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WITHDRAWAL
NOTICE
RG:
148Exposition, Anniversary,andMemorial Commissions
SERIES:
Team
3,9/11
Commission
NND
PROJECT NUMBER: 52100 FOIA CASE NUMBER: 31107WITHDRAWAL DATE:
11/18/2008
BOX:
00003 FOLDER: 0008 TAB: 1 DOC ID: 31205897
COPIES: 1
PAGES:
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The item identified below has been withdrawn from this file:
FOLDER
TITLE:
Hurley's
[FBI^File
DOCUMENT
DATE: 05/21/2001 DOCUMENT TYPE: LetterFROM: Rowley
TO:
Mueller
SUBJECT:
Letter from Rowley to Mueller re. Minneapolis Moussaoui InvestigationThis document has been withdrawn for the following reason(s):
9/11
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NOTICE
 
Possible Lines
of Inquiry for
Team
#6
FBI Counterterrorism
Strategy
[to the
extent
not
covered
by the
Joint
Inquiry]
*How
the
FBI's
Counterterrorism
strategies
are
developed
and
implemented,
both
at the
Field
and HQ
level.
Possible
interviews:
Former Director Freeh, Director Mueller, former ExecutiveAssistant
Director
Dale
Watson, former
International
Terrorism
Section Chief
Michael
Rolince, Executive Assistant Director Patrick
D'
Amuro,
former
Deputy
Executive
Assistant Director Tim Caruso, selected Special Agents in Charge of
FBI
Field
Offices.
Possible
document requests:
FBI
Counterterrorism strategy documents,
1998-
Present; Annual Field
Office
reports
from
selected
FBI
Field
Offices,
1998-
Present.
*The
role of the Justice Department, the White House, and the Director of
Central
Intelligence
in the
FBI's
Counterterrorism
strategy, policy,
and
budget.
Possible
interviews:
DOJ,
White House,
and FBI
officials
(listed
in
greater
detail
on investigative plan).
Possible
document requests:
Policy statements, directive
or
guidance
from
DOJor
theWhite Houseto
FBI.
*The relative
prioritization
of
Counterterrorism
at the
FBI.
Possible interviews and document requests:
Similar list to #1
Headquarters
vs.
Field
[to the
extent
not
covered
by the
Joint Inquiry]
The
ability
of FBI HQ to
set,
guide,
and
enforce
its
Counterterrorism priorities;
the
extent of
field
offices' autonomy in setting their own investigative priorities.
Field
Offices'
ability
to
reprogram
and
reassign personnel
to and
from
Counterterrorism.
Whetherthe
FBI's
management career track and promotion policies are
affecting
HQ's ability
to run an
effective
national
Counterterrorism
program.
The
experience
level
of the FBI HQ
program managers
and
Counterterrorism
executives.
 
Possible
interviews:
Personnel
who
have served
on the
FBI's
Special Agent
career
boards, Selected
FBI
executives, Training Division personnel.
Possible document requests:
Manual
of
Investigative
and
OperationalGuidelines, Manual
of
Administrative
and
Operational Procedures, statisticalreviews
of
counterterrorism-related
experience
of
program managers
and
executives,
training documents.
Collection
^Initiation and
operation
of
counterterrorism investigations.
How
decisions
to
open
an
investigation
are
made,
and the
extent
to
whichinvestigative
decisions
are
driven
by
either
the
Field
or HQ
counterterrorismstrategy.
The
bases
for
determining whether
to
initiate
as a
criminal
or
intelligence
investigation.The
factors involved
in
decisions
to
convert
an
investigation
from
a
"Preliminary
Inquiry"
to a
"Full
Field
Investigation," and
HQ's
role in
this process.
The
factors
involved
in the
decisions
to
close investigations,
and
HQ's
role
in
this
process.
Possible interviews:
Selected
counterterrorism
HQ
program managers,Intelligence Operations Specialists,
field
agents,
and
field
supervisory personnel.
Possible
documents:
MIOG and
MAOP, case studies
of how
hijackers
associates'
investigations were handled.
*Informants:
The
extent
to
which
informant
development
is
emphasized,
both
by HQ and
Field
Office
management.
The
training
FBI
agents receive
in
recruiting informants, both
in New
Agenttraining
and in in-services.
The
factors
involved
in the
decision
as to
whether
to
open/run
the
informant
as an
informational
or
operational asset,
and the
importance
of the
distinctions.
Overall
strategy, both
at HQ and
field
level,
in
targeting recruitment
efforts.
How
tasking
for
informants
is
developed.
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