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Thomas H.
Kean
CHAIR
Lee
H.
Hamilton
VICE CHAIR
Richard
Ben-VenisteMax
deknd
Fred F.
Fielding
Jamie S.
Gorelick
Slade
GortonJohnLehman
Timothy J.
Roemer
James
R. Thompson
Philip
D.
Zelikow
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
DoD DOCUMENT REQUESTNO. 18
The
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 copies
of the
following documents
no
later thanDecember 10, 2003 (the
"production
date").
For
purposes
of
this request,
"NORAD"includes
NORAD
headquarters
and all
regions, sectors,
and
associated
units.
1.
The current version of NORAD Instruction 10-45("CINCNORADExerciseProgram"), and the version that was in
effect
on September 11, 2001.
*
COMPLETE.
2.
The
Announcement Message, Concept
and
Objectives Statement (C&O),Exercise Specifications (EXSPEC), Exercise Plan (EXPLAN), MasterScenario Events Listing (MSEL), and Control
Staff
Instructions (COSIN) for
the
following exercises:Vigilant Guardian
99
Vigilant
Guardian
01
Amalgam Virgo 01
*
DOD
says
this
line
item
is
completed.
*
However, upon review
only
the
MSEL
for
Amalgam Virgo
01 has
beenprovided to the Commission.
*
Documents
provided
by DOD per
that
are
not
responsive
to the
line
item
include
the following:
-
Announcement Message
for
Vigilant
Condor
00
(NCT0054785)- "AW 00-2 MSEL Listing" (NCT0054787)
(which
may be partlyresponsive
to
line item
18-9)-
"V003-1
MSEL
Summary Report" (NCT0054807)-
"VO
03-1
MSEL
Implementor
Summary
Report"
(NCT0054873)- "Intelligence Update Slides" (NCT0053397)
-
"Vigilant Guardian
Webpage
Spins Reminder" (NCT0053406)
-
"Fighter
Officer
VG
01-2 Exercise" (NCT0053424)- "Vigilant
Guardian
Brief
(NCT0053443)
*
Commission requestsLtCol Jones contactNORADand inquireaboutthe outstanding
documents
per
Item
2.
3.
All
after
action
final
reports relatedto theexercises listedinItem2,includingbut
not
limited
to any
reports produced
by
contractors
or
internally
by
NORAD. If no "final"
after
action report exists for any of the exercises listed
in
Item
2,
please certify that
no
"final" report exists
and
provide copies
of any
"interim,"
"draft,"
"preliminary,"
or
other documents
not
deemed
a
"final"report.
*
COMPLETE.
TEL
(202) 331-4060
FAX
(202) 296-5545www.9-1 lcommission.gov
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
 
DOD
Document Request
No.
18
Page 2
4.
Alldatabase
"lessons
learned"
that existfor theexercises listedinItem2.
*
3
documents
delivered
(incorrectly listed
in DOD
Index
as
responsiveto 18-3).
*
VG-99
and
VG-01
COMPLETE.However, database lessons learned were provided that are titled
"Amalgam
Virgo Series Exercises"
- not
Amalgam
Virgo
01
("NORAD
Corrective Action Board Amalgam
Virgo
Exercise"
NCT0056999).
Commissionrequests
LtColJones
contact NORAD
and
verify
thatthedatabase lessons learned submitted
are in
fact
all
of
the
Amalgam
Virgo
01
database lessons learned that
exist.
5.
All documents related to the Concept Development Conference (CDC) and theInitial Planning Conference (IPC) for Amalgam Virgo O2, including theexercise planning schedule. This request includes, but is not limited to, draftsof the Concept and Objectives Statement (C&O), the Exercise Specifications(EXSPEC), the Exercise Plan (EXPLAN), the Master Scenario Events Listing(MSEL),and theControl Staff Instructions
(COSIN)
asthey existed priorto9/11/01. For each of the documents responsive to this request, please provideinformation sufficient to determine the date the document was initially drafted,and, if applicable, the date the document was finalized.
*
Approximately
201
docs delivered 12/31/03.
*
All
requested documents delivered
with
the
exception
of
documentsrelated to the Concept Development Conference (CDC).
Commission requests LtCol Jones contact NORAD and inquire as to
the.
status/existence
of CDC
related documents
for
AV-02.
6.
All
after
action final reports related to Amalgam Virgo 02, including but notlimited to any reports produced by contractors or internally by NORAD. If no"final" after action report exists for Amalgam Virgo 02, please
certify
that no
"final" reportexists and providecopiesof any
"interim,"
"draft,""preliminary,"
or
other documents
not
deemed
a
"final" report.
DOD
said
this
line
item
is
completed.
However,
upon review
the
documents they submitted were
in
fact
74
database lessons learned
from
Vigilant
Guardian
01
(ROOD04013691).
*
LtCol
Jones
has
for-action.7.
All database
"lessonslearned"
that exist for Amalgam Virgo 02.
*
COMPLETE
8.
All
after
action documents
(to
include
all final
reports
and all
database"lessons
learned")
related
to
military exercises
—
since January
1993
—
in
which
an aircraft was hijacked and/or used as a weapon and which involved
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
 
DOD
Document Request No.
18
PageS
NORAD.
If no "final"
after
action reports exist for these exercises, please
certify
that
no
"final" report exists
and
provide copies
of any
"interim,"
"draft,"
"preliminary,"
or
other documents
not
deemed
a
"final" report.
*
1
document
delivered,
"Amalgam
Virgo
99-2
(Y2K)
Operational
Evaluation
Final
Report"
*
According
to LtCol
Jones "nothing else
was
received
from
NORAD."
*
LtCol
Jones
has
for-action.
9.
The
Announcement Message, Concept
and
Objectives Statement (C&O),Exercise Specifications (EXSPEC), Exercise Plan (EXPLAN), MasterScenario Events Listing (MSEL), and Control
Staff
Instructions
(COSIN)
for
the
exercises that involved
the
following events:
Hijack
AL MSEL
#146081
Hijack
AL Event #141709
Hijack
Conference Inputs
for
MSEL #14600
Hijack
AL Exercise Cornet White
99-ACC-29/30/31
Hijack
AL Event
#555114;
Exercise
VFFI
99-1
Hijack
AL -
Weapon Exercise Amazon Condor
00-1
Hijack
AL -
Weapon Event #556768; Exercise Fencing Indian 00-2
Hijack Al
-
Weapon Exercise COSIN
Oct 99;
MSEL 14001
Hijack
Mil AC Exercise Amalgam Warrior 00-2; MSEL #147412Hijack
AL
-
Weapon Event
#146008
Hijack
AL Event #140202
Hijack
FORN ALEvent #140206ACFT
BIO
Event #144814; MSEL #144814
Hijack
AL Event
#142011;
MSEL #142011
*
0
docs
delivered.
According to
LtCoi
Jones NORAD says"nodocuments were
found"
responsive
to
this
request.*LtCol
Jones
has
for-action.
10. All
after
action
final
reports relatedto
the
exercises
listed
inItem9,includingbut
not
limited
to any
reports produced
by
contractors
or
internally
by
NORAD. If no "final"
after
action reports exist for the exercises listed in Item
9,
please certify that
no
"final" report exists
and
provide copies
of any
"interim,"
"draft," "preliminary,"or
other documents
not
deemed
a
"final"report.
*
According
to
LtCol Jones. "NORAD says they already produced thesedocuments back
in
September 2003."
Upon
review,
the Commission has not
received
any
after
action
final
reports
for the
exercises associated
with
the
events listed
in
Item
9.
LtColJones
has for-action.11.
All database
"lessons
learned" that exist for the exercises listed in Item
9.
According to LtCo!
Jones,
"NORAD says
they already produced these
documents
back
in
September
2003."
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
Comment:
NOT
RESPONSIVE
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