Thomas H. Kean OVP DOCUMENT REQUEST No.

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CHAIR

Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
Richard Ben-Veniste
"Commission") requests that the Office of the Vice President (the "respondent")
provide the Commission with copies of the following Vice-Presidential Executive
Max Cleland materials no later than June 3, 2003 (the "production date"):
Fred F. Fielding
1. Any transcripts that have been prepared of all press interviews with Vice President
Jamie S. Gotelick Cheney in which he discusses the facts and circumstances surrounding the
Slade Gorton September 11,2001 attack and the immediate response of the United States,
including specifically the Vice President's interviews with Bob Woodward and
John Lehman
with Newsweek.
Timothy J. Roemer
2. Any transcripts that have been prepared of all press interviews with Mrs. Cheney
James R. Thompson
and with Office of the Vice President staff (including any background briefings
with "senior administration officials") that discuss the facts and circumstances
Philip D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR surrounding the September 11, 2001 attack and the immediate response of the
United States, including specifically interviews with Bob Woodward and with
Newsweek.

The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as
they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the
same time, through means of a "rolling" production.

If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on
an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that
the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date,
identify and describe each such document or class of documents, 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 requested
documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the
Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as
possible and in no event later than the production date.

If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of
these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or
concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues
can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date..
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May 20, 2003 Daniel Marcus, General Counsel
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