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Thomas
 H.
 Kean
CHAIR
Lee
 H.
 Hamilton
VICE CHAIR
Richard
 Ben-Veniste
Max
 Cleland
Fred
 F.
 Fielding
Jamie
 S.
 Gorelick
Slade
 Gorton
John
 LehmanTimothy J.
 RoemerJames
 R.
 Thompson
Philip
 D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DoD
 DOCUMENT
 REQUEST
 NO. 4
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 than June
30,
 2003
 (the production
 date ):
1.
 All
 transcripts, tapes
 and
 other documents
 related
 to any
 Significant Event
Conference,
 or any other interagency phone conference, on
 9/11/01.
2.
 All documents related to the
 C-130
 aircraft that departed Andrews AFB shortly
after
 0930
 on
 9/11/01,
 including the crew list and their current locations. Include the
flight
 plan,
 the
 mission
 and the
 controller logs/tapes. Include
 any debriefings,
 after
action
 reports
 or
 other inquiry into
 the
 actions
 of
 that plane
 on
 that day.
3.
 All transcripts, tapes and other documents related to any interagency phone
conference
 that NORAD (including
 all of its
 components) conducted
 or
 participated
 in
on
 9/11 related to the hijackings of
 9/11
 and
 NORAD's
 response thereto.
4. All
 transcripts, tapes
 and
 other documents related
 tcfany
 internal NORAD phone
conferences or
 communications
 on
 9/11
 related
 to the
 hijackings
 of
 9/11
 and
NORAD's response thereto.
5.
 Transcripts
 of all
 communications
 and
 orders conveyed
 to
 pilots scrambled
 insupport of the
 North East
 Air
 Defense
 Sector's (NEADS) response
 to the
 hijackings
 of
9/11
6. All
 transcripts, tapes
 and
 other documents
 of the
 parent wings
 of
 aircraft
scrambled
 in
 support
 of
 NEADS'
 response
 on
 9/11, related
 to the
 response
 of
 suchaircraft
 to the
 hijackings
 of
 9/11.
7. All
 transcripts, tapes
 and
 other documents
 of the Air
 Force Bases
 from
 which
aircraft
 were scrambled
 in
 support
 of
 NEADS's response
 on
 9/11,
 related
 to the
response
 of
 such aircraft
 to the hijackings of
 9/11.
8. The
 pilot logs
 for
 each pilot that
 was
 scrambled
 in
 support
 of
 NEADS' response
 to
the
 hijackings
 on
 9/11,
 including
 but not
 limited
 to the
 pilots that scrambled
 out ofOtis
 Air Force Base,
 Langley
 Air Force Base, Andrews Air Force Base, Toledo AirForce Base and
 Selfridge
 Air Force Base.
TEL
 (202) 331-4060
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 (202) 296-5545
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 Document Request
 No. 4
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9. The Air
 Traffic
 Control Logs
 for
 each base
 from
 which fighters were scrambled
 in
 support
 of
 NEADS
response
 on 9/11, including but not limited to: Otis Air Force Base, Langley Air Force Base, Andrews AirForce Base, Toledo Air
 Force
 Base and
 Selfridge
 Air Force
 Base.
10. All
 NORAD
 logs related to the exercise VIGILANT GUARDIAN, beginning with the morning
shift
 change
 on
 9/11
 and for the
 24-hour period thereafter.
11.
 Intelligence scenarios
 and
 briefing
 papers
 for all
 national military
 exercises,
 since
 January
 1993,
in
 which a plane was
 hijacked
 and/or used as a weapon and which involved any of the followingDoD entities: NORAD, JCS, and Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
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12. The
 final
 briefing and intelligence scenarios for NORAD
 Exercises
 AMALGAM VIRGO
 01
and
 02. With regard to AMALGAM VIRGO 02, please provide documentation of the scenario as itexisted prior to
 9/11
 as well as the version used in the actual
 exercise.
13.
 All documents of the
 Office
 of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special
 Operations/Low-
Intensity
 Conflict) prepared
 for or
 signed
 out by the
 Assistant Secretary, that address
 the
 mission
 of
NORAD.
14.
 Portions
 of the
 following
 Office
 of the
 Secretary
 of
 Defense (OSD) documents that relate
 to
NORAD:
(a) Defense
 Planning Guidance(b) Contingency Planning GuidelinesThis request includes current versions
 of the
 aforementioned documents,
 and
 those versions that
were in
 effect
 on
 9/11/01.
15.
 Portions
 of the
 following Joint Chief
 of
 Staff
 (JCS) documents that relate
 to
 NORAD:
(a)
 Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
(b)
 Joint Strategic Review
 ..
(c)
 Joint
 Warfighting
 Capabilities Assessment (JWCA)
 for
 Combating Terrorism
 «
This request includes current versions
 of the
 aforementioned documents,
 and
 those versions thatwere
 in
 effect
 on
 9/11/01.
 With
 respect
 to
 those
 documents that were
 in
 effect
 on
 9/11, please
provide
 the
 staffing
 package that accompanied
 the
 documents when submitted
 for
 approval
 by the
Director
 of the
 Joint
 Staff.
16. Portions
 of the
 following NORAD documents that
 relate
 to
 domestic
 air
 defense
 and/or
combating
 terrorism:
(a)
 Integrated Priority List
(b)
 Requirements Review Report
This
 request includes current versions
 of the
 aforementioned documents,
 and
 those versions
 that
were
 in
 effect
 on
 9/11/01.
 
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 Request No. 4
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17.
 Annual testimony
 to
 Congress
 of the NORAD
 Commander
 in
 Chief
 for
 2000
 and
 2001.
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18. Documents that establish
 the
 universe
 of
 military aircraft, other than
 air
 defense aircraft, thatwere airborne within 150 nautical miles of the New York City and Washington D.C.
 areas
anytime
from
 0800
 to 1030 hours on the morning of
 9/11/01.
 The documents should include the takeofftime, flight plan, and ordnance load of such aircraft.
19.
 An Information Paper or fact sheet that establishes how
 clocks
 were synchronized and to whatstandard on
 9/11/01
 for the following: the Joint Surveillance System radar tapes, the NationalMilitary Command Center logs, the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center logs, the Northeast Air
Defense
 Sector logs, and the
 First
 Air Force/Continental Air Defense Region logs.
20. The final
 briefing
 and
 intelligence scenario
 for the
 National Reconnaissance
 Office
 (NRO)exercise scheduled on
 9/11
 concerning a plane crash into NRO headquarters.
21. The
 final
 briefing
 and
 intelligence scenario
 for the October
 24-26 2000
 emergency
 drill
 based
upon
 the
 crashing
 of an
 airliner into
 the
 Pentagon.22. The final
 briefing
 and intelligence scenario for the May
 2001
 DoD training of medicalpersonnel to respond to a guided missile in the form of a hijacked 757
 airliner
 crashing into the
Pentagon.
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23. All files of Lt. Col. Dawne
 Deskins
USAF, Northeast Air Defense Sector, related to the
hijackings
 of
 9/11.
24.
 There
 are
 conflicting accounts
 of
 when NORAD
 first
 received notification
 from
 the FAA
 that
American
 Airlines Flight
 11
 had been hijacked. Please provide all documents relating to the
 FAA s
notification
 to
 NORAD
 of the
 hijacking
 of
 Flight 11.
25. The
 National Military Joint Intelligence Center (NMJIC) Senior Duty Officer
 log for the 24-
hour
 period beginning with
 the
 morning
 shift
 change
 on
 9/11
and for any
 subordinate desks thatrecorded events related to the hijackings on
 9/11.
26. The National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) Senior Duty
 Officer
 logs for the 24-hourperiod beginning
 with
 the
 morning
 shift
 change
 on
 9/11,
 and for any
 subordinate desks that recorded
events
 related to the hijackings on
 9/11.
27. The
 National Imagery
 and
 Mapping Agency
 (NIMA)
 logs that document imagery requests
 and
responses
 for the
 24-hour period beginning with
 the
 morning
 shift
 change
 on
 9/11.
28. The
 Alternate National Military Command Center
 (ANMCC)
 Senior Duty
 Officer
 log for the
24-hour period beginning with the morning
 shift
 change on
 9/11
and for any subordinate
 desks
 that
recorded
 events related
 to the
 hijackings
 on
 9/11.
29. The
 National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACAP) Senior Duty
 Officer
 log for the
24-hour
 period
 following
 activation
 of the
 Command Post.

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