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Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. State Department Documents, with Index
2. Incoming Requests
SECRET/NOFQRN—
(UNCLASSIFIED when separated from attachments)
Classified by: Karl Hofmann, Executive Secretary
Reasons: E.O. 12958 1.5 (b), (c) & (d)
Index of Documents Provided to the National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States
Al Qaida - 1999
Summary of Administrative Record, 99-5, 99-6, 99-7, 99-8, 99-10, 99-11,
99-12, 99-13, 99-14, 99-15, 99-16, 99-17, 99-18, 99-19, 99-20, 99-21,
99-23, 99-24, 99-25, 99-26, 99-27, 99-28, 99-29, 99-30, 99-31, 99-32,
99-40, 99-41, 99-43, 99-44.
Al Qaida - 2001
Summary of Administrative Record, 01-02, 01-03, 01-05, 01-06, 01-08,
01-09, 01-10, 01-11, 01-12, 01-13, 01-15, 01-16, 01-17, 01-18
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (2003)
Summary of Administrative Record, 01, 06, 10, 13, 14, 15, 20, 27.
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
"Commission") requests that the Department of State (DOS or the "respondent")
Richard Ben-Veniste
provide the Commission with an opportunity to inspect and copy the following
Max Cleland documents no later than July 7, 2003 (the "production date"):
Fred F. Fielding
1) Memoranda, reports, and summaries received by the Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
Jamie S. Gorelick any Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretary of Economic and Business Affairs,
Slade Gorton the Assistant Secretary of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, or the
Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the Department, concerning the time period
John Lehman
from 1998 to the present:
Timothy J. Roemer
a) describing or discussing any effort prior to September 20, 2001, to secure
James R. Thompson
cooperation of any foreign government in any effort to analyze, track or disrupt
the activities, including financial activities, of Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda or
Philip D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR related groups;
2) All documents received from the National Security Council (NSC) or the
Executive Office of the President containing strategy or policyguidance on efforts
to analyze, track, or disrupt the financing of terrorist activities or the movement of
money in support of terrorist activities or groups, from 1998 to September 20,
2001, and such documents presently in effect.
a) describing or discussing the cooperation with the United States of any foreign government in
analyzing, tracking or disrupting the activities, including financial activities of Usama bin Laden,
al-Qaeda or related groups (which would, for financial activities, include claims of assets frozen
and statements promising to freeze assets as compared to actual assets frozen);
b) describing or evaluating the efforts of any foreign government in analyzing, tracking or disrupting
the activities, including financial activities, of Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda or related groups; or
c) summarizing lessons learned and progress made since September 11, 2001 in U.S. efforts to
analyze, track, or disrupt the activities, including financial activities, of Usama bin Laden, al-
Qaeda, or related groups.
4) Memoranda, reports, and summaries received by the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, any Under Secretary,
the Assistant Secretary of Economic and Business Affairs, the Assistant Secretary of International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement, or the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the Department, concerning
the time period from 1996 to the present, discussing or describing the means or methods by which Usama
bin Laden, al-Qaeda or related groups raise funds, including, without limitation:
a) any direct or indirect funding of Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda or related groups by any foreign
government (or persons or entities associated or related to any foreign government);
b) the use of informal value transfer systems, such as hawala, for terrorist financing activities or the
movement of money in support of terrorist activities or groups;
c) the use or potential use of commodities, precious metals or stones, and trade-based value transfer
systems for terrorist financing activities or the movement of money in support of terrorist
activities or groups;
d) the use or potential use of charities or other non-governmental organizations to raise funds for
Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda or related groups;
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e) direct or indirect funding of al-Qaeda or related groups by any persons located within the United
States; or
f) the extent to which the financing activities of Usama bin Laden or al-Qaeda are linked or
interrelated to the financing activities of any other Islamic extremist group.
5) All documents, concerning the period from 1998 to September 20, 2001:
c) setting forth, describing or interpreting policies and procedures for cooperation with foreign
governments or multilateral organizations to analyze, track or disrupt the financing activities of
Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, or related groups.
6) Memoranda, reports, summaries and administrative records prepared in connection with the designations
and re-designations, if any, as a "foreign terrorist organization" (FTO) and/or under Executive Order
13129, 13224, or 12947, as applicable, of the following:
a) bin Laden
b) al-Qaeda
c) Taliban
d) Al-Barakaat
e) al-Taqua
f) Al-Harimain Islamic Foundation
g) Global Relief Foundation
h) Benevolence International Foundation
i) Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
j) Asbat al Ansar
k) Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamis Group, IG)
1) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
m) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
n) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
o) Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
p) Al-Jihad (Eqyptian Islamic Jihad)
q) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)
r) Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ) '""
s) Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
7) If not covered in earlier requests, memoranda, reports and summaries concerning efforts by the U.S. to
encourage foreign governments, regional organizations, and multilateral organizations to take action
against the entities listed in Item 6(d) - (h) above.
8) If not covered in earlier requests, memoranda, reports, summaries and communications with foreign
governments, regional organizations, and multilateral organizations in connection with the designations
of Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and related groups as an FTO and/or under Executive Order 13129, 13224,
or 12947, as applicable, and efforts by the U.S. to encourage such foreign governments, regional
organizations, and multi-lateral organizations to take similar actions.
9) Memoranda, reports and summaries discussing or assessing the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist
financing laws, regulations, practices or capabilities of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan,
DOS Document Request No. 1
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Bahrain, Egypt, Pakistan, Yemen, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, from 1998 to September 20, 2001, along with
any general analyses of how the laws or practices have been changed by these countries since the 9/11
attacks. This includes assessments done as part of any training or technical assistance proposals.
10) Memoranda, reports and summaries discussing the consideration or implementation of the FATF Special
Recommendations on Terrorist Financing in the United States and abroad.
11) If not covered in earlier requests, memoranda, reports and summaries received by the Secretary, Deputy
Secretary, any Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretary of Economic and Business Affairs, the Assistant
Secretary of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, or the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the
Department relating to U.N. Security Council resolutions 1373, 1390, and 1455 and preparation of the
U.S. report (and any follow-up thereto) to the Counter-Terrorism Committee required by UNSCR 1373.
12) Memoranda, reports and summaries used in preparing the discussion of terrorist financing in the annual
Patterns of Global Terrorism for the years 1998 - 2002.
13) Documents summarizing or analyzing distinctions between U.S. designations (FTO, EO 13129, EO
13224, and EO 12947) and designations by foreign governments, regional organizations, and multilateral
organizations.
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
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 docunTents 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.
Tom,
The Department received a request from the Commission to copy certain S/CT documents in
the Reading Room. Please see message below.
S/CT will not receive a formal tasker. This email should be considered as an addendum to
Document Request No. 1. S/CT should proceed along the lines of my earlier message. Due:
Wednesday,
July 23.
Original Message
From: Hofmann, Karl W
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:38 PM
To: McCray, I. Jean
Subject: RE: 9-11 commission document request
Original Message
From: jroth@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:jroth@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:23 AM
To: hofmannkw@state.gov; mccrayij©state.gov; team4@9-llcommission.gov;
teaml@9-llcommission.gov; frontoffice@9-llcommission.gov
Subject: 9-11 commission document request
Karl:
Do you have a sense of the status of the remaining of the documents we agreed
to at our June 30 meeting? Thanks.
John Roth
Al Qaida - 1999
Summary of Administrative Record, 99-5, 99-6, 99-7, 99-8, 99-10, 99-11, 99-12,
99-13, 99-14, 99-15, 99-16, 99-17, 99-18, 99-19, 99-20, 99-21, 99-23, 99-24, 99-
25, 99-26, 99-27, 99-28, 99-29, 99-30, 99-31, 99-32, 99-40, 99-41, 99-43, 99-44.
Al Qaida - 2001
Summary of Administrative Record, 01-02, 01-03, 01-05, 01-06, 01-08, 01-09, 01-
10, 01-11, 01-12, 01-13, 01-15, 01-16, 01-17, 01-18
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Sayyaf Group - 1999
ammary of Administrative Record, 99-07, 99-23
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (2003)
Summary of Administrative Record, 01, 06, 10, 13, 14, 15, 20, 27.
j.afist Group ( 2 0 0 2 )
nummary of Administrative Record, 04, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16,