed are eleven pages of classified material that were provided by the Office of theDeputy Attorney General in response to this request. We are providing them with theunderstanding that they will be stored and handled in accordance with established requirementsrelating to their classification.

We also have 57 pages of classified material that were provided by the Office of theDeputy Attorney General, in which the Department has significant confidentiality interestsbecause they aredeliberative in character and contain recommendations and advice that wouldnot usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are prepared to make thesedocuments available for review by Commission staff with the appropriate clearances at theDepartment pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,



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Off ice of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

October 31,2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street,NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear M r. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 9 to the Department, whichrequested docume nts in 17 itemized categories.Enclosed are 181 pages that were provided by the Office of Le gal Policy in response tothis request. We have imaged these documents on CD 33, which we will produce when we areadvised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.O ur efforts to collect and proce ss docum ents responsive to this request are c ontinuing andwe will supplement this response w ith additional docum ents as soon as they bec ome available.Meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like assistance with an y othermatter.

Sincerely,



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U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f J u s t i c e

Fed era l B u reau o f Inves t iga t ion

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. 20535-0001October 30 , 2003

Daniel Marcus , General CounselNational Com mission on Terroris t Attacks U pon the United StatesSuite 3002 1 0 0 K S t r e e t , N . W .Washington, D.C. 20036RE: Commission 's Request for DocumentsDear M r. Marcus:

In response to the Commissions Request fo r Documents, please find th e

(jLiUM^-^

following:Docum ents responsive to Docum ent Request for ACS Material[10/28/03]- 1 Packet ;Documents responsive to Document Request 3-Supplemental #3-c;Documents responsive to Document Request 5-4 - 4 Packets ;Documents responsive to Document Request 5-4d - 2 Packets.

This is part of the FB I's roll ing product ion and thus may be supplemen ted in thefuture. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-324-9613.

Robert S. SintonAssis tant General Counsel


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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice oTtegislati ve"A~ffairs

Office of the As s i s t ant A t torney Genera l Washington, D.C.20530November 7, 2003

Dan Ma rcus , General CounselNational Commission on Terroris t A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street,NW, Suite 300Wa shington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus :

This responds to the Comm ission's D ocument Request No. 8 to the Department, whichrequested trans cripts, memoranda , and other documents and audio-video recordings r elating todebriefings and other statements made by Mam douh Mahmud Salim a/k/a A bu Hajer al Iraqia/k/a A bu Hajer.

Enclosed are 476 pages of sensit ive documents that were provided by the United StatesAttorney's Office in the Southern District of New York in response to this request. W e havesubstant ial confidentiality interests in these documents and a r e providing them to you pursuant toyour agre ement that their contents will not be disclosed outside of the Commission. Thesematerials will be imaged on CD 40, which we will produce when w e are advised by yourtechnical staff of the Commission's format prefe rences .I hope that this informa tion is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike addit ional ass is tance rega rding this ma tter .

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAss i s t an t A ttorney General


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November 4, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:


Enclosed ar e 1252 pages that were provided by the Offices of the Attorney General an dth e Deputy Attorney General in response to this request. We have imaged these documents onCDs , which we will produce when we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission'sformat preferences.W e also have 61 pages in which the Department has substantial confidentiality interestsbecause they are deliberative in character and contain advice and recommendations that wouldnot usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are prepared to make thesedocuments available fo r review by Commission staff at the Department pursuant to ourconfidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.Our efforts to collect and process documents responsive to this request are continuing andwe will supplement this response with additional documents as soon as they become available.

Meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like assistance with anyothermatter.Sincerely,



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S . Department" Office of Legislative Affairs


November 5, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks



Enclosed are 1312 pages that were provided by the Office of the Attorney General and theDepartment's Executive Secretariat in response to this request. We have imaged thesedocuments on CD 36, which we will produce when we are advised by your technical staff of theCommission's format preferences.

We also have 85 pages in which the Department has substantial confidentiality interestsbecause they are deliberative in character and contain advice and recommendations that wouldnot usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are prepared to make thesedocuments available for review by Commission staff at the Department pursuant to ourconfidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.

O ur efforts to collect and process documents responsive to this request are continuing andwe will supplement this response with additional documents as soon as they become available.Meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like assistance with any othermatter.

Sincerely,



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irtment of Justice~~~--.

Off ice of Legislative Affairs

Of f i c e of the A ss is tant Attorney General Washington, D . C. 20530

Novembe r 10, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Re quest No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20 , 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.W e have 26 5 pages from the Of f i c e of the Deputy Attorney Ge neral, in which theDepartment has significant confidentiality interests because they ar e deliberative in character an dcontain recommendations an d advice that would no t usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available for review byCommission staff at the Department pursuant to our conf identiality agreement regarding thesetypes of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regard ing this matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Departm ent of JusticeOff i ce of Legislative Affairs

Of f i ce of the A ssistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

October 14, 2003Dan M arcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street,N W , Suite 300 'Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No . 2 to the De partment, whichrequested docum ents re lating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 354 pages that were provided by the Off ice of the Deputy Attorney Generaland the Criminal Division in response to your request. W e have imaged these docum ents on aCD, which we will produce when we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission'sformat preferences.We also have 30 5 pages from the Off i ce of the Deputy Attorney Ge neral, in which the

Department has significant conf identiality interests because they ar e deliberative in character an dcontain recommendat ions an d advice that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these docume nts available for review byappropriately cleared Commission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentialityagreement regarding these types of materials.I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,



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U.S. Department of JusticeOff i ce of Legislative Affa irs

Off i ce of the A ssistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

October 16 , 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested do cuments re lating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 342 pages of classified materials that were provided by the Off ice of theDeputy Attorney General in response to your request. We are providing them with theunderstanding that they will be stored an d handled in accordance with established requirementsrelating to their classification.W e also hav e 80 pages of classified material from the Off i ce of the Deputy A ttorney

General, in which the D epartme nt has significant confide ntiality interests because they aredeliberative in character an d contain recommendations an d advice that would no t usually bedisclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are prepared to make these docume nts availablefo r review by appropriately cleared Commission staff at the Department pursuant to ourconfidentiali ty agreeme nt regarding these types of materials.

I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me i f you wouldlike additional assistance re garding this matter.Sincerely,



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r\X^ V*\ M J U.S. Department of Justice

Off ice of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D . C. 20530August 5, 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks


This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.

Enclosed are classified documents, which total 1023 pages and originated with theDepartment's Criminal Division. We are providing them to the Commission with theunderstanding that they will be stored and handled in accordance with established requirementsrelating to their classification. We have additional classified documents that are under review atthe FBI and we will supplement this response when that review is completed.

I hope that this information is helpful. We are awaiting your guidance regarding theCommission's preferences with regard to the CD format fo r other materials yo u have requestedand look forward to hearing from your technical staff so that we can continue with our processingefforts. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like additional assistance regarding thisor any other matter.


Enclosures


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October 9, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks



Enclosed are 770 pages that were provided by the Office of the Deputy Attorney Generalin response to your request. We have imaged these documents on CD 29, which we will producewhen we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.

We also have 261 pages from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, in which theDepartment has significant confidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character andcontain recommendations and advice that would not usually be disclosed outside of theExecutive Branch. We are prepared to make these documents available for review byappropriately cleared Commission staff at the Department pursuant to our confidentialityagreement regarding these types of materials.

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William KMoschellaAssistant Attorney General


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Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C.20530

October 3, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks



Enclosed are 1,147 pages that were provided by the Offices of the Attorney General andthe Deputy Attorney General in response to your request. We have imaged these documents onCD 26, which we will produce when we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission'sformat preferences. Also enclosed are 159 pages of classified material that were provided by theOffices of the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General. We are provided them withthe understanding that they will be stored and handled in accordance with establishedrequirements relating to their classification.

We also have 186 pages, including 58 pages of classified material, from the Offices of theAttorney General and the Deputy Attorney General, in which the Department has significantconfidentiality interests because they are deliberative in character and contain recommendationsand advice that would not usually be disclosed outside of the Executive Branch. We are preparedto make these documents available for review by appropriately cleared Commission staff at theDepartment pursuant to our confidentiality agreement regarding these types of materials.

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.Sincerely,



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Off i ce of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

September 24 , 2003


This responds to Document Request No. 6 to the Department, which requestedtranscripts, memoranda, reports, summaries, notes, other documents and audio/video recordingsrelating to debriefings, interviews, and post-arrest statements by Ihab Ali.We have 49 pages of highly sensitive docum ents responsive to this request, which we areprepared to ma ke available for review by Commission staff at the Department pursuant to youragreement that their contents w ill not be disclosed outside of the Commission. W e appreciateyour accom modation of our confidentiality interests in this particularly sensitive material.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would

like additional assistance regarding this matter.Sincerely,

William E . MoschellaAs sistant A ttorney General


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Office of the A ssistant A ttorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

September 23, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 4 to the Department, whichrequested m emoranda, transcripts of statements, interviews, or debriefings of seven individuals.Enclosed is the plea agreement regarding lyman Paris, which is 20 pages long and hasbeen unsealed by the court in the Eastern District of Virginia. W e have 21 9 pages of additionaldocume nts provided by the Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney's Off ice in the WesternDistrict of New Yo rk, which contain highly sensitive in form ation that we are prepared to makeavailable to limited Commission staff fo r review at the Department pursuant to your agreementthat the information will not be disclosed outside of the Commission. We appreciate youraccom modation of o ur confi dentiality interests in these particularly sensitive materials.

I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not he sitate to contact me if you wo uldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.Sincerely,

William E. Mo schellaA ssistant A ttorney General


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Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, N W , Suite 30 0Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents re lating to substantive policy developme nt, po licy guidance, an d relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 1,498 pages of unc lassified documents that were provide d by the Off ices ofthe Attorney Ge neral and the Deputy A ttorney General, which will be imaged on CD 23 when wear e advised of the Co mm ission's format preferences. There are no restrictions on theCommission's use of the documents.We also have 267 pages of unclassif ied document that were provided by the Off i ces ofthe Attorney Ge neral, the De puty Attorney General, and Legal Policy, in which the D epartment

ha s significant co nfide ntiality interests because they ar e deliberative in character an d containrecom mendations and advice that would not usually be disclosed outside of the Exe cutiveBranch. We are prepared to make these documents available for review by Comm ission staff atthe Department at their c onvenienc e pursuant to our agreement with the Comm ission about thesetypes of m aterials.I hope that this inform ation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me i f you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaAssistant Attorney GeneralEnclosures


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Off i ce of the Assistant A ttorney General Washington, D. C. 20530September 17 , 2003

Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon th e United States2100 K Street, N W , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036DearMr.Marcus:

This responds to the Comm ission 's Doc ument Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested docume nts relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to Septem ber 20,2001 or, in some instances, to the present.

Enclosed are 480 pages that were provided by the Off ice of the Attorney General. Wehave imaged these documents on CD 22, which we will produce whe n we are advised by yourtechnical staff of the Commission's format preferences .We also have 11 pages from the Off ice of the Attorney General, in which the Departmenthas significant confide ntiality interests bec ause they ar e deliberative in character an d containrecom mendations and advice that would no t usually be disclosed outside of the ExecutiveBranch. We are prepared to make these docume nts available fo r review by Commission staff at

th e Department at their convenie nce pursuant to our agreement with th e Com mission about thesetypes of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,



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Office of the Assistant Attorne y General Washington, D.C. 20530 ft f\jl A JA/I ./September 10, 2003

Dan Marcus, Ge neral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, D C 20036Dear Mr. M arcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to Se ptem ber 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 352 pages, which originated with the Criminal Division and the Office ofthe A ttorney General. We have imaged these documents on a CD, which we w ill produce whenwe are advised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.We also h ave an additional 69 7 pages that originated with the Off i ce of the AttorneyGeneral, in which we have significant confidentiality interests because they ar e deliberative incharacter and contain rec om me ndations and advice that wo uld not usually be disclosed outside of

the Department. We are prepared to make these docume nts available for review by Commissionstaff at the Department at their convenience pursuant to our agreeme nt with the Commissionabout these types of materials.I hope that this info rmation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike addition al assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. MoschellaA ssistant Attorney G eneral


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Off i ce of th e Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C.20530 yy\ hJjJAJSeptember 5, 2003

Dan Marcus, Ge neral CounselNational Comm ission on Terrorist A ttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW , Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Co mm ission's Docum ent Request No. 2 to the D epartment, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.

Enclosed are 852 pages, which originated with the Off ice of the Attorney General. W ehave im aged these docum ents on CD 15, which we will produce when we are advised by yourtechnical staff of the Commission's format preferences. Some of these materials are lawenforcement sensitive because they reveal non-public information about our relations withforeign governments an d matters that remain pendi ng. W e request that you treat suchinformation with appropriate sensitivity an d consult with us prior to disclosing it outside of theCommission.I hope that this info rmation is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wouldlike additional assistance regardi ng this or any other matter.

Sincerely,



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August 29, 2003Dan Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20036Dear Mr. Marcus:

This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 2 to the Department, whichrequested documents relating to substantive policy development, policy guidance, and relatedcommunications from January 1998 to September 20, 2001 or, in some instances, to the present.Enclosed are 1111 pages, which originated with the Department's Criminal Division, theExecutive Office for United States Attorneys, and the Office of the Attorney General. You willnote redactions in several multi-subject documents, which pertain to information unrelated toCommission interests. We have imaged these documents on CD 10, which we will producewhen we are advised by your technical staff of the Commission's format preferences.We also have an additional 538 pages that originated in the Criminal Division and the

Office of the Attorney General, in which we have significant confidentiality interests becausethey are deliberative in character and contain recommendations and advice that would not usuallybe disclosed outside of the Department. We are prepared to make these documents available fo rreview by Commission staff at the Department at their convenience pursuant to our agreementwith the Commission about these types of materials.I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact m e if you wouldlike additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,



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