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OCT-14-2083
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P.002/003
UNDER
SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE
5OOO
DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON,
DC
2O3O1-5OOO
OCT
14
2003
INTELLIGENCE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE
NATIONALCOMMISSION
ON
TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON
THE
UNITED STATESDear
Phil:
As a
follow
up to my
September
8
memorandum
to
you,
I am
providing
a
status update
on the
document categories identified
in the
August
26,
2003memorandum
from the
General Counsel
of the
Commission.
1.
Document Request
4
(Items
1
through
16
to the
extent
not
alreadyproduced)
The
Commission
has
received
all
available documents
responsive
to
theseItems, including Items
4-6 and
4-7. NORAD-generated responsive materials
forItems4-6 and 4-7
were delivered
to the
Commission
on
September
12.On
September
17,
the
Commission General Counsel forwarded
a
supplemental document request (request
#7).
It has
been worked aggressively
by
NORAD, and all
existing documents will
be
provided
to the
Commission
no
later
than
October
27.
Your
staff
also requested (through e-mail correspondence last
month)
additional NORAD after-action reports,
to
include interviews that
may
have
been
conducted with NORAD personnel
on-duty
on 9/1/01.
NORAD
has
submittedseveral after-action reports
to us, and we
expect them
to be
delivered
to you by
October
27.
Regarding
the
supplemental request
for a
transcript
of the
9/11
NOIWON
conference
call initiated
by
CIA, multiple searches were conducted
but no
recording
has
been found.
NSA
did
provide
two 9/11/01
NOIWON
record
sheets to the
Commission
on
September
17.
2.
Document Request
6
(Items
1,
2, 4)
Materials
responsive
to
this
request continue
to be
consolidated, reviewed,
and
processed. Numerous White House
and
National Security Council-originateddocuments responsive
to
Item
1
have been processed
and
turned
over
to the
 
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of
Justice.
Additional documents
responsive
toItems
2,
3, and 4
continueto be
processed
and
reviewed.
A
first
set of
documents responsive
to
Items
2 and 3 was
delivered
to the
Commission
on
October
10. We
expect othersets
of
documents
to be
delivered within
the
next
two
weeks. These deliveries
are
in
addition
to
several other deliveries
of
related materials responsive
to
Document
Request #6,
beginning
in
August.
Our
DoD
components continue
to
forward
documents. Some document sets
contain
products
from
other agencies;
a
separate index
is
being
developed
for
theseproducts
and we
continue
to
coordinate with those agencies. Other materials
forwarded
bycomponents appearnot to be indirect responsetoyour
request
~
but
may
be of interest to the Commission.
These
documents also will be indexed and
made
available
for the
Commission
to
review.
DoD
Document Request #9 has also been of high-priority interest to the
Commission
staff.
On
October
6, the
Commission
was
granted access
to theelectronic
files
and
hard copy products
of the DoD
Criminal Investigation
Task
Force database.
My
staff
continues
to
expedite
the
collection
and
processing
of any
remaining
DoD
documents.
We
have recently added three additional persons
to the
review
team to
assist with
processing
and
coordination
of DoD
Document Request
#6. Weremain
committed
to
working
with
you
until
your task
is
complete.Stephen
A. Cambone
 
NOU-03-2003
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UNDER
SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE
5OOO
DEFENSE
PENTAGONWASHINGTON, DC
2O3OT-5OOO
NOV
3
2003
INTELLIGENCE
MEMORANDUM
FOR
SECRETARY
OF
THE AIR
FORCECHAIRMAN
OF
THE
JOINT
CHIEFS
OF
STAFFSUBJECT: National Commission
on
Terrorist Attacks upon
the
United States
-
Requirement to Comply by November
13,
2003
Attached
is a
report prepared
by the
Office
of the DoD
General Counseldocumenting the results of a October 24 meeting with the General Counsel and
staff
members of the National Commission. A similar meeting took
place
on October
31.
Representativesofyour organizations were
present
for
both meetings. This reporthas been forwarded by the attorney in the
Office
of the DoD General Counsel
informally to
attorneys
and
others participating
in the
effort
to
respond
to
NationalCommission requests.National Commission
staff
members have stated that
the
Department
has not
been
fully
responsive
to
their document requests
in a
number
of
information
categories,
as
described
in the attachment. Interviews recently conducted by
Commission
staff
at
several
Air
Force installations,
with
Air
National Guard units,and at
NORAD's
North East Air Defense Sector have turned up relevant documents
and
other information
not
previously provided
in
response
to
formal
Commissionrequests.Therefore, as theDepartment'sprincipal point of contact for the National
Commission,
I
request that
you
direct that
all
levels
of
command
within
the
affected
Air
Force/Air
National Guard
and
NORAD units conduct
an
immediate search
forall
documents
and
recordings that
fall
within
the
information categories described
inthe attachment. By
November 13,
all
relevant documents
and
recordings
must
be
provided to the DoD
Office
of General Counsel document processing facility,Crystal Gateway
3,
Suite
1000.
Your
staffs
can
arrange
for
delivery
by
contacting
Ms.
Sharon
Gainor at
703-602-0998.
1.
Documents containing Sensitive
Compartmented
Information
and
information
subject
to
Special Access Program restrictions should
be
compiled separatelyfromother documents.
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