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Thomas H. Kean
CHAIR
FBI DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 13
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("the
Richard Ben-Veniste Commission") requests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or the
Max Cleland "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents
no later than September 26, 2003 (the "production date"):
Fred F. Fielding

Jamie S. Gorelick 1. Memoranda to and from the FBI Director. For the period from February
26, 1993 through Sept. 20, 2001, policy memoranda, including memoranda
Slade Gorton concerning the issues of student tracking and watchlisting, regarding the role of
John Lehman
immigration law enforcement in counterterrorism investigations and
prosecutions:
Timothy J. Roemer a. to the Director of the FBI from the Office of the Attorney General, the
Office of the Deputy Attorney General, or the Commissioner of the
James R. Thompson
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), or persons acting in
these capacities; and
b. from the Director of the FBI to the Office of the Attorney General, the
. Zelikow Office of the Deputy Attorney General, or the Commissioner of the
^CUTIVE DIRECTOR INS, or persons acting in these capacities.

2. Documentation on previous terrorist entry to the United State::, flu, Alien

file ("A-File") collected by the FBI in connection with its investigation or
prosecution of the following individuals:
a. Nidal Ayyad
b. Mahmud Abouhalima
c. Mohammed Abouhalima
d. Ahmad Mohammad Ajaj
e. Mohammed Salameh
f. Eyad Ismoil
g. Ramzi Yousef
h. Mustapha Shalabi
i. Bilall Alkaisi
j. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman
k. El Sayyid Nosair
1. Ibrahim el Gabrowny
m. Mohammed Saleh
n. Amir Abdelghani
o. Fadil Abdelghani
p. Tarig Elhassan
q. Fares Khallafalla
r. Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali
s. Matarawy Mohammed Said Saleh
t. Abdo Mohammed Haggag
u. Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer
v. LafiKhalil
TEL (202) 331-4060
FAX (202) 296-5545
http://www.9-llcommission.gov
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w. Abdul Hakim Murad

x. All Mohammed
y. Khalid Abu Al Dahab
z. Wadih el Hage
aa. Essam al Ridi
bb. Ahmed Ressam
cc. Abdelghani Meskini
dd. Abdel Hakim Tizegha

3. FBI immediate response on immigration and border security. Documents setting forth the
FBI's role in governmental actions taken with regard to immigration and border security from
September 11, 2001 through December 31, 2001, including the dates of and names of attendees at
White House meetings attended by FBI officials to address border security issues; policy papers
prepared by the FBI for the above meetings; and memoranda to the Office of the Attorney General
and Deputy Attorney General from the Director of the FBI sufficient to establish the FBI's current
role in border security.

4. Liaison by border authorities with the FBI. Documents sufficient to show the process by which
the FBI was notified by US border authorities of the entry into the United States of potential foreign
terrorists, and coordinated response to such entries, including: Interagency agreements between the
FBI and other U.S. Government agencies on this topic in force from January 1, 1998 through
September 11, 2001; interagency agreements between the FBI and other U.S. Government agencies
on this topic currently in force; and documents, including interagency agreements, reflecting
policies, practices, and assignments with respect to INS, U.S. Customs Service, and U.S.
Diplomatic Security Service detailees assigned to FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs)
from January 1, 1998 through September 11, 2001.

5. Watchlisting of terrorists before September 11,2001. From January 1, 1998 through September
11, 2001, documents sufficient to show the FBI's criteria for placing individuals into the TEPOFF
watchlist and the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File (VGTOF); the number of
individuals FBI submitted to each list and the number of individuals in VGTOF for terrorism
concerns on September 11, 2001; and interagency agreements in force between the FBI and other
federal, state and local agencies on watchlist data sharing.

6. Watchlisting of terrorists after Sept. 11, 2001. FBI policy directives currently in effect regarding
terrorist watchlists, including the criteria for placing individuals into TIPOFF and VGTOF for
terrorism concerns; interagency agreements in force between the FBI and other federal, state, and
local agencies regarding the sharing of data on watchlists; the most recent policy statement and
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning expansion of watchlists and state and local
authorities' access to them; and a list of current FBI employees on detail to the Terrorist Threat
Integration Center assigned to work on terrorist watchlisting.

7. FBI terrorist identity lookback project. Documents setting forth or summarizing the description
and results of the project undertaken by the FBI prior to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt
Lake City, Utah, under which the FBI tasked its field offices to cull terrorism investigation files for
the names of potential terrorists for addition of their names to the Violent Gang and Terrorist
Organization File (VGTOF) and NCIC databases for watchlist and related purposes.
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8. Visa Identification Terrorist Automated Lookout (VITAL). Documents sufficient to describe

the origin, mission, and results of the VITAL project, including the number of potential foreign
terrorists identified who have attempted to enter or have entered the United States.

9. Visas Condor. Documentation and information discussed in the briefing for the Commission on
July 31, 2001 describing the Condor namecheck program, including:
a. Mission — the directive establishing the Condor program and the criteria for countries and
individuals subject to it;
b. Personnel - the names of the lead personnel and those responsible for preparing the Condor
Security Advisory Opinions (SAO's) sent to the State Department;
c. Statistics — the number of visas Condor SAO's performed by the FBI from its inception in
2001 to the present, by month; a chart graphing the number of Condor SAO's on one axis
and the number of days it took to complete the clearance on the other axis;
d. Counterrorism results -- the categories of reasons cited by the FBI for proposing to the
State Department that visas be denied, and the numbers of denials proposed by category;
the number of aliens to whom a visa was denied based on FBI's SAO; the number of aliens
to whom a visa was granted over the objection of the FBI; the number of SAO's performed
by the FBI where the FBI was unable to locate its files pertaining to the individual (where
the individual was either a subject or a cross-reference in an FBI investigation) with a
breakdown stating whether the missing files were counterterrorism or other files; and
e. Current status -- the most recent memorandum to the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney
General summarizing the status and accomplishments of the Condor program, including
any revised criteria; and documents sufficient to describe efforts currently underway to
establish a candidate scoring system for visa applicants.

10. Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF). Documentation shown or discussed in the
briefing for the Commission on August 21, 2001, including: the powerpoint presentation showing
FTTTF's mission, methodology, and list of databases; FTTTF's role supporting the Condor, Tiger,
Absconder and other counterterrorism initiatives; the number of individuals identified as potential
foreign terrorists on existing watchlists whom FTTTF located in the United States; and the most
recent memorandum to the FBI Director or his designee reporting on the status of FTTTF, its
current staffing, and relation to the national watchlist center.

11. Security Directive List. Documents sufficient to establish the origin, mission, and results of the
Security Directive List created and disseminated by the FBI in the immediate aftermath of
September 11,2001.

12. Immigration-related detainee program. All electronic communications, investigative inserts,

letterhead memoranda, affidavits, and FD 302s, related to those individuals among the illegal
immigrants detained and held after September 11, 2001 on immigration-related charges who were
determined to be affiliated with or associates of the 19 hijackers, al Qaeda, or related groups; and
the total number of aliens detained as a counterterrorism measure.

13. Voluntary interviews. Documents sufficient to establish the origin, mission and criteria,
organization and results (prosecutorial and preventive) of the voluntary interview program
involving interviews of Muslims, Arabs, and others by the FBI or Joint Terrorism Task Forces in
response to the attacks on September 11, 2001, including criteria on when and how to detain
interview subjects.
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14. "S" visas. Documents sufficient to describe the FBI's role in the "S" visas program for individuals
who have supplied terrorist-related information to U.S. law enforcement, including the number of
individuals to whom "S" visas were issued since September 11, 2001, and whether such persons
were associated with immigration-related detainees program, the voluntary interview program, the
Absconder Initiative, or another FBI activity.

15. Referrals for prosecution on immigration charges. Documents setting forth the number of
individuals who were either the subject of or a cross-reference in an FBI counterterrorism
investigation who were referred by the FBI for prosecution on at least one immigration charge
during the period (a) from January 1, 1998 through September 11, 2001; and (b) from September
12, 2001, through the present.

16. Alien smuggling along the Southwest border. Documents from January 1, 1998 through the
present discussing the issue of smuggling of aliens from the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan
into the United States across the Southwest border.

17. Links between illegal entry into the US and organized crime. Documents from 1998 to the
present discussing in summary form FBI information about linkages between illegal entry by
terrorists into the United States and organized crime, weapons traffickers, traffickers in persons,
terrorist financiers, or narcotics traffickers.

The Commission further requests that documents requested above be provided as soon as they are
available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, thorough
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.

September 12, 2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel