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FBI DOCUMENT REQUEST No. 1

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
'Commission") requests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or the
'respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following
documents no later than June 18, 2003 (the "production date"):

1. The Manual of Investigative and Operational Guidelines, both a

Thomas H. Kean current version and the one in effect on September 11, 2001.

HAIR .2. The Manual of Administrative and Operational Procedures, both a

current version and the one in effect on September 11, 2001.
H. Hamilton
3. Any written communications from the National Security Council or the
VICE CHAIR National Coordinator to the FBI or the Department of Justice
containing counterterrorism policy guidance from January 1998 to
Richard Ben-Veniste September 20, 2001.

Max Cleland 4. Policy directives or guidance from the Attorney General, the Deputy
Attorney General, or the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Fred F. Fielding Division, to the
FBI or to U.S. Attorneys Offices on counterterrorism matters from
January 1998 to the present, except for those exclusively relating to
Jamie S. Gorelick particular
investigations.
Slade Gorton
5. All versions of the Attorney General Guidelines for Foreign
John Lehman Intelligence and Counterintelligence Investigations from 1983 to the
present.
Timothy J. Roemer
6. The FBI's annual Congressional Budget Justification Books for fiscal
James R. Thompson years 1995 through 2004.

Philip D. Zelikow 7. The FBI's annual budget requests to the Department of Justice for
fiscal years 1995 through 2004.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR 8. The documents listed below from each of the following FBI Field
Offices—Baltimore, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New
York, Phoenix, San Diego, Tampa, and Washington Field Office:

a. Each of the listed Field Offices' organizational charts, on at least an annual

basis, from January 1998 to September 2001, and for the present, and
documents sufficient to show, for the same time periods, the breakdown of
the number of personnel (distinguishing between agents and support
personnel) assigned to each Field Office squad, and a general description of
each squad's areas of responsibility.

b. Documents sufficient to show annual statistics from 1998 to the present of

the listed Field Offices' TURK rates, broken down by program classification.

c. Memoranda of Understanding and any other documents reflecting agreements of

coordination on counterterrorism matters between the listed FBI Field Offices and state and local law

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:nforcement authorities (including the Joint Terrorism Task Forces), both current versions and those
n effect on September 11, 2001.

d. Any Memoranda of Understanding between the listed FBI Field Offices and other
?ederal agencies regarding their cooperation and coordination on counterterrorism matters, both
current versions and those in effect on September 11, 2001.

e. FBI Annual Field Office Reports and any other documents, including program plans, outlining
ach of the listed Field Offices'priorities and strategies from January 1998 to the present. This
request includes any program plans or strategy documents prepared specifically for or by the listed
"ield Offices' international terrorism squads.

:.Inspection Reports relating to counterterrorism or counterintelligence for the listed Field Offices
Tom January 1998 to the present, including interrogatories, written responses, and program write-
ups.

. Documents containing statistics from January 1998 to September 2001, as well as the most
recently available statistics, regarding the number of counterterrorism intelligence (199
classification) and counterterrorism criminal investigations (265 classification) pending at each of the
isted Field Offices, and records reflecting whether these investigations were Preliminary Inquiries or
Full Field investigations, broken down by program classification.
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i. Documents containing statistics from January 1998 to September 2001, as well as the most
recently available statistics, regarding the number of surveillance targets, authorized under FISA,
argeting international terrorist groups for each of the listed Field Offices, and records indicating how
many of these surveillance requests were targeting al-Qa'ida targets and how many were targeting
other terrorist organization targets.

i. Documents containing statistics from January 1998 to September 2001, and the most recently
available statistics, regarding the number of "informational assets" and "operational assets" who
were solely or primarily reporting on international terrorism matters for each listed Field Office.

j. Documents sufficient to show the composition, both by agency and specific personnel, of the Joint
Terrorism Task Forces for the listed Field Offices from January 1998 to the present.

Any documents containing evaluations or comments by the Counterterrorism Division at FBI

Headquarters on the listed Field Offices' international terrorism priorities, from January 1998 to the
present.

9. Any threat assessments and/or crime surveys by the San Diego Division from January 1998 to
September 2001.

10. For all Field Offices, documents containing statistics from January 1998 to September 2001,
and the most recently available statistics, regarding the FBI's total number of pending
counterterrorism intelligence investigations (199 classification) and counterterrorism criminal
investigations (265 classification), and records reflecting whether the investigations were
Preliminary Inquiries or Full Field investigations, broken down by program classification.

11. Inspection Reports relating to counterterrorism or counterintelligence, including

interrogatories, written responses, and program write-ups, from January 1998 to the present for
Legats Riyadh, Paris, Bonn/Berlin, Madrid, London, and Singapore.

12. Inspection Reports, including interrogatories, written responses, and program write-ups, from
January 1998 to the present for all of the FBI headquarters counterterrorism analytic units.

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13. Inspection Reports, including interrogatories, written responses, and program write-ups, from
January 1998 to the present for all of the FBI headquarters counterterrorism operational units.

14. Any documents from January 1998 to September 2001 reflecting agreements relating to
coordination and collaboration on counterterrorism matters between the FBI and
intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Saudi Arabia, Germany, Spain,
Yemen, and Pakistan.

15. Any briefing materials created by the FBI relating to counterterrorism-or

foreign intelligence collection in the United States created for or prdvided to
the Bush-Cheney Transition Team.

16. Written policy statements, directives, guidance, organization charts, and

briefing materials issued by or used by the Director, the Deputy Director, the Executive
Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, and the Assistant Director for Counterterrorism
regarding post-September 11, 2001, FBI reforms, including but not limited to:

a. the FBI headquarters counterterrorism reorganization;

. the creation of the Office of Intelligence;

c. the counterterrorism "flying squad;"

d. the National Joint Terrorism Task Force and the expansion of the JTTF
jrogram at the FBI Field Offices;

:. the establishment of a Reports Officer program;

I the efforts to upgrade the FBI's Intelligence Research Specialist and

Intelligence Operations Specialist programs; and ,ri

. the efforts to centralize the FBI's counterterrorism program at FBI headquarters.

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 mean:
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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