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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYWASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

Office of General Counsel

25 March 2004

Mr. Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United StatesThird Floor2100 K Street , N.W.Washington, DC 20427

Re: (U) Response to Item No. 9 of DCI Document RequestNo. 27 and to a Special Request for Documents made atMr. Mike Scheuer's Interview on 6 January 2004

Dear Mr. Marcus:

(U) This responds to Item No. 9 of DCI Document Request No.27 (DR#27), issued by The National Commission on TerroristAt tacks Upon the United States (the "Commission") on 24 December2003.

(U) A document responsive to this request is being

produced as document No. 2700115. By prior agreement, thisdocument is of a type that is being retained by the Agency, andthe document is available for your inspection in theCommission's reading room at Central Intelligence Agencyheadquarters. Please note that document No. 2700115 is also

.responsive to a special request for documents made by theCommission during Mr. Mike Scheuer's interview on6 January 2004.

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYWASHINGTON, D.C. 20505


2 December 2003

Mr. Daniel MarcusGeneral CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United States3 rd Floor2100 K Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20427

RE: (U) Documents Responsive to Item Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 20,and 33 of DCI Document Request No. 8

Dear Mr. Marcus:

(U) This is our latest response to Item Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 20,and 33 of DCI Document Request No. 8 ("DR #8), dated 3 July 2003,issued by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon theUnited States (the "Commission").

(U) The first page of each enclosed document has beensequentially bates-stamped. In this, and all future document

productions, the first two digits of the bates-stamp identifiesthe specific DCI Document Request to which the document respondsand the remaining digits refer to the document number.

(U) This production includes document numbers 0801385through 0801405 and 0801348 and 0801349. All of these documentsare, by prior agreement, being retained by the Agency and areavailable for your inspection at CIA headquarters. They includecopies of :

1. Documents potentially responsive to Item Nos. 3 ofDR #8 pertaining to briefing packages for Principals and

Deputies meetings (bates-stamp Nos. 0801385 through 0801391);

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2. Documents potentially responsive to Item Nos. 4 ofDR #8 pertaining to DCI presentations to the President andVice President of the United States (bates-stamp Nos. 0801392through 0801394);

3. Documents potentially responsive to Item No. 5 of DR#8 pertaining to preparatory materials for the DCI's meetingswith the National Security Advisor (bates-stamp Nos. 0801395through 0801396);

4. Documents potentially responsive to Item No . 8 of DR#8 pertaining to lessons learned from prior terrorist attacks

(bates-stamp Nos. 0801397 through 0801402);

5. Documents potentially responsive to Item No. 20 ofDR #8 pertaining to "data at rest" or "communications atrest" (bates-stamp Nos. 0801348 through 0801349); and

6. Documents potentially responsive to Item Nos. 33 ofDR #8 pertaining to materials prepared by theCounterterrorist Center for briefing to the DCI that"concerned UBL, al Qa'ida, or [certain] other foreignterrorist threats" (bates-stamp Nos. 0801403 through0801405)

(U) By prior agreement, some of the above documents pertainto categories of documents and types of information to which onlycertain members of the Commission and its staff have access. Alldocuments subject to limited access are held in| 9/n c l o s e d by s t a t u t e |office at CIA headquarters. These documents have been removedfrom the documents placed in the Commission's reading room at CIAand replaced with placeholders indicating that, the document issubject to limited access and located in I g / n ' c i o s e d by s t a t u t e Ioffice. ' *


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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON,D.C. 20505


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Mr. Daniel Marcus, General CounselNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United States3 rd Floor2100 K Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20427

RE: (U) Documents Responsive to Item Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,33 , 36 and 37 of DCI Document Request No. 8

Dear Mr . Marcus:

(U) This responds to Item Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 33, 36 and37 of DCI Document Request No. 8 ( "DR #8), dated 3 July 2003,issued by The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon theUnited States (the "Commission").

(U) The first page of each enclosed document has beensequentially bates-stamped. In this, and all future documentproductions, the first two digits of the bates-stamp identifiesthe specific DCI Document Request to which the document respondsand the remaining digi ts refer to the document number.

(U) This production includes document numbers 0800923through 0800925, and 0801406 through 0801422. All of. thesedocuments are, by prior agreement, being retained by the Agencyand are available for your inspection at CIA headquarters. Theyinclude copies of :

1. Documents responsive to Item No. 3 of DR #8(bates-stamp Nos. 0801406 through 0801407);

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2. Documents responsive to Item No. 4 of DR#8pertaining to documents or presentations given by the DCIto the President and Vice President (bates-stamp Nos.0801416 through 0801419, and 0801421 through 081422)

3. A document responsive to Item No. 5 of DR #8(bates-stamp No. 0801408); and

4. Documents responsive to Item No. 8 of DR #8pertaining to CIA after-action reports or "lessons learned"(bates-stamp Nos. 0800923 through 0800925);

5. Documents responsive to Item No. 33 of DR #8(bates-stamp Nos. 0801409, 0801411 through 0801415, and0801420) (Please note document numbers 0801409 and 0801420are also responsive to Item No. 6 of DR #8.); and

6. A document responsive to Item No. 36 of DR #8(bates-stamp No. 0801410) (Please note document number0801410 is also responsive to Item No. 6 of DR #8).

(U) Please note the following regarding this production ofdocuments.

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(U) Second, the inclusion of talking points as part of theAgency's response does not mean that such talking points wereactually used by the DCI. In add itio n, the listing of topics inthe talking points does not establish that the DCI actuallydiscussed the topic. Likewise, the absence of talking pointsconcerning a particular subject does not establish that thetopic was not discussed between the officials, but only that notalking points were dr afted for the topic.


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