800 Independence Ave, SW

Washington, DC 20591

U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration

OCT 14
National Commission on Terrorists
Attacks Upon the United States
301 7th Street S.W.
Room 5125
Washington, DC 20407

Dear Ms. Hyde:

Enclosed are the following items in response to the 9/11

Commission's requests for documentation:

Partial transcripts from Cape TRACON.

Copies of Aircraft Accident reports that were
provided to the Washington Operations Center
from Eastern Region.
Daily Record of Facility Operation from New
England Region.
Chronology from Great Lakes Regional
Operations Center.
Personal notes from Tom Benson, who was a
Quality Assurance Staff Manager in the New
England Air Traffic Division on 9/11.
Background information from New York TRACON
for the upcoming 9/11 Commission interviews.

If you have questions, please contact me at 202-267-8111.

Sincerely,

Shirley S. Miller
Senior Advisor to the Deputy
Administrator

Enclosures
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UPON THE UNITED STATES

SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM

To the Federal Aviation Administration, Greeting:

Pursuant to lawful authority, YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to

produce forthwith, at the offices of the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 301 7th Street, S.W., Room
5125, Washington, D.C., the books, records, correspondence,
memoranda, papers, and documents set forth in Attachment A.

Any contumacy or failure to obey this subpoena may subject you to

sanctions and penalties provided by law.

This subpoena to be served by any member of the staff of the National

Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

Given under my hand, by vote of the

Commission, this 16th day of October, 2003.

Thomas H. Kean
Chair, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
RETURN

^2003

I, , a member of the

staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, served

this subpoena by hand upon

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at on the day of

, 2003.
 ATTACHMENT A

All documents relating to the Federal Aviation Administration's tracking of hijacked aircraft
on September 11, 2001, including without limitation communications with NORAD;

Any document — whether in draft or final form - prepared by the U.S. Department of
Transportation ("DoT"), the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"), any of their
components, or any of their employees, as after-action or other evaluations of DoT's or
FAA's response to the events of September 11,2001, including without limitation all
documents prepared by Steve Brown regarding the ATC response to the events of September
11,2001;

All interview memoranda or other records of DoT and FAA interviews of the ATC
controllers and supervisors involved in tracking or communicating with the hijacked aircraft
on September 11,2001;

All interview memoranda or other records of DoT and FAA interviews of the personnel who
were located in the FAA Washington Operations Center, the FAA Aviation Control Center,
the FAA Security Directive Working Room, the FAA Regional Control Centers for the New
England, Eastern and Great Lakes Regions, and the DoT Crisis Management Center on
September 11,2001;

All logs, tapes, and transcripts of FAA communications with NORAD on the morning of
September 11, 2001; and

All logs, tapes, and transcripts of internal FAA communications, including phone
conversations among FAA locations, concerning aircraft presumed to be hijacked on
September 11,2001.

The term "documents" shall be interpreted broadly to mean written, recorded, and graphic
materials of every kind in the FAA's possession, custody, or control, including (without
limitation) computer files, electronic mail, notes, drafts, and non-identical copies. The term
"computer files" includes information stored in, or accessible through, computer or other
information retrieval systems, translated, if necessary, by the FAA into reasonably useable
form.