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Yoel TobinFrom: Yoel TobinSent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:13 PMTo: Dianna CampagnaCc: Team j[^Front_OfficeSubjecb-Dt56 Document Request #15

Dianna:Phillip asked me to check on this document request a little over two week s ago, and I was told by Pat Downs onDec. 18 that we would have it shortly. Have you received it? If not, I will call her again.

Original MessageFrom: Yoel TobinSent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:25 PMTo: Philip ZelikowCc: Front Office; Team 1Subject: RE: FYI from PZI have talked to Steve, and also to Pat Down a couple of times. As of today, she says that she has the Feithdocument in her hands but is still coordinating with another agency on its production - she believes shewill beable to send it shortly.

Original MessageFrom: Philip ZelikowSent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:48 PMTo: Yoel TobinSubject: RE: FYI from PZCould you follow up with Steve, to check with Pat Downs?Philip

Original MessageFrom: Yoel TobinSent: Sun 12/14/2003 1:09 PMTo: Philip Zelikow; Team 1; Team 1A; Front Office; Dianna CampagnaCc:Subject: RE: FYI from PZOn the Feith memo, my records indicate that Steve e-mailed a document request to DOD (DODRequest 15) listing me as poc and asking for production no later than December 8, 2003. I havenot heard anything further on this request, and if the document has come in I am not aware of it.

Original MessageFrom: Philip ZelikowSent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 9:46 AMTo: Team 1; Team 1ASubject: FYI from PZ

Original MessageFrom: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

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Sent: Sun 12/14/2003 9:33 AMTo : Front OfficeCc:Subject: This message was sent to you by a Telegraph userHello frontoffice@9-11 commission.gov,this document has been sent to you by Philip Zelikow ([email protected]) from thenews.telegraph website. To view it , open up the following link in a web browser:http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main .jhtml?xml=/new s/2003/12/14/wterrll4.xmlDepending on your email client, you may be able to click on the link in the client.Alternatively, you may have to open a web browser, such as Netscape or InternetExplorer, and copy the link over.Philip Zelikow passed on the following message:More detail. Again we need to be careful about possible forgery. Incidentally, if wehave not already requested it , I've learned that the Feith package to the SSCI withtheir Iraq-AQ argument was sent to Pat Roberts on 27 O ct 03. pz

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Yoel TobinFrom: Steve DunneSent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:27 PMTo: Yoe l TobinSubject: RE : FYI from PZ

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In July, Robertson denied petitions to dismiss claims againsfdefendant Soliman J. Khudeira, aSaudi bank and two Muslim charities.The suit, filed in August 2002 in the U.S. District CoKfrt for the District of Columbia, seeks $1trillion in damages for survivors of more than 900/wctims of the terror attacks in New York andWashington andother injured firefighters and rescue workers.

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Lawyers said a primary purpose oHn"e suit was to choke off terrorists' financial resources.

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12. The U.S. government's secret memo...STEPHEN F. HAYESThe Weekly StandardOSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship f rom the early 1990sto 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical supportfo r terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial supportfo r al Qaeda-perhaps even for Mohamed Atta-according to a top secret U.S. governmentmemorandum obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD.The memo, dated October 27, 2003, was sent from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy DouglasJ. Feith to Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller, the chairman and vice chairman of theSenate Intelligence Committee. It was written in response to a request from the committee as partof its investigation into prewar intelligence claims made by the administration. Intelligencereporting included in the 16-page memo comes from a variety of domestic and foreign agencies,including the FBI, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and theNational Security Agency. Much of the evidence is detailed, conclusive, and corroborated bymultiple sources. Some of it is new information obtained in custodial interviews with high-level alQaeda terrorists and Iraqi officials, and some of it is more than a decade old. The picture thatemerges is one of a history of collaboration between two of America's most determined anddangerous enemies.According to the memo-which lays out the intelligence in 50 numbered points~lraq-al Qaedacontacts began in 1990 andcontinued through mid-March 2003, days before the Iraq War began.Most of the numbered passages contain straight, fact-based intelligence reporting, which in somecases includes an evaluation of the credibility of the source. This reporting is often followed bycommentary and analysis.The relationship began shortly before the first Gulf War. According to reporting in the memo, binLaden sent "emissaries to Jordan in 1990 to meet with Iraqi government officials." At someunspecified point in 1991, according to a CIAanalysis, "Iraq sought Sudan's assistance toestablish links to al Qaeda." The outreach went in both directions. According to 1993 CIAreporting cited in the memo, "bin Laden wanted to expand his organization's capabilities throughties with Iraq."The primary go-between throughout these early stages was Sudanese strongman Hassan al-Turabi, a leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated National Islamic Front. Numerous sources haveconfirmed this. One defector reported that "al-Turabi was instrumental in arranging the Iraqi-alQaeda relationship. The defector said Iraq sought al Qaeda influence through its connections withAfghanistan, to facilitate the transshipment of proscribedweapons and equipment to Iraq. Inreturn, Iraq provided al Qaeda with training and instructors."

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Yoel TobinFrom: Yoel Tobin [[email protected]]Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:21 AMTo: '[email protected]'Cc: 'team1@9-11com mission.gov'; 'team4@9-11com mission.gov'Subject: revised document request

Steve:Phillip came in last night and told me that the document request was ok substantively, but asked me to give moredetail on the underlying document and/or attach it. I have done both. Thanks!Yoel

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DOD DOCUMENT REQUEST NO.The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upo n the United States ("theCommission") requests that the Department of Defense (the "DOD" or the "respondent")provide the Commission with the following materials no later than December , 2003(the "production date"):

If it exists, the alleged intelligence document relating to Al Qaeda referenced inthe November 24, 2003 issue of The Weekly S tandard, in the article by Stephen F. Hayesentitled "Case Closed: The U.S. governm ent's secret memo detailing cooperationbetween Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden." According to the article, the documentis an October 27,2003 memorandum from Undersecretary of D efense Douglas J. Feith toSenators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller, the chairman and vice chairman of the SenateIntelligence Com mittee. The article states that the memorandum is 16 pages long.Attached is a copy of the Weekly S tandard article.The Comm ission requests that the document requested above be provided as soon as it isavailable.If the requested docum ent is withheld from production, even temporarily, based on analleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that therespondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identifyand describe the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow ameaningful challenge to any such withholding.If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of the requested documentbut has information about where it may be located, the Commission requests that therespondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than theproduction date.If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of thisdocument request, the Com mission requests that any such questions or concerns be raisedwith the Com mission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed andresolved prior to the production date.November , 2003

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IEW: Case Closed Pagel of 10

TheWeekly Standard

Case ClosedFrom the November 24, 2003 issue: The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation betweenSaddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.by Stephen F. Hayes11/24/2003, Volume 009, Issue 11

OSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the early1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logisticalsupport for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training cam ps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financialsupport for al Qaeda-perhaps even for M ohamed Atta-according to a top secret U.S.government m emorandum obtained by THE W EE KLY STAN DAR D.The m em o, dated October 27, 2003, was sent from Undersecretary of Defense for PolicyDouglas J. Feith to Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller, the chairman and vice chairmanof the Senate Intelligence Committee. It was written in response to a request from thecommittee as part of its investigation into prew ar intelligence claims made by theadministration. Intelligence reporting included in the 16-page mem o comes from a variety ofdomestic and foreign agencies, including the F BI, the Defense Intelligence Agency, theCentral Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency. M uch of the evidence isdetailed, conclusive, and corroborated by multiple sources. Some of it is new informationobtained in custodial interviews with high-level al Qaeda terrorists and Iraqi officials, andsome of it is more than a decade old. The picture that emerges is one of a history ofcollaboration between two of Am erica's most determined and dangerous enemies.According to the memowhich lays out the intelligence in 50 numbered points--Iraq-al Qaedacontacts began hi 1990 and continued through mid-March 2003, days before the Iraq W arbegan. Most of the num bered passages contain straight, fact-based intelligence reporting,which in some cases includes anevaluation of the credibility of the source. This reporting is

I often followed by commentary and analysis.Make Y o u rG if t L a s tA ll Y e a r ! .i sStandardC l i c k H E R E

The relationship began shortly before the firstGulf W ar. According to reporting hi the memo,bin Laden sent "emissaries to Jordan hi 1990 tomeet with Iraqi government officials." At someunspecified point in 1991, according to a CIAanalysis, "Iraq sought Sudan's assistance toestablish links to al Qaeda." The outreach wentin both directions. According to 1993 CIAreporting cited in the mem o, "bin Ladenwanted to expand his organization's capabilities

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4. Indonesian terrorist leader linked with bin LadenAssociated Press

The man thought to be the new military chief of Jemaah Islamiah is ar/ong a handful ofIndonesians in direct contact with al-Qaeda, officials in Jakarta say, zfdding that he is consideredthe most lethal terrorist in Asia and is plotting fresh attacks in the region.Known as Zulkarnaen, the highest-ranking leader of the South-East Asian terrorist group isbelieved to head an elite squad that helped carry out the suicijzfe bombing at Jakarta's MarriottHotel that killed 12 people.Officials also say that Zulkarnaen helped to prepare the b/mbs that killed 202 people, including88 Australians, in Bali. They said Zulkarnaen held a meefting last March on the tiny island ofSebatik with two other senior militants to plot attacks against Western hotels and banks inIndonesia."He's considered to be the most dangerous guy that's out there," said Ken Conboy, who runsRisk Management Advisory, a security consultancy in Jakarta.Zulkarnaen, real name Aris Sumarsono, is cajted Daud by fellow militants and is thought to behiding in Indonesia.A protege of Abdullah Sungkar, the founder of Jl, Zulkarnaen became operations chief for theorganisation several weeks after the airest inThailand in August of his alleged predecessor,Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hapnbali, Indonesian officials said.He is now among al-Qaeda's poimmen in South-East Asia and is one of the few people inIndonesia who have direct contain with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, an intelligenceadviser said.The International Crisis Groidp think tank recently issued a report also listing Zulkarnaen ashaving direct contact with zfl-Qaeda's leadership.Officials said Zulkarnaen now leads a squad of militants called Laskar Khos, or special force,whose members were-recruited from among 300 Indonesians who trained in Afghanistan and thePhilippines.Thought to be aj out 40 years old, Zulkarnaen is described as a small man of few words, slightlybuilt and thin./Indonesja's national police chief, Da'l Bachtiar, said last week that handwritten notes found in arentepkfoom used by another top Jemaah Islamiah fugitive, Azahari bin Husin, a Malaysian,revealed plans for a bombing in February.

5. Case Decidedly Not ClosedMICHAEL ISIKOFF AND MARK HOSENBALLNEWSWEEKA leaked Defense Department memo claiming new evidence of an "operational relationship"between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein's former regime is mostly based on unverifiedclaims that were first advanced by some top Bush administration officials more than a year ago-

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H. KeanCHAIRe H HamiltonVICE CHAIR

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F. FieldingGorelick

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RoemerR Thompson

D. ZelikowDIRECTOR

DoD DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 15The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the"Commission") requests that the Department of Defense (DoD or the "respondent")provide the Commission with a copy of the following document no later thanDecember 8,2003 (the "production date"):1. If it exists, the alleged intelligence document relating to al Qaeda referenced in the

November 24,2003 issue of The Weekly Standard, in the article by Stephen F.Hayes entitled "Case Closed: TheU.S. government's secret memo detailingcooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden." According to thearticle, the document is an October 27, 2003 memorandum from Under Secretary ofDefense Feith to Senators Roberts and Rockefeller, the chair and vice chair of theSenate Intelligence Committee. The article states that the memorandum is 16 pageslong. A copy of The Weekly Standard article is attached.

The Commission requests that the document requested above be provided as soon as itis available.If any requested document is withheld from production, even temporarily, based on analleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that therespondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identifyand describe each such document, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it,with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding.If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requesteddocument but has information about where such a document may be located, theCommission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possibleand in no event later than the production date.If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope ofthis document request, the Commission requests that any such questions or concernsbe raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can beaddressed and resolved prior to the production date.November 24, 2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel

T E L (202) 331-4060F A X (202) 296-5545

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Yoel TobinFrom: Steve Dunne [[email protected]]Sent: Monday, N ovember 24, 2003 5:10 PMTo: 'Downs, Pat, Ms, OSD-USDI1Cc : [email protected]; dmarcus9-11commission.gov; teaml @9-11commission.gov;

dcampagna 9-11commission.govSubject: DoD document request no. 15

Pat: Attached as a Word document is DoD document request no. 15. Please call Yoel Tobin at 202-331-4071 with any questions and to arrange for production. Feel free to call Dan or me as well if anyissues arise. Thanks. Steve

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