MEMORANDUM

Subject: Proposed Panels to Describe Intelligence Community Efforts to Monitor

UBL Threat Prior to September 11

Day 1:
Panel 1: Intelligence Strategy for the Terrorist Threat
Objective: Provide a top level view of how the Intelligence Community tasking to
assess the UBL threat, and a top-level view of how intelligence organizations
responded.
John Gordon (Deputy Assistant to the President, National Director and
Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism)
James Steinberg (Former Deputy National Security Advisor)
John McLaughlan (Former Deputy Director for Intelligence; Current Deputy
Director for Central Intelligence)

William Black (Deputy Director, National Security Agency)

Barbara A. McNamara (Former Deputy Director, National Security Agency;

Current Liaison to GCHQ)
Panel 2: Intelligence Resources and Management

Objective: Describe intelligence spending and programmatic decisions during 1991-

2001.
Joan Dempsey (Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community
Management)

John Hamre (Former Deputy Secretary of Defense)

Stephen Cambone (Undersecretary of Defense, Intelligence)

Panel 3: Intelligence Collection for Counterterrorism

Objective: Examine how the Intelligence Community collected HUMINT, SIGINT,

OSINT, and other intelligence. Describe collection strategy, policies, and "tradecraft."

James Pavitt (Deputy Director for Operations)

Maureen Baginski (Director, National Security Agency SIGINT Directorate)

Charles Allen (Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection)

Douglas Naquin (Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service)

Day 2

Panel 4: Counterterrorist Analysis

Objective: Examine how the Intelligence Community became aware of the UBL threat,
and how it responded at each phase as the threat developed.

Gofer Black (Former Director, Counterterrorist Center)

Winston Wiley (Former Deputy Director for Intelligence, Former Director,
Counterterrorist Center)

Chris Inglis (Director, National Security Agency, Analysis & Production)

John O. Brennan (Director, Terrorist Threat Integration Center)

Panel 5: Alert & Warning
Objective: Examine White House requests and requirement for intelligence providing
warning of potential terrorist attack, and examine how the Intelligence Community
responded.
Richard Clarke (Former Director for Counterterrorism, National Security
Council)
Wayne A. Downing (Former Deputy Assistant to the President, National
Director and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism)

Robert D. Vickers (National Intelligence Officer for Warning)

Panel 6: Congressional Oversight

Objective: Review methods and strategy for implementing oversight.

Panel 6A

Porter Goss (Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)

Newt Gingrich (Former Speaker, House of Representatives)

Panel 6B

Bob Graham (Former Chairman and Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence)

Bob Kerrey (Former Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

MEMORANDUM
Subject: Proposed Panels to Describe intelligence Community Efforts to Monitor
UBL Threat Prior to September 11
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\: Describe intelligence spending and programmatic decisions d u r i n g 1991-

2001.
Joan Dempsey, (Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community
Management)
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John Hamre, (Former Deputy Secretary of Defense)
Richard I laver (Special Assistant to the Sea-etai-y-of Defciibt; for Intelligence)-
Cheryl JoanRoby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Piugidins and
Evaluation),
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Objective: Provide a top-level view of Intelligence Community tasking to assess the
UBL threat, and a top-level view of how intelligence organizations responded.
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John McLaughlin (Former Deputy Director for Intelligence; Current Deputy
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Barbara A. McNamara, (Former Deputy Director, NSA; Current Liaison to
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Objective: Examine how the Intelligence Community collected HUMINT, SIGINT,/and

other source intelligence. Describe HUMINT and SIGINT strategy, policies and
"tradecraft."
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James Pavitt (Deputy Director for Operations)
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Charles Allen (AoaociatfrDirector of Central Intelligence for Collection)

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£ \y /" Panel 4: Counterterrorist Analysis
' Objective: Examine how the Intelligence Community became aware of the UBL threat,
and how it responded at each phase as the threat developed.

Cofer Black (Former Director, Counterterrorist Center)

Winston Wiley (Former Deputy Director for Intelligence, Former Director,
Counterterrorist Center)

Chris Inglis (Director, NSA Analysis & Production)

Panel 5: Alert & Warning

Objective: Examine White House requests and requirements for intelligence providing
warning of potential terrorist attack, and examine how -the-intelligence responded.

Richard Clarke (Former Assistant National Security Adviser for

Counterterrorism
Wayne Downing (Former Deputy National Security Adviser For
Counterterrorism)
Robert D. Vickers (National Intelligence Officer for Warning)
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Panel 6:X3versight

Objective: Review methods and strategy for implementingoversight.

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Bob Graham (Former Chairman and Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee
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Bob Kerry (Former Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

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