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Thomas H. Kean May 19,2003

CHAIR

Lee H. Hamilton Hon. Glenn A. Fine

VICE CHAIR Inspector General
Richard Ben-Veniste U.S. Department of Justice
Robert F. Kennedy Building
Max Cleland Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Frederick F. Fielding Washington, D.C. 20530

Jamie S. Gorelick Dear Mr. Fine:

Slade Gorton
As you may know, the statute that created the National Commission on
John F. Lehman Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States directs the Commission to "build
Timothy J. Roemer upon" the investigations of other entities, including "executive branch...
investigations into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, other terrorist
James R. Thompson attacks, and terrorism generally." The statute also authorizes the Commission
to secure information directly from any executive department, bureau or
Philip D. Zelikow agency for purposes of its investigation. We understand that your office
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
recently completed a review of the FBI's handling of intelligence prior to the
September 11th attacks.

To assist the Commission in fulfilling its statutory mandate, we hereby

request that your office provide to the Commission and its staff information
gathered during that review, including:

(1) copies of all FBI or other Department of Justice documents

collected during the review, other than documents that have
already been provided to the Joint Inquiry of the Congressional
Intelligence Committees;
(2) a list of all interviews conducted by your office;
(3) copies of any tape recordings of those interviews;
(4) copies of any transcripts of those interviews;
(5) for interviews for which there is no existing transcript, copies of
memoranda or "write-ups" of such interviews;
(6) for interviews for which there is no recording, no transcript, and
no memoranda or "write-ups," copies of interview notes made for
any such interviews; and
(7) a copy of the final report, once it becomes available.

301 7 th Street SW, Room 5125

Washington, DC 20407
T 202.331.4060 F 202.296.5545
www.9-1 lcommission.gov
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May 19, 2003
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Thank you very much for your willingness to cooperate with the
Commission and its staff in this important matter. Please do not hesitate to
call me at 202-331-4065 if you have any questions or concerns about this
request.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Marcus
General Counsel

cc: Adam G. Ciongoli, Counselor to the Attorney General