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S/ES 200314929
United States Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20520
www.state.gov
June 11, 2003

RECEIVED
JUN 1 2 ?003
National Commission on
(Unclassified when separated from attachments) Terrorist Attacks
MEMORANDUM FOR MS. BETTY SWOPE

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
SUBJECT: Department of State Documents
In response to the Commission's recent request for documents regarding the

events surrounding September 11 terrorist attacks, I am forwarding for your
review 109 documents.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on 647-5301.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments: One hundred and nine documents with manifest
'-SECKbl —
(Unclassified when separated from attachments)
Drafted by:S/ES-CR:IJMcCray Clearance: P - Michael Hammer (ok)
L - John Schnitker (ok)
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SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
"NODIS Taliban Demarche" and Posts'

Responses
17 January 2003 / Joint Intelligence Committees' 9/11

OfJ Inquiry QFRs
27 August 2002 Joint Inquiry Staff review of the

/ . Intelligence Community's response to
l/Când handling of NSA message
<A 021940ZAPR01, serial: 3/00/7709-01
12 March 2002 Request from Britt Snider to INR on Q

"this most important study"
22 August 2002 September 11: Working together to

Fight the Plague of Global Terrorism
and the Case Against Al-Qa'ida
22 June 2001 Public Announcement of increased risk

j of a terrorist action from extremist
Ir /I
(JkZ-jgroups for American citizens and
n interests abroad
U
1 April 2002 Responses to 13 questions from the
House Joint Inquiry regarding 9/11
8 January 1999 Report of the Accountability Review

/ flLtL' Boards on the Embassy Bombings in
f Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam
13 November 2002 Transcript of Joint Inquiry Committee

Hearing on the Events Leading Up to
the Attack on the United States on
September 11, 2001

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7 June 2002 Lande/Barton memo and classified receipt

•v covering (not including copies of) Report of
Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy
Bombings in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam and
"culpability cable"
30 August 2002 Ford/Hill letter re INK's handling of two

messages from NSA in early April 2001
ndated-given to Terrorism Task Force DS Participation Briefin

17 May 2002 Paper
Undated-given to Rewards for Justice Program Fact Sheet

JIG 17 May 2002
6 May 2002 Daily Press Briefing, Richard Boucher -

questions regarding threats to airlines
April 2002 Lande/Barton memo enclosing Statements for the

Record of ASEC Ryan and Hearing Transcripts
2002 E-mail - Recommendation to JIG Team

03000114
2002 Lande/Barton memo enclosing Editions of
Patterns of Global Terrorism t
May 2002 JIS Meeting Participant Information £>
May 2002 Handwritten contact information ^
• 0E March 2002 Ford/Snider letter re the April 1 deadline
1 April 2002 Ford/Snider letter enclosing responses to 13

questions asked by the Joint Inquiry of
Intelligence Community Agencies
Undated TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE INQUIRY ON THE TIPOFF PROGRAM,
SEPTEMBER 19, 2002, CHRISTOPHER A. KOJM

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1 October 2002 TESTIMONY TO THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE INQUIRY by Ambassador
Francis X. Taylor
3 February 2003 /^Questions for the record in Joint Inquiry's

^VOctober 31 Letter
25 September 200£\Ujteterial Relevant to Your Datasharing Interests

\0riginally prepared for Another Committee f
DHS-related Query
4 March 2003 I JLouestions for the record in Joint Inquiry's

^November 6 Letter
6 November 2002 jv-j Questions for the Record Joint Congressional

V 9/11 Inquiry Responses of the Department o
State
19 September 2 002 I/TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE f)

vVcoMMiTTEE INQUIRY ON THE TIPOFF PROGRAM,
'CHRISTOPHER A. KOJM
19 May 2003 \t Sheet - "Visa Systems Improvements Since

\n I n 1 .. f\ * rt\(\3 written responses
Secretary for Intelligence and Research

Carl Ford to Britt Snider's 2/21 letter
to intelligence community agencies' f)
heads.
Copies of Consular Affairs Bureau

materials including from databases such
as the Consular Lookout and Support
System (CLASS) concerning the nineteen
hijackers. The materials were previously
provided to the SSCI in response to Vice
Chairman Shelby's 11/1/01 document
request. Tranches of documents
previously coordinated with DoJ are held
in SSCI and will be available to the JIC.

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60 classified audit reports by the State

Department Inspector General. [List
attached. Note that State/OIG is
statutorily independent. I am providing
for your convenience the index provided
as a courtesy by the OIG to my office.]
10/12/2001 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on

Technology, Terrorism and Government
Information- Statement for the Record of
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs
Mary Ryan
10/17/2001 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on

Immigration- Statement for the Record of
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs
Mary Ryan
10/12/2001 Hearing Transcript-Senate Judiciary

Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and
Government Information
10/17/2001 Hearing Transcript-Senate Judiciary

Subcommittee on Immigration
10/31/2001 « A Clearing Transcript-House Education and

|YWorkforce Subcommittees on 21st Century Q
^ \s and Select Education
4-CI-007 - Review of Visa Issuing, Phase

I - audit report 0 $00 io&
5-CI-004 - Review of the Nonimmigrant
Visa-Issuing Process, Phase II - audit
V report
5-CI-004A - Review of Visa Issuing, Phase

II - audit report
5-CI-023 - Consular Fraud - audit report

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7-CI-002 - Review of Immigrant Processing

- audit report
K&/)99-CI-28 - Audit of Consular Fraud

[y\ ^Prevention Program - audit report
TERRORISM REPORTS 1980 THROUGH 2002
Review of the Issuance of Visas to the

September 11, 2001 Terrorists
DIG - Intelligence and Law Enforcement

(JL&S Oversight Index-Visa Viper Program
/ (December 2002)
till A /Letter to Senator Graham dated April 21,

(Mr;/ 2003, regarding the Joint Inquiry
•MfcK
I recommendation.
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Sensitive but Unclassified

"Report Numbers and Recommendations"
for Recommendations - visa processing
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Report Number Number Code " Classification Description
Embassy Caracas should revise the work lequirernenls
statement of the immigrant visa officer and foreign national
employees lo make it explicit thai their primary duly is
immigrant visa processing.
H/A Undauilied Embassy Bogota should eslabfish a cross-training program in

Ihe consular section that wiN ensura that at least one junior
officer and at least one foreign national employee assigned to
the nonimmigrant unit .are avaftabte to assist with immigrant
visa processing as needed.
The Department, in coordination with Embassy Dakar and Hi

neighboring posts, should conduct and implement a consular
regional workload study to identity consular functions, in
particular nonimmigrant visa processing, thai could be
fetocaled to Embassy Dakar.
ISP/1-01-04 Embassy Bamako should develop and initiate a post policy lo

require the preparation ol an end-oMour report and updated
standard operating procedures for consular section
management and visa processing, which should be a
. requMement in an officer's post departure checklist. These
procedures should also require an intensive review by the
consular officer's supervisor ol all visa »pp4tcalions during (he
3-month transition period ol the newty arrived consular officer.
Embassy Bamako should institute monthly audits of

nonimmigrant visa processing lees.
Sensitive but Unclassified In preparing as FT 2002 budget request. ATT should secure
Stale Department agreement to transfer base costs for
personnel representing Us interests and lo limit use of visa
processing dees tor consular operations only, with the excess
returned lo Ihc Department.
Sensttrve but Unclassified ATT Taipei should submit fresh justification tor and should
request authorization lo continue collecting and retaining
immigrant visa processing charges.
Sensitive but Unclassified We recommend that the contracting officer require Ihe
American Institute of Tawian. in the future, to submit detail
cost data regarding the use of visa processing fees lo ensure
that all costs are properly included in the indited cost
calculation.
0300011,1, ISP/l-99-12 Unclassified The Department shouM prepare an action pUn to Improve
communications with Ihe INS icgarding laser visa processing.
ISP/V-99-OS Unclassified Embassy Kampala should contract with a local bank lo

assume Ihe (unction o< coftccbng the MS machine*readabte
visa processing lee.
ISPfl-97-41 Unclassified Emb. Mevico City shd leqwwc CG Tijuana lo prepare and
submit a plan lor the renovation of Ihe post's 1st floor
T
noMivnigrani visa piocessing ai«a lo include the
teconfiguration & enlargement of Ihe nonimmigfanl visa
interview aiea and public wailing room.
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Report Number Dumber_ Code Classification Description
ISPft-97-36 22 Unclassified Embassy Abu Dhabi should establish a system ID coifed
machine-readable visa processing lees (orUAE posts through
• bank.
S7-CW09 1 Unclassified We rcmd the Department designate a portion ol the diversity

visa tees lo be used le augment funding the visa fraud
prevention program, including staffing costs a] ap diversity
visa processing posts.
7-CI-002 1 Unclassified We rcmd thart CA identify the skills, tools. I anlUraud

resources required by the immigration visa officers & the FS
Nationals at posts where the immigrant visa processing is
being considered lot consolidation & provide the results to the
Bureau erf Personnel.
Unclassified Emb Ouho shd tran&ler afl nonon"t6at nonifnm*9rant visas to

the consulate general as soon as immigrant visa procession
can be moved to the new immigrant visa unit.
Unclassified The Oepl shd approve Emb Dhaka's request lor an additional
$10.000 lor investigative travel related to visa processing.
Unclassified Embassy Chbtnau should send its FSN consular assistant to

Embusy Bucharest'-for training in immigrant vts» processing,
antrlraud investigations, and American citizen services.
Unclassified THe Dept shd develop a version ot immigrant vi&a automated

computer systems specifically designed (or US1NT Havana's
needs, similar lo the specialized versions used lor dwarsity
visa processing.
ISP/WSS-51 16 Unclassified Emb Montevideo shd prepare a briefing handbook on

nonimmigrant visa processing (or new consular officers.
iSPn-ss-n « Unclassified DOS shld advise National Vtsa Processing Or in Portsmouth.

NH & INS that CG Toronto win no longer process Immigrant
visa petitions approved after 3/1/95. From that date, cases
ready for processing shld be forwarded to CG Montreal
Unclassified Dept shd ext high-ttvel task force lo study and rnak*
recommendations pertaining to use and oversight of visa
processing lees at AJT.
Unclassified Depi shd provide an expert knowledgeable in visa processing

and workflow to assist ATT/Taipei w/design of Us N(V
processing and waiting room areas.
Unclassified Dept shd assign responsibility for all immigrant and

nonimmigrant (except diplomatic & official) visa processing lor
Seychelles trom Emb Victoria to Emb Nairobi.
Unclassified Depi lew Emb Kampala & Nairobi, shd initiate plans to shin
rnrnigrant visa processing (torn Emb Kampala as soon as
post visa frtes can be readied lor the move.
ISPA-94-15 Unclassified Emb Rabat shd trahslet aP visa processing, excepl dip &
• official visas, lo CG Casablanca, upon departure ol current
incumbent of position number 30-3001-050.
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"Report Numbers and Recommendations "
Rcmd
Report Number plumber Code 'Classification Description
Depl shd give high priority lo Emb Addis Ababa lor
instaltaljon of CLASS-connecled automated'visa processing
systems. MRV.PC & IVACS.
Unclassified Depl shd establish a high-level task force ID iludy & make
reeorrmendalioiu pertaining to the Justification, coltecllon.
use. I oversight at visa processing lees at ATT thai art
neither lelumed lo Treasury nor subject lo congressional
ISP/1-93-41 10 Unclassified Oept shd provide hinding lor temp consular assistance on
personal service contracts at Emb Seoul lor retirement ol IV
frici lo the transitional immigrant visa processing center.
ISP/1-93-25 33 Unclassified Emb Meiico City, in conj w/CG T)uana & ARA/EX, & CAJEX
shd promptly complete planning to reduce & reassign
resources currently devoted lo immigrant visa processing at
CG Tfuana.
ISP/VS3-20 334 N/A Unclassified To tnsuie integrity of cash & visa processing Deprations.
Emb Moscow shd req CG SL Petersburg erect barrier lo
pfevent physical access to equipmenl but at same time permit
communication w/public.
EmO Islamabad. CG Lahore. CG Karachi. I CA shd delel

consolidation of immigrant visa processing lor Pakistan at CG
Karachi until adequate space is provided lor conduct ol both
curienl & expanded cons operations.
ISP/1-92-21 3J4 N/A Unclassified Emb Lisbon shd ensure that Cons Ponla Delgada review Its
visa processing procedures & ptepare a visa policy plan as
outlined in 9 FAU Appendh M.
Embassy Tunis should reassess the corrective action plan lor

the vulnerability assessment ol U.S. citizen services and visa
processing lor each question that the post scored below the
acceptable level, and pul lhat pbn into effect
O-8S-J3 11 The Dep should provide written instructions to AIT lo fokow

procedures outlined in ATTAM 1W of May S 1979 regarding
visa processing and postage lees collections.
O-89-33 12 Undassilied The Dep should provide wrinerv guidance to AIT regarding
waiver of the visa processing snf postage lees requirements.
(Action: Stale AIT COR, in coord w CA)
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Noforn-Sensitive But Unclass

for Recommendations - visafees
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Report Number Number Code Classification Description
Unclassified EMBASSY THE HAGUE. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER
THE BANK BEGINS COLLECTING MACHINE-READABLE .
VISA FEES. SHOULD INSTRUCT CONSULATE GENERAL
AMSTERDAM TO INSTITUTE N£W NONIMMIGRANT VISA
PROCEDURES TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF
APPLICANTS WHO MUST APPLY IN PERSON AND TO
FACILITATE THE PASS BACK OF VISAED DOCUMENTS.
Nokxn-Sensltive BiX We recommend that AfTJT, In collaboration with EAP, seek

Unclass written authorization Irom the contracting officer as required
by its contract with Ihe Dept. concerning a) the purposes for
which both the 2/3 and 1/3 visa lees it collects can be spent.
b) how il prans to use the lunds ii has collected and Witt
continue to collect, and c) the mo si appropriate investment
options tor those lunds that it does not plan to use in the
short term.
lSP/l-97-<2 9 Unclassified Emb. Seoul shd request, based on border security concerns,
funding geneiated from machine-readable visa fees lo
establish an American pad-time. inleimitlenL temporary (PIT)
position in its anti-fraud unit lor a period of 12 months lo
oiganize and upgrade the unit's Mes and lo provide office
coverage to a tow additional fold investiga lions.
97-CI-009 .. 1 Unclassified We rcmd the Department designate a portion of (he diversity

visa lees lo be used to augment lunding the visa fraud
prevention program, including staffing costs al all diversity
visa processing posls.
.7-C1-002 Unclassified We rcmd that CA <1) require posts lo collect ad immigrant

vtia lees at once in older to maximize the use of limited
resources and (2) seek a change in the Schedule of Fees lo
combine the two (en into one single lee.
'/J-9606 10 Undusifcd Emb Oslo shd. in coordination wilh U* DepL take necessary
action lo contract (through a competitive bid procedure) with a
local bank to cored «B machine readable visa fees.
ISP/l-96-27 16 Unclassified Emb Quito shd negotiate a contract with a bank thai would
allow the bank lo colted the machine-ieadabte visa tees for
both the embassy and the consulate general.
Unclassified Emb Baku shd propose, and th» Dept shd approve, a revised
visa schedule tor Azert»|an If % is determined thai the
Azerba|an Govt is arbitrarily charging visa fees for at U.S.
citizens in contravention of the present no-fee visa
agreement.
lSPA-95-a Uneta»if>ed Emb Santiago shd find a bank that is willing to accept
machine-readable visa tees according lo the Oeprs guidance
and submit a proposal lo the Dept lor approval.
lSPfl-95-12 6 Unclassified W/ guidance of RCO in rWoscow and the Dept and taking into
consideration mandated tees lor MRV applications, Emb
Ashgabat should immediately initiate talks wilh the
Government of Turkmenistan lo devise a new schedule of
-reciprocal visa lees.
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Notorn-Sensitive But Unclass
"Report Numbers and Recommendations "

for Recommendations - visa fees
•, Rcmd
Report Number Number Code Cliasiflcalion Description
ISP/V95-09 £mb Almaty ICW DOS shW review current visa tees &
procedures ol the GOK legarding American citizens &
prepare a plan to provide reciprocity _
DOS shoutd review the current published visa recipiocity

schedule tor Kyrgyzslan and correct the discrepancies in visa
lees bled in 9 FAM and those actually being charged Dy
EMB BISHKEK.
Embassy shld seek authority (rom DOS to initiate formal talks

wMhe GOU on the question ol establishing a reciprocal
schedule lor visa lees & simplification of documentary
requirements.
Dept shd delay the MRV installation at Emb Taflinn urtil an

Amb a *m place and has had lime to develop a plan UN
containing negative political fallout from th« colteclion ot visa
lees.
Rec FMP. after consuRation wA. promptly notify the Congiess

& the U.S. Treisury that AIR is using coHections from
nonimmigrant visa lees .to finance major portion ol its
operations.
SOR7-94-01 • Rec A/ACO re^ EAP and AIR to explain all ol the
circumstances relating to the assessment of nonimmigrant
visa fees since 19B7 and. in consultation w/L and A/OPE,
determine if their actions were legal & tl so. whether they req
approval by Dept's Proc Exec
Emb Damascus shd review visa lev reciprocity issue &

00 propose. & Dept shd approve, schedule that will bring U.S.
visa fees and validity for Syrian nationals into compliance with
U.S. wgs & Dept policy on visa leciprooTy.
O-88-38 11 Emb Amman, at an appropriately high level. sKd (a) inform

JortJana Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the US taw (Le.. Sec.
2B1 of Irrvnigration & Katwality Ad) regarding the
requirement 1or reciprocity in visa lees,
O-BB-38 12 If th* Gov. of Jordan is unwilling to waive visa tees lor US

cifecfts seeking employment in Jordan under circumstances
comparable to those of Jordanians working in the US on
nonimmigrant H* & "L" visas Emb Amman shd inform the Opt
of the'
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Thomas H. Kean DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 2
CHAIR
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 copies of the following documents no later than July 8,
Max Cleland 2003 (the "production date"):
Fred F. Fielding
1. All materials provided by the State Department to the Joint Inquiry.
Jamie S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton 2. All documents provided by the State Department to the General Accounting Office
in connection with its investigation into the visa process which resulted in the
John Lehman
report: Border Security: Visa Process Should be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism
Timothy J. Roemer Tool, October 2002, GAO-03-132NI.
James R. Thompson
3. Copies of all visa applications (not redacted) and any supporting documents,
including information contained in computer databases, for all the 9/11 hijackers.
Philip D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
4. All memoranda having to do with issuance of visas to the 9/11 hijackers.
5. Documents setting forth policy, procedure, evaluation criteria, and findings for the
Visa Express Program and any other programs expediting visa processing in force
from February 1993 to the present for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, Dubai, and Abu
Dhabi posts.
6. Annual statistical summaries and analyses of visa applications (including for third-
country national applicants), average processing times, categories of visas,
refusals, and reasons for refusals (statutory provisions) for the period from 1995
through 2003 for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi posts.
7. Annual Reports of the Visa Office, and worldwide summary consular packages for
the period 1990-2003.
8. Documents setting forth the State Department's budget requests overall and for
Consular Affairs, Diplomatic Security, and Intelligence and Research (INR), and
the amounts appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the President for
those entities for fiscal years 1998-2004.
9. Documents describing the State Department's Border Security Program for the
period fiscal years 1995-2004, including resources devoted to the program,
clearance processes, and automated consular system support.
TEL (202) 331-4060

FAX (202) 296-5545
www.9-11 commission.gov
DOS Document Request No. 2
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10. Documents memorializing establishment and subsequent fee revisions of the machine readable visa
(MRV) program, MRV fee, and related automation.
11. Memoranda to "7th Floor" principals, for the period 1993 to 2003, discussing policy priorities guidance
with respect to the issuance of visas, generally; the visa waiver policy; or visa and migration issues in
relations with the following countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and Yemen.
12. Documents, including memoranda, cables, and portions of the Foreign Affairs Manual setting forth the
procedures to be followed and the amount and kind of evidence needed to deny a visa on terrorism
grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, from 1998 to 2003.
13. Documents issued since the inception of the Visa Waiver Program at the level of Assistant Secretary or
above setting forth policy and procedures on the implementation of the program and any subsequent
modifications to it.
14. Policy guidance sent to posts after 9/11/01 setting forth changes to visa and refugee policy and procedures
as a result of the events of 9/11/01.
15. All blank visa and refugee application forms used by posts and instructions to the field introduced after
9/11/01.
16. Documents describing efforts by State, alone or on an interagency basis, since 9/11/01, to reassess visas
issued prior to 9/11/01 in order to determine whether any such visas had been issued to terrorist-affiliated
aliens.
17. Documents summarizing training initiatives or briefings for consular officers instituted after 9/11/01 on
counterterrorism, document fraud, and the CLASS system.
18. Documents setting forth policies and procedures implementing the Enhanced Border Security and Visa
Entry Reform Act of 2002.
19. Documents, including telegrams to the field, to and from officials at the level of Assistant Secretary or
above setting forth policy and procedure statements regarding the visa referral program since 1998.
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.
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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.
June 24,2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel
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July 16, 2003 ..

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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. TOM ELDRIDGE

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES
SUBJECT: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the

United States request for Documents (Request for
Documents Request No. 2)
This is in reply to the National Commission on Terrorist

Attacks Upon the United States request for Department of State
documents.
Attached is the first installment of documents responding

to your request. 'Additional installments will be provided as we
complete our search and review of material.
This installment consists of unclassified documents. Please

note, however, that some of the attached information is
protected _from---dis-closure^"rtnder^Sectron 222 ff) of the
', Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1202 (f), and, in
accordance with that law, may only be used for the "formulation,
amendment, administration, or enforcement of the immigration,
'\, or other laws of the United States." Although the
material is not classified in and of itself, its designation as
"Sensitive but Unclassified" requires special handling.
Therefore we request that all these documents be protected from
unauthorized disclosure.
In accordance with the Department of State's standard

practice, we have excised the names of drafting, clearing and
approving officers below the level of Assistant Secretary or
Ambassador, as well as information related to the deliberative
process or other non-responsive information.

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We hope this information is useful to you. As always,

please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further
questions.
KT'M/V^—-—->
Karl Hofmanft
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. State Department documents
2. Incoming Request

Index To
Documents Provided by CA/VO for the 9/11 Commission,
"DOS Document Request No. 2"
June 30, 2003
Item request no. 2; All documents provided by the State

Department to the General Accounting Office in connection with
its investigation into the visa process which resulted in the
report: Border Security: Visa Process Should Be Strengthened as
an Antiterrorism Tool,
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The Visa Office did not provide that are not included elsewhere
in this request. ' (J
Item request no. 3; Copies of all visa applications (not
redacted) and any supporting documents, including
information contained in computer databases, for all the
9/11 hijackers.
Chart listing the 19 hijackers and the 22 visas issued
Consular Consolidated Database record of all visa

applications and issuances, with the Consular Lookout and
Support System (CLASS) namecheck records as seen at the
time of issuance attached
OF-156 Nonimmigrant Visa Applications of 19 of the

applications made
Item request no. 4; All memoranda having to do with issuance of
visas to the 9/11 hijackers. £, tj!jL.. :^/^ L^
Zj^rfrfctto'US--*--*'' ^ If 0
The Visa Office did not provide that are not included elsewhere
in this request.
Item request no. 5; Documents setting forth policy, procedure,
evaluation criteria, and findings for the Visa Express Program
and any other programs expediting visa processing in force from
February 1993 to the present for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, Dubai,
and Abu Dhabi posts.
02 State 138635, "Visa Processing Options" 18 Jul 2002
Abu Dhabi:
01 Abu Dhabi 6659, "Congressional Request for Information

on Visas for September 11 Hijackers - Abu Dhabi and Dubai"
telegram 26 Nov 2001
•V
01 Abu Dhabi 6767, "Embassy Abu Dhabi FY 2001 Consular
Package Narrative" telegram 5 Dec 2001
03 Abu Dhabi 318, "Embassy Abu Dhabi FY 2002 Consular

Package Narrative" telegram 21 Jan 2003
Berlin:
• 97 Bonn 1617, "Requirements of State 191813" telegram

3 Nov 1997
• 98 Bonn 2882, "Nonimmigrant Visa Processing in Mission

Germany; Some New Procedures" 23 March 1998
• "U.S. Mission Germany NIV Processing" briefing paper

Undated, fall 1998
• 99 Bonn 551, "Transfer of Consular Services of Embassy

Bonn" 11 Feb 1999
• 99 Berlin 1347, "Section 214(b) Refusal Procedures"

18 Oct 1999
• 00 Berlin 4874, "Berlin FY-2000 Consular Package Narrative"

5 Dec 2000
Dubai:
• 01 Dubai 1140, "TFUS01: Visa Applications of Suspect in 11

September Attacks" 13 Sep 2001
• 01 Dubai 1572, "Consulate General Dubai's FY 2001 Consular

Package Narrative" telegram 19 Dec 2001
• 02 Dubai 1830, "NIV Processing Survey" telegram 17 Aug 2002

03 Dubai 514, "Consulate General Dubai's FY 2002 Consular
Package Narrative" telegram 5 Feb 2003
Jeddah:
01 Jeddah, "FY 2001 Consular Package Narrative.- Jeddah"

10 Dec 2001
• 03 Jeddah 290, "FY 2002 Consular Package Narrative-Jeddah"

5 Feb 2003
Riyadh:
• 01 Riyadh 2326, "U.S. Visa Express Program Transforms NIV

Scene in Saudi Arabia" 19 Aug 2001,,
• 01 Riyadh 3253, "Effect of September 11 and Aftermath on

Saudi 'Study in the USA'" 23 Oct 2001
• 02 Riyadh 104, "FY 2001 Consular Package Narrative"

_ 9 Jan 2002
^fy* 02 Riyadh 4340, "Request for Guidance on Termination of

,\a Express" 9 Jul 2002
rtU^
_ " 0 2 Riyadh 4606, "Options to Replace/Supplement Visa
Express" 16 Jul 2002
" 02 Riyadh 4784, "Visa Processing in Saudi Arabia"

22 Jul 2002
• 02 Riyadh 5308, "Update on Nonimmigrant Visa Processing in

Saudi Arabia" 6 Aug 2002
• 03 Riyadh 2008, "FY 2003 Consular Package Narrative"

14 Apr 2003
• 02 Jeddah 5690, "NIV Processing Survey" 24 Aug 2002

Item request no. 6; Annual statistical summaries and analyses
of visa applications (including for third-country national
applicants), average processing times, categories of visas,
refusals, and reasons for refusals (statutory provisions) for
the period from 1995 through 2003 for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin,
Dubai, and Abu Dhabi posts.
• Key to nationality codes used on NIV reports
• Reports on refusals/overcomes, nonimmigrant visa issuances

by visa category, and nonimmigrant visa issuances by
country of nationality for Berlin, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai,
and Abu Dhabi, for FY 1995 through March 2003
Item request no. 7; Annual Reports of the Visa Office, and
worldwide summary consular packages for the period 1990-2003
• Copies of the annual Report of the Visa Office for 1990-

2000 (most recent year available)
Item 8: Documents setting forth the State Department's budget requests overall
and for Consular Affairs, Diplomatic Security, and Intelligence and Research (INR),
and the amounts appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the President for
those entities for fiscal years 1998 - 2004.
The following documents represent budget materials presented to Congress for the fiscal
years 1998 through 2004. Each document sets forth the budget request for the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research.
Congressional Presentation Document, budget fiscal year 1998 J

Congressional Presentation Document, budget fiscal year 1999
Congressional Presentation Document, budget fiscal year 200 1 ^ ij $ "
Item request no. 8; Documents setting forth the State
Department's budget requests overall and for Consular Affairs,
Diplomatic Security, and Intelligence and Research (INR), and
the amounts appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the
President for those entities for fiscal years 1998-2004
Item request no. 9; Documents describing the State Department's
Border Security Program for the period fiscal years 1995-2004,
including resources devoted to the program, clearance processes,
and automated consular system support
• Border Security Program - Budget in Brief FY 97 - 04

Item request no. 13; Documents issues since the inception of
the Visa Waiver Program at the level of Assistant Secretary or
above setting forth policy and procedures on the implementation
of the program and any subsequent modifications to it.
CFR Title 22, Ch. 1, part 4--Visas: Documentation on

Nonimmigrants under the Immigration and Nationality Act
9 FAM 41.2 Nil Visa Waiver Program
88 State 301909, "Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Pilot Program - FRG"

telegram to Bonn
15 Sep 1988
94 State 299749, "VWPP: Criteria for Consideration" ALDAC

5 Nov 1994
96 State 223565, "Visa Waiver Pilot Program: Machine Readable

Passports" telegram to VWPP capitals
25 Oct 1996
99 State 210960, "Visa Waiver Pilot Program: Machine Readable

Passports" telegram
9 Nov 1999
00 State 210639, "Changes in Visa Waiver Program" ALDAC

2 Nov 2000
00 State 229052, "Passage of VWP Legislation: Where Do We Go

from Here?" ALDAC
1 Dec 2000
Item request no. 14; Policy guidance sent to posts after
9/11/01 setting forth changes to visa and refugee policy and
procedures as a result of the events of 9/11/01.
• 03 STATE 153587, "SOP NO. 22: REVISION TO VISAS MANTIS

CLEARANCE PROCEDURE" 5 JUN 2003
• 03 STATE 144850, "SOP 20: 30-DAY RULE AND STUDENT AND

EXCHANGE VISITOR VISA PROCESSING" 30 MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 144849, "SOP 19: A-2 VISAS FOR ATA TRAINEES"

30MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 144246, "CSPA ALDAC NO. 3 -- PROCEDURAL

INSTRUCTIONS ON ISSUING IMMIGRANT VISAS TO ALIENS
QUALIFYING FOR AGE-OUT RELIEF UNDER THE CSPA OR SECTION 424
OF THE PATRIOT ACT" 29 MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 139997, "SOP NO. 17: STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR

VISA PROCESSING" 24 MAY 2003
• 03 State 136100, "Border Security - Waiver of Personal

Appearance for Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants - Revision to
the Regulations" 21 May 2003
• 03 STATE 131625, "CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT: ALDAC #4 -

WHAT CONSTITUTES A "FINAL DETERMINATION" ON AN APPLICATION
ADJUDICATED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CSPA"
17 MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 123678, "SOP NO. 15: VISAS AND NON-COMPLIANCE WITH

NATIONAL SECURITY ENTRY EXIT REGISTRATION SYSTEM (NSEERS)"
10 MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 123670, "SOP NO. 14: ELECTRONIC ANNOTATION OF NIV

REFUSALS" 10 MAY 2003
• 03 STATE 100046, "SOP: NO. 11 USE OF VRVK REVOCATION CODE"

18 APR 2003
• 03 STATE 099225, "CONSULAR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES

NUMBER #10: ACCESS TO CONSULAR NAMECHECK SYSTEMS"
17 APR 2003
• 03 STATE 098003, "VISA PROVISIONS IN USA PATRIOT ACT

SERIES: #8" 16 APR 2003
• 03 STATE 074670, "SOP:"STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR VISA

PROCESSING UPDATE" 21 MAR 2003
» 03 STATE 074668, "SOP: SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION
PROCESSING" 21 MAR 2003
• 03 STATE 072804, "SOP: SECTION 113: AVIATION SECURITY BILL

UPDATE: CONSULAR PROCESSING SIMPLIFIED" 19 MAR 2003
• 03 STATE 058041, "SOP: SEVIS PROCESSING UPDATE" 5 MAR 2003
• 03 STATE 055723, "SOP: CASES REQUIRING NON-SECURITY

ADVISORY OPINIONS" 4 MAR 2003
• 03 STATE 040362, "FINAL SEVIS VERIFICATION AND REPORTING

INSTRUCTIONS" 12 FEE 2003
• 03 STATE 031163, "SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION PROCESSING"

4 FEB 2003
• 03 STATE 029840, "VRVK CODE, HEADINGS ON SAOS, MANTIS

DESIGNATION" 1 FEB 2003
• 03 STATE 029504, "CANADIAN LANDED IMMIGRANTS" 1 FEB 2003
• 03 STATE 015049, "CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT: ALDAC #2"

17 JAN 2003
• 03 STATE 011046, "SENDING EAGLE CABLES AND RETRANSMISSION

OF CASES" 14 JAN 2003
• 03 STATE 001452, "SEVIS AND NEW STUDENT AND EXCHANGE

VISITOR FORMS" 3 JAN 2003
• 02 State 265444, "Visa Lookout Accountability (VLA) -

Revised Guidelines and Call for Post Certification"
24 Dec 2002
» 02 STATE 263499, "SPREADSHEETS FOR CONDOR CLEARANCES"

21 DEC 2002
• 02 STATE 259740, "EAGLE CASES--INCLUDE NVC PORTSMOUTH AS

ADDRESEE" 17 DEC 2002
• 02 STATE 259253, "CONDOR CABLES: IDENTIFY STUDENTS AND

REMEMBER THAT HITS SHOULD BE SENT AS DONKEY CONDORS"
17 DEC 2002
• 02 STATE 254093, "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS IN VISA

PROCESSING" 11 DEC 2002
• 02 STATE 252209, "CHANGE IN NAME OF REFUGEE AND ASYLEE SAO

REQUEST CABLES" 9 DEC 2002
02 STATE 245447, "BORDER COMMUTER STUDENT ACT OF 2002"
3 DEC 2002
02 STATE 223629, "PROPER FORMATTING OF VISA CLEARANCE

CABLES" 7 NOV 2002
02 STATE 205630, "TERMINATION OF 20-DAY HOLD PROCEDURE FOR

CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATIONS" 18 OCT 2002
02 STATE 200497, "REQUEST FOR INPUT ON CURRENT OPERATION OF

THE SAO PROCESS" 10 OCT 2002
02 STATE 175386, "ISEAS: FURTHER CLARIFICATION AND

INSTRUCTIONS" 11 SEP 2002
02 STATE 174234, "THE INTERIM STUDENT AND EXCHANGE

AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM" 11 SEP 2002
02 STATE 173089, "AVIATION SECURITY BILL: UPDATE 3"

10 SEP 2002
02 STATE 166063, "POSTS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER 3A AND 3B VISA

REFUSAL CODES IN CLASS" 29 AUG 2002
Item request no. 15; All blank visa and refugee application
forms used by posts and instructions to the field introduced
after 9/11.
• DS-157 Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application form
• 02 State 6020, "A New Form - DS-157, Supplemental

Nonimmigrant Visa Application" ALDAC 11 Jan 2002
• 02 State 7129, "Clarification on the Use of the DS-157"

ALDAC12 Jan 2002
• 02 State 10522, "Further Clarification on the Use of the

DS-157" ALDAC 18 Jan 2002
• 02 State 14667, "The DS-157 and Techro Applicants" ALDAC

25 Jan 2002
" DS-158 Contact Information and Work History for

Nonimmigrant Visa Applicant form
• 02 State 141395, "A New Form - DS-158, Contact Information

and Work History for Nonimmigrant Visa Applicant" ALDAC
24 Jul 2002
Item request no. 18; Documents setting forth policies and
procedures implementing the Enhanced Border Security and Visa
Entry Reform Act of 2002.
• 02 STATE 187180, "BORDER SECURITY ACT -- HOST GOVERNMENT

VIEWS ON USG FINGERPRINTING OF ITS CITIZENS" 26 SEP 2002
Item request no. 19; Documents, including telegrams to the
field, to and from officials at the level of Assistant Secretary
or above setting forth policy and procedure statements regarding
the visa referral program since 1998.
^ • Materials for Ambassadorial Seminar Handbook regarding visa

referral model, including sample referral forms
10 January 1997
&) • 97 State 12774, "Chief of Mission Responsibility for Visa

'*' Referral System" ALDAC 23 Jan 1997
f1 • 97 State 15792, "Visa Referral System Guidance" ALDAC

^ 28 Jan 1997
1 97 Brazzaville 594, "Visa Referral^System Guidance"

telegram 25 Feb 1997
1 97 State 57324, "Visa System Referral System Guidance"

response 28 March 1997
1 99 State 56722, "Chief of Mission Responsibility for Visa

Referral System" ALDAC 29 March 1999
• 99 State 56678, "Visa Referral System Guidance" ALDAC

29 March 1999
, **(c) 99 port au Prince 2442, "HNP Use of NIV's to

Immigrate" 8 Sep 1999
1 00 State 8844, "Chief of Mission Responsibility for Visa

Referral" ALDAC
• 02 State 96111, "New Guidance on Visa Referral Systems"

ALDAC 18 May 2002
• 02 State 100799, "Curbing the Potential for Visa Referral

System Abuse - the Santo Domingo Example" ALDAC
23 May 2002
S/ES 200316281
August I, 2003


This is in further reply to the National Commission on

Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' request for Department
of State documents.
Attached is the second installment of documents in response

to your request. Additional installments will be provided as we
This installment consists of unclassified documents.

Please note that although the material is not classified, some
of it may be "Sensitive But Unclassified" for law enforcement
reasons. Therefore, we request that these documents be
protected from unauthorized disclosure.

please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further"'"
questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
2. Incoming Request

S/ES No.200316281 REV
P U:5h
ACTION MEMORANDUl^^X.-AO ' July 31, 2003
TO: P - Under Secretary Grossman
FROM: CA - Maura HartyrMj-"

United States request for Documents (S/ES No.
200316281/Request No. 2)
Issue for Decision
• Whether to make the attached materials available to the

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United
States.
In a June 24 letter (Tab 1), the National Commission on

Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "Commission")
requested that the Department provide it with documents and
information contained in a 19-item list of subject areas. State
has already shared documents related to item numbers 1-7, 9, 12,
14, 15, 18 and 19 on the Commission's list.
This is the second tranche of documents (Tab 3) that we

propose to make available to the Commission. The attached
documents are primarily responsive to items number 8, 13, and 17
of the Commission's request. This tranche consists of documents
setting forth the Department's bjgdget requests and amounts
appropriated by Congress for fiscal years 1998-2004; documents
issued since the inception of the Visa Waiver Program setting
forth policy and procedure; and documents summarizing training
initiatives or briefings for consular officers instituted after
9/11/01, including several dozen "Intelligence Alert Bulletins"
sent to consular sections. All of it is unclassified.

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CA is continuing its search for items listed in the
attached request. Documents produced by NEA, PRM and S/ES are
currently being reviewed. We will make the next installment
available to the Commission as soon as we have located and

processed additional documents.
The attached memorandum to Tom Eldridge of the Commission

(Tab 1) will accompany the documents. This is similar to the
two previous memorandum^ that you have authorized for
transmittal to the Commission in response to its request.
Although the material is not classified, some of it is

"Sensitive But Unclassified" for law enforcement reasons.
Therefore, we have requested that the Commission protect these
documents from unauthorized disclosure.
In accordance with the Department's standard practice, we

have also excised the names of drafting, clearing and approving
officers below the level of Assistant Secretary or Ambassador,
as well as information related to the deliberative process and
other non-responsive information.
Recommendation
That you approve making the documents at Tab 3 available to

the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United
States.
Approve IpAj Disapprove --*- -
1 AUG 2003
Attachments:
Tab 1 - Memorandum to Mr. Eldridge.
Tab 2 - Incoming Request from the Commission.
Tab 3 - Index of State Department Responses to Items 8, 13 and 17

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WITH DRAFT REPLY FOR SIGNATURE CORRESPONDENCE UNDER COVER OF A
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Thomas H. Kean
CHAIR DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 2
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 copies of the following documents no later than July 8,
Max Cleland 2003 (the "production date"):
Fred F. Fielding
1. All materials provided by the State Department to the Joint Inquiry.
Jamie S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton 2. All documents provided by the State Department to the General Accounting Office
in connection with its investigation into the visa process which resulted in the
John Lehman
report: Border Security: Visa Process Should be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism
' Timothy J. Roemer Tool, October 2002, GAO-03-132NL
James R. Thompson
3. Copies of all visa applications (not redacted) and any supporting documents,
including information contained in computer databases, for all the 9/11 hijackers.
Philip D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
4. All memoranda having to do with issuance of visas to the 9/11 hijackers.
5. Documents setting forth policy, procedure, evaluation criteria, and findings for the
Visa Express Program and any other programs expediting visa processing in force
from February 1993 to the present for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, Dubai, and Abu
Dhabi posts.
6. Annual statistical summaries and analyses of visa applications (including for third-
country national applicants), average processing times, categories of visas,
refusals, and reasons for refusals (statutory provisions) for the period from 1995
through 2003 for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi-posts.
7. Annual Reports of the Visa Office, and worldwide summary consular packages for
the period 1990-2003.
8. Documents setting forth the State Department's budget requests overall and for
Consular Affairs, Diplomatic Security, and Intelligence and Research (INR), and
the amounts appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the President for
those entities for fiscal years 1998-2004.
9. Documents describing the State Department's Border Security Program for the
period fiscal years 1995-2004, including resources devoted to the program,
clearance processes, and automated consular system support.
TEL (202) 331-4060

FAX (202) 296-5545
www.9-11 commission gov
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10. Documents memorializing establishment and subsequent fee revisions of the machine readable visa
(MRV) program, MRV fee, and related automation.
11. Memoranda to "7th Floor" principals, for the period 1993 to 2003, discussing policy priorities guidance
with respect to the issuance of visas, generally; the visa waiver policy; or visa and migration issues in
relations with the following countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and Yemen.
12. Documents, including memoranda, cables, and portions of the Foreign Affairs Manual setting forth the
procedures to be followed and the amount and kind of evidence needed to deny a visa on terrorism
grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, from 1998 to 2003.
13. Documents issued since the inception of the Visa Waiver Program at the level of Assistant Secretary or
above setting forth policy and procedures on the implementation of the program and any subsequent
modifications to it.
14. Policy guidance sent to posts after 9/11/01 setting forth changes to visa and refugee policy and procedures
as a result of the events of 9/11/01.
15. All blank visa and refugee application forms used by posts and instructions to the field introduced after
9/11/01.
16. Documents describing efforts by State, alone or on an interagency basis, since 9/11/01, to reassess visas
issued prior to'9/11/01 in order to determine whether any such visas had been issued to terrorist-affiliated
aliens.
17. Documents summarizing training initiatives or briefings for consular officers instituted after 9/11/01 on
counterterrorism, document fraud, and the CLASS system.
18. Documents setting forth policies and procedures implementing the Enhanced Border Security and Visa
Entry Reform Act of 2002. "°--
19. Documents, including telegrams to the field, to and from officials at the level of Assistant Secretary or
above setting forth policy and procedure statements regarding the visa referral program since 1998.
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.
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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.
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.
June 24, 2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel
flUG.26.2003 ll:09flM
S/ES 200321021
August 21, 2003
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED When Separated from Classified

Attachments



of State documents.
Attached is the third installment of documents responsive

to your request. Additional installments will be provided as we
This installment consists of classified and unclassified

documents. Under Executive Order 12958, the Department of State
may not disseminate classified information outside the Executive
Branch except under conditions that ensure that the information
will be given protection equivalent to that afforded to such
information within the Executive Branch. We ask that only
appropriate cleared members of your staff be granted access to
the material and that it be protected by applying standards at
least as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified
information.
Although some of the material is not classified in and of

itself, its designation as ''Sensitive But Unclassified" requires
special handling. Therefore we request that all of these

documents be protected from unauthorized disclosure.

Attachments
,.2003 ll:89RM NO. 024 P. 8/11

Attachments
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questions.
o-r
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
2, Incoming Request

Attachments
flUG.26.2003 ll:09flM P.9/11
200320787
United States Department of.State
Washington, D,C. 20520

August 22, 2003
SENSITIV2__BUT UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DANIEL MARCUS


United States request for Documents
This is in reply to your letter of August 15, requesting a

list containing the following information: (1) the names of all
Department personnel (current and former) who issued visas to
any of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers; (2) for each official, the
name of the hijacker, classification of the visa, and date of
issuance; (3) the post where each visa was issued; and (4) the
current post and assignment for each official.
s
In your letter, you agree that you "will not publicly
disclose the names of these officers, in its report or
otherwise, without prior agreement by the Department".
The attached document is responsive to your request. We
are providing this information under the terms agreed upon by
the Commission,
Although this material is not classified in and of itself,
its designation as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special
handling. Therefore we request that this information be

NO.024 P.10/11
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questions.
Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachiaents:
2. Incoming Request

botfl*
200320787 -

August 22, 2003


United States request for Documents
This is in reply to your letter of August 15, requesting a

list containing the following information: (1) the names of all
Department personnel (current and former) who issued visas to
any of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers; (2) for each official, the
name of the hijacker, classification of the visa, and date of
issuance; (3) the post where each visa was issued; and (4) the
current post and assignment for each official.
In your letter, you agree that you "will not publicly

disclose the names of these officers, in its report or
otherwise, without prior agreement by the Department".
The attached document is responsive to your request. We

are providing this information under the terms agreed upon by
the Commission.
Although this material is not classified in and of itself,

handling. Therefore we request that this information be

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questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
2. Incoming Request

Document
Date of Request / Agency ID
Item Type Item* Doc# From To Subject Number Location
Response to letter to DOS dated 8/15/03 requesting names of all

Department personnel (current and former) who issued visas to any
08/22/03 RDOS 03004684 Hofmann, Karl Marcus, Daniel of the nineteen hijackers GSA
08/21/03 RDOS 2 03004685 Hofmann, Karl Eldridge, Tom Response to DOS Document Reqyfest No. 2 GSA
undated RDOS 2,4 03004686 Statement from Embassy Berlin GSA
Statement from Berlin; embassy website page; memorandum dated

undated RDOS 2,5 03004687 11/18/02 GSA
undated RDOS 2,5 03004688 Index GSA
Documents from Embassy Riyadh: U.S. Visa Express Program

undated RDOS 2,5 03004688A Agent Manual (Winter 2001 -2002) GSA
Documents from Embassy Riyadh: Memorandums of Understanding

undated RDOS 2,5 03004688B Between Vice Consul and Saudi Travel Agencies GSA
undated RDOS 2,5 03004689 A CLASSIFIED MATERIAL GSA
undated RDOS 2,5 03004689B CLASSIFIED MATERIAL GSA
Updated August 21, 2003

Document
Item Type ltem# Doc# From To Subject Number Location
undated RDOS 2, 10 03004690 Index GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690A Public Notice: Machine Readable Visa Fee GSA
undated RDOS 2, 10 03004690B Federal Register Notice dated May 16, 1994 GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690C Federal Register Notice dated May 19, 1994 GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690D Federal Register Notice dated December 1, 1997 GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690E Federal Register Notice dated March 28, 2002 GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690F Federal Register Notice dated May 16, 2002 GSA
undated RDOS 2,10 03004690G Federal Register Notice dated October 9, 2002 GSA
undated RDOS 2, 13 03004691 Index GSA
01 State 21 81 1 3, Mandatory use of MrP's for Visa Waiver Travel 20

undated RDOS 2,13 03004691 A Dec 2001 GSA

Document
Item Type Item # Doc# From To Subject Number Location
02 State 187180, Border Security Act -- Host Government Views on

undated RDOS 2,13 03004691 B USG Fingerprinting of Its Citizens 26 Sep 2002 GSA
03 State 160834, Machine-Readable Passport Required for all visa

undated RDOS 2, 13 03004691 C Waiver Travelers Beginning October 1 , 2003 1 2 Jun 2003 GSA
03 State 161093, October 1 , 2003, Deadline for Machine-Readable

undated RDOS 2.13 03004691 D Passports in Countries Participating in the Visa Waiver Program GSA
undated RDOS 2,19 03004692A CLASSIFIED MATERIAL GSA

S/S 20031628
AU9USt 28' 2003
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED /\ A tO

GENERAL COUNSEL


of State documents.
Attached is the fourth installment of documents responsive

to your request No. 2. This material relates to question No. 14.
Additional installments will be provided as we complete our search
and review of material.
Although the material is not classified in and of itself,

handling. Therefore, we request that all of these documents be

questions.
/
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. Incoming Request

Document
Date Date of Request / Agency ID
Logged Item Type ltem# Doc# From To Subject Number Location
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
09/02/03 08/28/03 RDOS 2 03005561 Hofmann, Karl Marcus, Daniel request for documents (request for document request No. 5) GSA
09/02/03 RDOS 2,14 03005561 A Index: Program Announcements from PRM GSA
09/02/03 11/20/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005562 USRP Policy on Resettling Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM)s GSA
09/02/03 11/25/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005563 AOR's for Angola and Sierra Leone: Filing Deadline GSA
09/02/03 1 1/25/02 RDOS 2,14 03005564 Form I-688B: Employment Authorization Cards (EACs) GSA
09/02/03 01/23/03 RDOS 2,14 03005565 Guidelines for Requesting and Processing Expedited Assurances GSA
09/02/03 12/18/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005566 Procedures for handling RVU cases GSA
09/02/03 12/05/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005567 Processing of USRP applicants in Cote d'lvoire GSA
09/02/03 12/19/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005568 3rocedures for handling remaining AOR backlog issues GSA
Program Announcement memo, "Consular Officers Informed of
09/02/03 02/27/03 RDOS 2, 14 03005569 Change in Travel Packets with WRAPS GSA
Updated Augu»* 30, 2003
9r
Document
Logged Item Type ltem# Doc# From To Subject Number Location
09/02/03 02/28/03 RDOS 2,14 03005570 SAOs and Prescreening Earlier GSA
09/02/03 04/21/03 RDOS 2,14 03005571 FY 01 and FY 02 Posts - INS RAVU cases GSA
09/02/03 05/22/03 RDOS 2, 14 03005572 SOP for DNA processing in refugee cases GSA
09/02/03 12/05/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005573 Affiliate and Suboffice closing procedures GSA
09/02/03 RDOS 2,14 03005574 Index: Cables from PRM GSA
09/02/03 05/07/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005575 02 State 86409 Refugee Processing: Embassy Referrals ALDAC GSA
02 State 58983 Instructions for Processing Visa 93 Caes (following
09/02/03 03/28/02 RDOS 2,14 03005576 to join refugees) ALDAC GSA
02 State 207978 Presidential Determination for FY 2003 refugee
09/02/03 10/22/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005577 admissions ALDAC GSA
03 State 15910 Fingerprinting refugees in accordance with
09/02/03 01/17/03 RDOS 2, 14 03005578 guidelines for processing NCIC hits telegram to Amman GSA
03 State 1 5670 Fingerprinting refugees in accordance with
09/02/03 01/17/03 RDOS 2,14 03005579 guidelines for processing NCIC hits telegram to Amman GSA
Updated Augur* ^0, 2003
Document
Logged Item Type Item* Doc# From To Subject Number Location
02 State 101769 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Data in
09/02/03 05/24/02 RDOS 2,14 03005580 CLASS: Processing NIV Cases with NCIC hits telegram GSA
02 State 163964 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) data in
CLASS: Revised Guidance: Processing NIV cases with NCIC hits
09/02/03 08/27/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005581 telegram GSA
02 State 232906 Visa 93 Security Advisory Opinion Requests
09/02/03 11/16/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005582 ALDAC GSA
01 State 202316 Presidential Determination for FY 2002 Refugee
09/02/03 1 1/23/01 RDOS 2,14 03005583 Admissions ALDAC GSA
01 State 202328 New Security Procedures Required for Refugee
09/02/03 1 1/23/01 RDOS 2,14 03005584 Processing ALDAC GSA
02 State 43737 FY 2002 Refugee Admissions Processing
09/02/03 03/06/02 RDOS 2,14 03005585 Guidelines ALDAC GSA
03 State 55583 Fingerprinting Visa 93 Cases in Accordance with
09/02/03 03/03/03 RDOS 2,14 03005586 Guidelines for Processing NCIC Hits ALDAC GSA
02 State 59104 Deferred Travel for SAO Approved Refugee Cases
09/02/03 03/28/02 RDOS 2,14 03005587 telegram GSA
02 State 66362 Refugee Processing and Consular Section
09/02/03 04/23/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005588 Assistance telegram to Accra GSA
02 State 68395 Rescinding Travel Deferral of SAO Approved Visa
09/02/03 04/10/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005589 92, Visa 93, Visa 1 1 and Refugee Cases ALDAC GSA
Updated AugL'r* 30, 2003
|
Document
Logged Item Type Item* DOC# From To Subject Number Location
02 State 1 67385 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Data in
CLASS: Revised Guidance: A-1 , A-2, G-1 through G-4, NATO-1
09/02/03 08/30/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005590 through NATO-6 Applicants ALDAC GSA
02 State 63440 Deferred Travel for SAO Approved Visa 92, Visa 93,
09/02/03 04/04/02 RDOS 2,14 03005591 and Refugee Cases ALDAC GSA
09/02/03 10/25/02 RDOS 2, 14 03005592 02 State 21 1 880 Worldwide Priority System for FY 2003 ALDAC GSA
Updated Augy** ^0, 2003
t
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August 2 9 , 2003
(UNCLASSIFIED When Separated from Attachments]
MEMORANDUM FOR DANIEL MARCUS

GENERAL COUNSEL

United States Request for Documents (Request for
This is in response to the National Commission on Terrorist

Attacks Upon the United States' request for Department of State
documents.
Attached is the fifth installment of documents in response to

the Commission's request No. 2, specifically item numbers 7, 11,
14, 17 and 18. This installment consists of the following:
memoranda to "7th Floor" principals discussing policy priorities
with respect to the issuance of visas; summaries of consular
packages; policy guidance sent to posts after 9/11/01 setting
forth changes to visa and refugee policy and procedures as a
result of the events of 9/11/01; and documents summarizing
briefings for consular officers instituted after 9/11/01 on
counter-terrorism, document fraud, and the CLASS system.
Additional installments will be provided as we complete our

search and review of materials. •-**• -
Under Executive Order 12958, the Department of State may
not disseminate classified information outside the Executive
appropriate cleared members of staff be granted access to the
material and that it be protected by applying standards at least
as stringent as E.G. 12958 on the handling of classified
information.
Although some material is not classified, the designation

"Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special handling.
[UNCLASSIFIED When Separated from Attachments]

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Therefore, we request that all these documents be protected from
unauthorized disclosure.

questions.
Karl Hofm^rnn
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
Tab 1 - Documents Responsive to Document Request No. 2,
Questions 7, 11, 14, 17 and 18
Tab 2 - Incoming Request
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09/03/03 08/29/03 RDOS 3005602 Hofmann, Karl Marcus, Daniel Response to DOS Document Request No. 2 GSA
Index of documents in response to Document Request No.

09/03/03 undated RDOS 2,7 3005603 2, Item 7 GSA
09/03/03 02/25/03 RDOS 2,7 3005603A 03 Beirut 556 FY 2002 Consular Package Narrative GSA
09/03/03 04/14/03 RDOS 2,7 3005604 03 Riyadh 2008 FY 2002 Consular Package Narrative GSA
j Index of documents in response to Document Request No.

09/03/03 RDOS | 2,11 3005605 2, Item 11 GSA
NSEERS/Visas Condor: Improving State-DOJ-DHS Policy

09/03/03 01/21/03 RDOS 2, 11 3005605A Coordination GSA
09/03/03 01/09/03 RDOS 2,11 3005606 NSEERS Final Domestic Tranche and Deadline Extension GSA
09/03/03 12/08/02 RDOS 2, 11 3005607 NSEERS Fax from Attorney General GSA
09/03/03 12/18/02 RDOS 2, 11 3005608 NSEERS Domestic Phase Group 3 Difficulties GSA
I
09/03/03 12/12/02 RDOS 2,11 3005609 Indonesia and Revisions to Visas Condor GSA
- - - - - -
09/03/03 11/19/02 RDOS 2,11 3005610 Lunch with DAG Thompson GSA
09/03/03 11/15/02 RDOS 2, 11 3005611 NSEERS Domestic Phase Implementation GSA
09/03/03 11/01/02 RDOS 2,11 3005612 GSA
Letter to DOJ re State's Recommendations for Roll-out of

09/03/03 10/30/02 RDOS 2, 11 3005613 Domestic Phase of NSEERS GSA
09/03/03 09/11/02 RDOS 2, 11 3005614 Indonesia and Revisions to Visas Condor Criteria GSA
Visas Condor: State-Justice Gap on Adding Criteria

09/03/03 08/01/02 RDOS 2,11 3005615 Countries GSA
09/03/03 07/27/02 RDOS 2,11 3005616 Your Telephone Call with DAG Thompson GSA
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09/03/03 05/21/02 RDOS 2,11 3005617 Interagency Meeting on Visas Condor GSA
Meeting with the President on DOJ's Alien Registration

09/03/03 05/01/02 RDOS 2,11 3005618 Pilot Initiative GSA

02 State 43737 FY 2002 Refugee Admissions Processing

09/03/03 03/06/02 RDOS 2, 14 3005619A Guidelines GSA
03 Rangoon 305 Questions on Following-To-Join Asylum

09/03/03 03/07/03 RDOS 2,14 3005620 Processing in Rangoon GSA
03 Damascus 3046 Embassy Damascus' Experience with

09/03/03 06/12/03 RDOS 2,14 3005621 a 100 PCT Visa Interview Policy GSA
( C) 01 State 19355 Interim Special Clearance Procedures

09/03/03 11/10/01 RDOS 2, 14 | 3005622 for Certain Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants GSA
09/03/03 11/02/01 RDOS 2,14 3005623 ( C) 01 Asuncion 1503, Security Advisory Opinion Reqeust GSA
( C) 02 State 173747 Missile Technology Control Regime

(MTCR): US Paper on Visas and Intangible Technology
09/03/03 09/10/02 RDOS 2,14 3005624 Transfers GSA
(C) 02 Madrid 3017 Survey of Non-Immigrant Visa

09/03/03 08/28/02 RDOS 2, 14 3005625 Issuance Policies - Madrid, Spain GSA
I
( C) 02 Santo Domingo 3188 Survey of Non-Immigrant

09/03/03 08/27/02 RDOS 2, 14 3005626 Visa Issuance Policies S GSA
i
i
( C) 02 Montreal 1033 Survey of Non-Immigrant Visa
09/03/03 08/20/02 RDOS 2,14 3005627 Issuance Policies S GSA
01 State 109933 Summary of Special Processing

09/03/03 06/23/01 RDOS 2, 14 3005628 Requirements GSA
00 State 109673 Summary of Special Processing

09/03/03 06/09/00 RDOS 2,14 3005629 Requirements GSA
00 State 102840 S0001301 Processing Politically

09/03/03 05/31/00 RDOS 2,14 3005630 Sensitive Visa GSA
00 State 13163 Chechen Parliamentarian Requests

09/03/03 01/24/00 RDOS 2, 14 3005631 Meeting in Paris and US Visa GSA
09/03/03 11/03/99 RDOS 2, 14 3005632 99 State 207656 Processing Crew List Visas GSA
99 State 25434 Summary of Recent Changes to Special

09/03/03 02/10/99 RDOS 2, 14 3005633 Processing Requirements GSA
98 Belfast 0079 Visa Exclusion Waiver Policy - Belfast

09/03/03 02/23/98 RDOS 2,14 3005634 Information on Sinn Fein Applicants j GSA

09/03/03 10/07/02 RDOS 2,17 3005635A 02 State 196705 NEA Press Guidance GSA
09/03/03 11/21/97 RDOS ! 2,17 3005636 97 State 220546 Fraud Digest, Number 97-9 GSA
| Index of documents in response to Document Request No.

09/03/03 08/02/02 RDOS 2,18 3005637A 02 State 148484 WHA Guidance GSA
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September 3, 2003
UNCLASSIFIED when separated from attachments

GENERAL COUNSEL

United States Request for Documents Request No. 2

documents.
Attached is the sixth installment of documents in response

to the Commission's Request No. 2, specifically items number 2-
5, 11-14, 16 and 18.. This installment consists primarily of
cables and memoranda.

Branch except under conditions that ensure that afforded to such
as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified^
information.

as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special handling.
Therefore we request that all of these documents be protected
from unauthorized disclosure.
SECRET
2
questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. Documents Responsive to Request No. 2, specifically
questions number 2-5, 11-14, 16 and 18.
2. Incoming request.
•SECRET"
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September 4, 2003

GENERAL COUNSEL


documents.
At the Commission's request, we are sending copies of the

cables previously provided to the Commission in response to
Request No. 2, question 13, because drafting and clearing
information had been excised. The attached cables are complete
and not redacted.

material and that it be protected by applying standards'" at least
as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified
information.
Although some material is not classified, the

designation as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special
handling. Therefore we request that all of these documents be
lUblillA-L/NOFOW
questions.
rîkA^ •
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. 17 Documents Responsive to Request No. 2,
Question Number 13.
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September 5, 2003

'". . . - -
GENERAL COUNSEL


documents.
Attached is the seventh installment of documents in

response to the Commission's Request No. 2, specifically answers
to questions number 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17 and 18. This installment
consists of 86 documents, including cables, memoranda, and
certain sections of the FAM. Additional installments will be
provided as we complete our search and review of materials.

appropriate cleared members of staff be granted access "to the
information.
Although some material is not classified, the

designation as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special
handling. Therefore we request that all of these documents be
'-SECRCT/NOFORN
questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
1. 86 Documents Responsive to Request No. 2,
Questions Number 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17 and 18

9/11 Commission Document Request No. 2
3. All memoranda having to do with issuance of visas to the

9/11 hijackers.
1. Secret memorandum #200120265

2. Packet of data on 9/11 hijackers, including bio
information spreadsheet, Consular Consolidated Database
records, and copies of visa applications.
WITHDRAWAL NOTICE
Series: Team 5 Files
Folder: Copies of Document Requests and Response Letters from Agencies,

File 1 (1 of 3)
Date: n.d.
Pages: 11
Description: Index of Documents to the 9/11 Commission from the

Department of State, Case No. S200300004
Reason for withdrawal: classification review pending
Box 24
Withdrawn by: K.M., 01/12/2009

DC OCUMENT REQUEST NO. 2
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1. All materials provided by the State Department to the Joint Good (8/22) We believe we have received all
Inquiry. Complete (8127 MES) these materials
2. All documents provided by the State Department to the Unclear(8/22) State has responded that they are
General Accounting Office in connection with its No idea what these docs are providing nothing under this
investigation into the visa process which resulted in the and under which other question because they provide all
report: Border Security: Visa Process Should be requests we could locate these documents pursuant to other
Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool, October 2002, (8/27 MES) requests, but we believe there are
GAO-03-132NI responsive documents we have not
yet received pursuant to any
request. (8/22)
3. Copies of all visa applications (not redacted) and any Good, but the documents State should provide us with
supporting documents, including information contained in are redacted(8/22) unredacted documents. (8/22)
computer databases, for all the 9/1 1 hijackers+ No longer necessary due to receiving
info on officers.
4. All memoranda having to do with issuance of visas to the Unclear(8/22) State says there are none not
9/11 hijackers. Unable to determine provided elsewhere, but we are
whether included in JI skeptical (8/22)
material
5. Documents setting forth policy, procedure, evaluation Okay(8/22) We have only received cables
criteria, and findings for the Visa Express Program and any AH corres. Redacted and beginning in August 2001. We
other programs expediting visa processing in force from recent believe there must be earlier cables
February 1993 to the present for Riyadh, Jeddah, Berlin, seeking approval for this program.
Dubai, and Abu Dhabi posts (8/22)
6. Annual statistical summaries and analyses of visa Good(8/22) These documents are at K street.
applications (including for third-country national VO Reports through 2000 - We should get a copy for GSA.
applicants), average processing times, categories of visas, will we get other info? By (8/22)
refusals, and reasons for refusals (statutory provisions) for some other means? (8/27
the period from 1995 through 2003 for Riyadh, Jeddah, MES)
Berlin, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi posts
7. Annual Reports of the Visa Office, and worldwide Good(8/22) We have these at GSA(8/22)
summary consular packages for the period 1990-2003
8. Documents setting forth the State Department's budget Good(8/22) They produced both budget
requests overall and for Consular Affairs, Diplomatic documents and charts summarizing
*n V ___
6.
isiiijs&yL^^
Security, and Intelligence and Research (INR), and the the data. (8/22)
amounts appropriated by Congress and signed into law by
the President for those entities for fiscal years 1998-2004
9. Documents describing the State Department's Border Good(8/22) See above. (8/22)
Security Program for the period fiscal years 1995-2004, Completed (8/27 MES)
including resources devoted to the program, clearance
processes, and automated consular system support.
10. Documents memorializing establishment and subsequent Poor(8/22) JWe have received no documents.
fee revisions of the machine readable visa (MRV) 1(8/22)
program, MRV fee, and related automation We have received Fed. Reg. notices
but no memo (8/27 MES).
11. Memoranda to "7th Floor" principals, for the period 1993 Poor(8/22) We have received no documents.
to 2003, discussing policy priorities guidance with respect This was one of the Key Overdue
to the issuance of visas, generally; the visa waiver policy; Documents ^categories listed in our
or visa and migration issues in relations with the following update for August 22, 2003-1 (8/22)
countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, In Marcus' Aug 26 memo to DOS
Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen (8/27 MES)
12. Documents, including memoranda, cables, and portions of Poor(8/22) We have received no documents.
the Foreign Affairs Manual setting forth the procedures to (8/22)
be followed and the amount and kind of evidence needed
to deny a visa on terrorism grounds under the Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, from 1998 to 2003
13. Documents issued since the inception of the Visa Waiver Okay(8/22) We have received only redacted
Program at the level of Assistant Secretary or above setting cables and no linternall
forth policy and procedures on the implementation of the memoranda. (8/22) (8/27 MES)
program and any subsequent modifications to it.
14. Policy guidance sent to posts after 9/11/01 setting forth Okay(8/22) We have received only cables (all
changes to visa and refugee policy and procedures as a Redacted cables (827 MES) redacted) and no internal
result of the events of 9/1 1/01 memoranda. (8/22) (8/27 MES)
15. All blank visa and refugee application forms used by posts Good(8/22) We have the forms and guidance.
and instructions to the field introduced after 9/11/01 Only Visa (8/27 MES) (8/22)
16. Documents describing efforts by State, alone or on an Poor(8/22) We have received no documents.
interagency basis, since 9/1 1/01, to reassess visas issued Nothing (8/27 MES) (8/22)
prior to 9/1 1/01 in order to determine whether any such
visas had been issued to terrorist-affiliated aliens
17. Documents summarizing training initiatives or briefings Good(8/22) We received many documents on
for consular officers instituted after 9/11/01 on Complete (8/27 MES) this topic. (8/22)
counterterrorism, document fraud, and the CLASS system
18. Documents setting forth policies and procedures Unclear(8/22) We have received only one cable on
implementing the Enhanced Border Security and Visa this topic. (8/22)
Entry Reform Act of 2002 1 cable; no memos; cable redacted
(8/27 MES)
19. Documents, including telegrams to the field, to and from Okay(8/22) We received cables only, and no
officials at the level of Assistant Secretary or above setting internal memoranda(8/22)
forth policy and procedure statements regarding the visa Redacted cable only thru 2002;
referral program since 1998 nothing from FAM nor
Handbook
200322804

September 15, 2003
(UNCLASSIFIED when separated from classified attachments)

GENERAL COUNSEL

This is in further response to the National Commission on

Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' second request for
Department of State documents.
Attached is the eighth installment of documents in response

to the Commission's Request No. 2, specifically answers to
questions number 1, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16.
This installment consists of 68 classified and unclassified

documents, primarily cables and memoranda. Additional
installments will be provided as we complete our search and
review of materials.

as stringent as E.G. 12958 on the handling of classified
information.

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questions.
<u
L-t-'f
<IK^———
Karl HofAjann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
2. Documents Responsive to Request No. 2,
Items Number 1, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16.

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GENERAL COUNSEL

United States Request for Documents (Request for
Documents No. 2)

Attacks Upon the United States' second request for Department of
State documents.
To the best of our knowledge, we have completed our search

and review of documents in response to the Commission's second
request. Attached is the tenth and likely final installment of
materials in response to this request. The attached documents
are specifically responsive to items 3-6, 14 and 17. This
installment consists of 174 classified and unclassified
documents.

information.
Additionally, some of the material in this installment

contains information that is protected from disclosure under
Section 222 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.
1202(f), and, in accordance with that law, may only be used for
the "formulation, amendment, administration, or enforcement of
the immigration, nationality, or other laws of the United
SEGRET/NOFQRN
2
States." Therefore, we request that the Commission protect all

of the attached documents from unauthorized disclosure.

Therefore, we request that all of these documents be protected
from unauthorized disclosure as well.

questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
Tab 1 - Incoming Request
Tab 2 - Documents Responsive to Request No. 2,

Items 3-6, 14 and 17.

DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 4
Thomas H. Kean
CHAIR
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
"Commission") requests that the U.S. Department of State (DOS or the
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents no
Richard Ben-Veniste later than August 8, 2003 (the "production date"):
Max Cleland 1. State OIG Investigations.
Fred F. Fielding a. Documents created and collected pursuant to the State OIG
investigation of the issuance of visas to the nineteen September 11 hijackers
Jamie S. Gorelick
in response to a request from Rep. Frank Wolf (OIG Review ofNIV
Slade Gorton Issuance Policy and Procedures Memorandum, ISP-I-03-26, December
2002, and Review of the Issuance of Visas, ISP-CA-03-27, March 2003),
John Lehman
including: interview notes and reports; documents collected at posts and at
Timothy J. Roemer the State Department facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on
visa policies and procedures; the list of questions asked of the consular
James R. Thompson
officers; and congressional correspondence relating to the report.
Philip D. Zelikow b. Documents created and collected pursuant to the State OIG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
investigation of the issuance of visas to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (OIG
Review of the Visa-Issuing Process Phase I: Circumstances Surrounding
the Issuance of Visas to Sheik Omar AH Ahmed Abdel Rahman 4-CI-007
March 1994), including: interview notes and reports; documents collected at
posts, at the State Department facilities in the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area, and from other agencies, and congressional
correspondence relating to the report.
c. Compliance Reports prepared in connection with OIG reviews of the
issuance of non-immigrant visas for the period from 1994 through 2003.
d. Inspector General semi-annual reports to Congress for the period
from 1994 through 2003.
2. State - White House Border Policy in Response to September 11.

Regarding border security, border policy and controls, border security
arrangements with Mexico and Canada, passport, visa, and refugee security
reviews and clearance matters arising out of the events of September 11, 2001:
a. State Department records of meetings held in the White House from
September 11 through September 20, 2001, attended by State Department
officials, to discuss immigration and border security issues arising out of the
September 11 attacks, and a list of Departmental personnel who attended
those meetings and were responsible for follow-up to those meetings;
b. State Department records describing the current policies concerning
those matters raised in these White House meetings; and
c. Communications from the Secretary of State to the President or the
National Security Adviser or the heads of the Office of Homeland Security
or the Homeland Security Council, discussing proposed and implemented
TEL (202) 331-4060
FAX (202) 296-5545
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measures concerning these matters, from September 11, 2001 through September 20, 2001.
3. State Department Consular Reference Materials.

a. Best Practices Handbook. A copy of the State Department's Best Practices
Handbook, 2000 edition, including subsequent updates;
b. Consular Management Handbook, 2000 edition, including subsequent updates;
c. Appendix A (Classified) to the Visa FAM, 2000 edition, including subsequent
updates;
d. Standard Operating Procedures. SOP's concerning clearances, security advisory
opinions, and terrorism-related determinations included in cables to posts, from
1998 through 2003; and
e. INS Forms. Guidance to posts concerning how to make use in the visa process of
INS routine reports on aliens who have changed status or have been found to be
inadmissible aliens at ports of entry, from 1998 through 2003.
4. Policy memoranda. Policy memoranda concerning border security matters (visas,

passports, related arrangements with Canada and Mexico, migration, refugee/asylee
issues) relating to terrorism and alien smuggling, including follow-up to PDD-39, PDD-
62, and HSPD-2, from the Secretary of State or the Deputy Secretary of State to Assistant
Secretaries of State (a) from 1993 through September 20, 2001, and (b) sufficient to show
current policies and proposed policies under consideration.
5. Secretary of State - Justice/Homeland Security. Documents, including legal analyses,

sufficient to describe the allocation of authority over visas and visa security advisory
opinions among the Secretary of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and the
Department of Justice (a) on September 11, 2001, and (b) currently.
6. Intelligence Community. Policy correspondence concerning intelligence, information

sharing, and visa security clearances relating to terrorism, alien smuggling, travel
document fraud, and border security and controls, from 1995 to the present:
a. from the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, or any Under Secretary
to counterparts at: the Department of Defense and its intelligence agencies; the
Director of Central Intelligence and the CIA; the Department of Justice and its
agencies; the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies; and the
Department of the Treasury and its agencies; and
b. from the Assistant Secretaries of INR, CA, and INL, and the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism (S/CT), to counterparts at the CIA, the Department of Defense
and its agencies, the Department of Justice and its agencies, the Department of the
Treasury and its agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security and its
agencies.
7. Congress. An index or indices of correspondence to or from Members of Congress

concerning border security and control in relation to terrorist entry, alien smuggling, or
travel document fraud (excluding correspondence exclusively about individual cases),
from 1995 to the present:
a. signed by the Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of State, or any Under Secretary;
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b. signed by the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; or

c. signed by the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs.
8. Congressionally Required Reports.

a. A list of reports prepared for Congress that are required by statutes, or by
conference or committee reports, addressing border security or control matters
(including visas and passports, and handling of refugees/asylees) that relate to
terrorist entry, alien smuggling, and travel document fraud (classified and
unclassified), from 1995 to the present; and
b. Copies of the congressionally required reports concerning denials of visas on
terrorism/security grounds, including any classified supplements with
individualized information.
9. Analyses. Legal analyses prepared at the State Department concerning: authority and
standards for watchlisting individuals associated with terrorism; authority to gain
cooperation from intelligence and law enforcement agencies on watchlist information;
interagency sharing of watchlist information; harmonization of U.S. and Canadian visa
and/or entry requirements; the use of U.S. passports to enter the U.S. from Mexico and/or
Canada; and standards for revoking of visas, from 1993 through 2003.
10. Refugee/Asylee Security Review Process. Documents sufficient to describe:

a. the security review and clearance process for asylees and refugees from 1998
through September 11, 2001;
b. new security requirements in the immigration process for refugees and asylees
imposed since September 11, 2001;
c. the number of asylee and refugee applicants and the number who have been barred
on terrorist-related grounds from 2000 to the present; and
d. the number of asylee and refugee applicants for whom security reviews are
currently pending.
11. Watchlists. Agreements among DOS and other government agencies regarding
information sharing on terrorist watchlists, from 1991 through 2003.
12. Alien Smuggling. Intelligence assessments prepared by INR that linked alien
smuggling, migration, or transnational refugee and asylee movements with terrorists,
13. TIPOFF. The following information on the TEPOFF program:

a. the number of entries in TIPOFF by year, from its inception as a computerized
system to the present, with 6 month total numbers for 2001, 2002, and 2003;
b. the total number of entries submitted by source agency, by year, from 1998 to the
present;
^ c. the total number of true hits (matches of visa applicants and watchlisted
individuals) identified for years 1993 through 2003, the number of visas denied
based on these matches, and the reasons for these denials; and
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d. the TIPOFF entries (names, aliases, date of birth, place of birth, passport number,
passport country) for all TIPOFF true hits for Islamic extremist terrorists generally,
and al Qa'ida specifically, from 1993 to the present, indicating those to whom visas
were issued or denied, or issued through a waiver of ineligibility, and the post of
application.
14. Supplemental clearances.

a. documents (classified and unclassified) stating the legal authority, requirements and
procedures for the supplemental visa clearance processes (a) for males of specified
countries and age groups, instituted after September 11, 2001, and (b) for sensitive
technology-related visas;
b. the number of clearances sought through each process to date;
c. the number of individuals found ineligible or to whom a visa was denied through
each process, who were not already listed in TIPOFF, by agency providing the
clearance or derogatory information;
d. for those denied, the names, aliases, dates of birth, countries of origin and
nationality, passport number, visa classification, date and place of issue, and the
reasons for the denials, with an indication of which clearance process resulted in the
bar and/or whether a waiver of ineligibility was sought or obtained; and
e. memoranda reporting on the evaluation and associated recommendations
concerning the supplemental visa security review process instituted after September
11, 2001, and still in effect.
15. ICAO. Documents sufficient to describe the U.S. government position on machine-
readable travel documents and biometrics, associated with ICAO meetings, from 1998 to
the present.
16. G-8. Documents sufficient to describe U.S. positions concerning border security or
control issues (visas, passports, biometrics, migration, refugees/asylees, alien smuggling,
travel document fraud) at the G-8 meetings, from 1998 through 2003.
17. IOM. Documents sufficient to describe U.S. positions on any discussions in the
International Organization for Migration concerning terrorist mobility, from 1998
through 2003.
18. Diversity Program. Any memoranda or telegrams concerning the relationship between
fraud or other vulnerabilities in the Diversity Program and terrorist entry to the U.S.,
from 1998 to the present.
19. Foreign Government Visa Policies. Any analyses of foreign government visa policies
and their impact on terrorist mobility, e.g., Malaysia's policy of admitting Muslims
without visas and various island nations' citizenship purchase policies, from 1996 to the
present.
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20. Annual Post Fraud Reports. Annual reports on fraud in the visa process sent from
Berlin, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Karachi, Islamabad, Cairo, Amman, Ankara
and Istanbul from 1998 to the present.
21. Diplomatic Security and/or Consular Affairs.

a. copies of Diplomatic Security or Consular Affairs alerts issued from 1998 to the
present concerning passport and visa fraud, including alerts concerning access by
terrorists to blank passports or fraudulent visas;
b. an index of reviews carried out by Consular Management Assessment Teams or
their predecessors to assess post consular vulnerabilities, 1998 to present;
c. Diplomatic Security reporting relating to Islamic extremist terrorist threats against
individuals, groups or sites in the United States sent to Washington by the field,
from August 7, 1998 through September 11, 2001;
d. copies of foreign airport in-transit reports of Islamic extremist terrorists
apprehended with fraudulent travel documents, from 1998 to the present;
e. analytic products that discuss the use of fraudulently obtained birth records and
drivers licenses in acquiring visas and passports, from 1998 to the present;
f. analytic products that discuss the link between passport and visa fraud and terrorist
entry to the U.S.;
g. annual arrests, referrals for prosecution (federal or state), declinations, and case
results, resulting from investigations of passport and visa fraud, noting any
involving Islamic extremists, from 1998 to the present; and
h. information concerning Diplomatic Security's current mission with respect to
preventing terrorist entry to the U.S. and resources dedicated to it.
22. Doha Visa Fraud. Summary report of the results of the investigation into alleged visa
fraud at the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar, referred to as "Operation Eagle Strike,"
including:
a. the names, dates of birth, passport country, passport and visa numbers of
individuals issued the fraudulent visas, and immigration status of each;
b. the manner in which the visas were acquired;
c. names and positions of those taken into custody, in connection with the provision or
acquisition of the visas;
d. whether any of the persons sought had terrorist affiliations, the nature of those
affiliations;
e. current status of any cases;
f. results of the investigation into the employees who processed visa applications
during the time of the fraud; and
g. any disciplinary or other actions taken as a result of the investigation.
23. Ambassador, DCM, and Principal Officers. Provide the names of the Ambassadors or
charge d'affaires, the Deputy Chiefs of Mission, the Principal Officers and the Consular
Section Chiefs for the period January 1, 1999 through the present, for posts in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Germany.
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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.
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.
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.
July 25, 2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
Inspector General
August 8, 2003
Mr. Daniel Marcus

General Counsel
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100 K Street, NW
Third Floor
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Marcus:
In response to your Department of State Document No. 4 request, the Office of Inspector
General (OIG) is hereby transmitting to you copies of the following documents:
1) Documents created pursuant to OIG's report, OIG Review of Nonimmigrant Visa

Issuance Policy and Procedures, ISP-I-03-26, December 2002, including its
classified annex on the visa vipers process (Paragraph l(a) of your request);
2) Documents created pursuant to OIG's report, Review of the Issuance of Visas,
ISP-CA-03-27, March 2003 (Paragraph l(a) of your request);
3) Compliance memorandum prepared in connection with OIG reviews of the
issuance of non-immigrant visas from 1994 through 2003 (Paragraph l(c) of your
request);
4) Inspector General semi-annual reports to Congress for the period from 1994
through 2003 (Paragraph l(d) of your request).
hi addition to the semi-annual reports, a total of 292 documents are being transmitted
with this letter. Consistent with OIG and Department of State practice, we ha,Y£ referred
216 responsive documents that did not originate with OIG but rather with other
Department entities to the Department for their review and direct release to you.
We are still processing the documents created and collected pursuant to OIG's
investigation of the issuance of visas to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, OIG Review of the
Visa-Issuing Process Phase I: Circumstances Surrounding the Issuance of Visas to Sheik
Omar Ali Ahmed Abdel Rahman 4-CI-007 March 1994. (Paragraph 1 (b) of your request.)
We have retrieved two boxes of documents and expect to be able to provide them to you
by the week of August 18. hi addition, we are still collecting additional compliance
Address correspondence to: U.S. D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e , Office of Inspector General, Washington, D.C. 20520-681"
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documents prepared in connection with OIG reviews of the issuance of non-immigrant

visas. We anticipate that we also will be able to provide these to you by the week of
August 18.
As we have discussed, a number of the documents being released to you reflect sensitive,
confidential interviews and conversations between OIG inspectors and Department
employees. Our assurances of confidentiality are vital in facilitating frank and candid
communications between Department employees and the OIG regarding a range of issues
and problems facing the Department. As such, maintenance of confidentiality is essential
to our ability to accomplish our mission. Accordingly, it is our understanding that you
have agreed to extend our assurances of confidentiality by not disclosing the identities of
these individuals in any publicly issued report or other public, unclassified forum.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or you may have your staff
contact Tamara Gelboin, OIG Office of Counsel, at (202) 647-9450.
Sincerely,
Anne Signiurid
Acting Inspector General
Enclosures: As Stated
Cc: S/ES-KHofmann
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documents.
Attached is the first installment of documents in response

to the Commission's fourth request for documents, specifically
question number three. This installment consists of classified
and unclassified State Department consular handbooks and other
reference materials. Additional installments will be provided as
we complete our search and review of material.

appropriate cleared members of your staff be granted access to
the material and that it be protected by applying standards at
least as stringent as E.G. 12958 on the handling of classified
information.

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Attachments
Attachments
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questions.
Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary
Attachments:
Documents Responsive to Document Request Number 4,
Question Three:
a. Best Practices Handbook
b. Consular Management Handbook
c. Appendix A (Classified) to the Visa FAM
d. Standard Operating Procedures
e. INS Forms - Not applicable
Incoming Request

Attachments
9/11 Commission Document Request No. 4

e. INS Forms. Guidance to posts concerning how to make
use in the visa process of INS routine reports on
aliens who have changed status or have been found to
be inadmissible aliens at ports of entry, from 1998
through 2003.
CA has no documents that are responsive to this request.

DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 4
Thomas H. Kcan
CHAIR
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
"Commission") requests that the U.S. Department of State (DOS or the
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE C H A I R "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents no
Richard Ben-Veniste later than August 8, 2003 (the "production date"):
Max Cleland 1. State OIG Investigations.
Fred F. Fielding a. Documents created and collected pursuant to the State OIG
investigation of the issuance of visas to the nineteen September 11 hijackers
Jamie S. Got click
in response to a request from Rep. Frank Wolf (OIG Review ofNIV
Slade Gorton Issuance Policy and Procedures Memorandum, ISP-I-03-26, December
2002, and Review of the Issuance of Visas, ISP-CA-03-27, March 2003),
John Lehman
including: interview notes and reports; documents collected at posts and at
Timothy J. Roemer the State Department facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on
visa policies and procedures; the list of questions asked of the consular
James R. Thompson
officers; and congressional correspondence relating to the report.
Philjp D. Zelikow b. Documents created and collected pursuant to the State OIG
investigation of the issuance of visas to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (OIG
Review of the Visa-Issuing Process Phase I: Circumstances Surrounding
the Issuance of Visas to Sheik Omar AH Ahmed Abdel Rahman 4-CI-007
March 1994), including: interview notes and reports; documents collected at
posts, at the State Department facilities in the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area, and from other agencies, and congressional
correspondence relating to the report.
c. Compliance Reports prepared in connection with OIG reviews of the
issuance of non-immigrant visas for the period from 1994 through 2003.
d. Inspector General semi-annual reports to Congress for the period
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2. State - White House Border Policy in Response to September 11.

Regarding border security, border policy and controls, border security
arrangements with Mexico and Canada, passport, visa, and refugee security
reviews and clearance matters arising out of the events of September 11, 2001:
a. State Department records of meetings held in the White House from
September 11 through September 20, 2001, attended by State Department
officials, to discuss immigration and border security issues arising out of the
September 11 attacks, and a list of Departmental personnel who attended
those meetings and were responsible for follow-up to those meetings;
b. State Department records describing the current policies concerning
those matters raised in these White House meetings; and
c. Communications from the Secretary of State to the President or the
National Security Adviser or the heads of the Office of Homeland Security
or the Homeland Security Council, discussing proposed and implemented
TEL (202)331-4060
FAX (202) 296-5545
http://www.9-11commission.gov
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measures concerning these matters, from September 11, 2001 through September 20, 2001.

a. Best Practices Handbook. A copy of the State Department's Best Practices
Handbook, 2000 edition, including subsequent updates;
b. Consular Management Handbook, 2000 edition, including subsequent updates;
c. Appendix A (Classified) to the Visa FAM, 2000 edition, including subsequent
updates;
d. Standard Operating Procedures. SOP's concerning clearances, security advisory
opinions, and terrorism-related determinations included in cables to posts, from
1998 through 2003; and
e. INS Forms. Guidance to posts concerning how to make use in the visa process of
INS routine reports on aliens who have changed status or have been found to be
inadmissible aliens at ports of entry, from 1998 through 2003.
4. Policy memoranda. Policy memoranda concerning border security matters (visas,

passports, related arrangements with Canada and Mexico, migration, refugee/asylee
issues) relating to terrorism and alien smuggling, including follow-up to PDD-39, PDD-
62, and HSPD-2, from the Secretary of State or the Deputy Secretary of State to Assistant
Secretaries of State (a) from 1993 through September 20, 2001, and (b) sufficient to show
current policies and proposed policies under consideration.
5. Secretary of State - Justice/Homeland Security. Documents, including legal analyses,

sufficient to describe the allocation of authority over visas and visa security advisory
opinions among the Secretary of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and the
Department of Justice (a) on September 11, 2001, and (b) currently.
6. Intelligence Community. Policy correspondence concerning intelligence, information

sharing, and visa security clearances relating to terrorism, alien smuggling, travel
document fraud, and border security and controls, from 1995 to the present:
a. from the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, or any Under Secretary
to counterparts at: the Department of Defense and its intelligence agencies; the
Director of Central Intelligence and the CIA; the Department of Justice and its
agencies; the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies; and the
Department of the Treasury and its agencies; and
b. from the Assistant Secretaries of INR, CA, and INL, and the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism (S/CT), to counterparts at the CIA, the Department of Defense
and its agencies, the Department of Justice and its agencies, the Department of the
Treasury and its agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security and its
agencies.
7. Congress. An index or indices of correspondence to or from Members of Congress

concerning border security and control in relation to terrorist entry, alien smuggling, or
travel document fraud (excluding correspondence exclusively about individual cases),
from 1995 to the present:
a. signed by the Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of State, or any Under Secretary;
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b. signed by the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; or

c. signed by the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs.
8. Congressionally Required Reports.

a. A list of reports prepared for Congress that are required by statutes, or by
conference or committee reports, addressing border security or control matters
(including visas and passports, and handling of refugees/asylees) that relate to
terrorist entry, alien smuggling, and travel document fraud (classified and
unclassified), from 1995 to the present; and
b. Copies of the congressionally required reports concerning denials of visas on
terrorism/security grounds, including any classified supplements with
individualized information.
9. Analyses. Legal analyses prepared at the State Department concerning: authority and
standards for watchlisting individuals associated with terrorism; authority to gain
cooperation from intelligence and law enforcement agencies on watchlist information;
interagency sharing of watchlist information; harmonization of U.S. and Canadian visa
and/or entry requirements; the use of U.S. passports to enter the U.S. from Mexico and/or
Canada; and standards for revoking of visas, from 1993 through 2003.
10. Refugee/Asylee Security Review Process. Documents sufficient to describe:

a. the security review and clearance process for asylees and refugees from 1998
through September 11, 2001;
b. new security requirements in the immigration process for refugees and asylees
imposed since September 11, 2001;
c. the number of asylee and refugee applicants and the number who have been barred
on terrorist-related grounds from 2000 to the present; and
d. the number of asylee and refugee applicants for whom security reviews are
currently pending.
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11. Watchlists. Agreements among DOS and other government agencies regarding
information sharing on terrorist watchlists, from 1991 through 2003.
12. Alien Smuggling. Intelligence assessments prepared by INR that linked alien
smuggling, migration, or transnational refugee and asylee movements with terrorists,
13. TIPOFF. The following information on the TIPOFF program:

a. the number of entries in TIPOFF by year, from its inception as a computerized
system to the present, with 6 month total numbers for 2001, 2002, and 2003;
b. the total number of entries submitted by source agency, by year, from 1998 to the
present;
c. the total number of true hits (matches of visa applicants and watchlisted
individuals) identified for years 1993 through 2003, the number of visas denied
based on these matches, and the reasons for these denials; and
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d. the TEPOFF entries (names, aliases, date of birth, place of birth, passport number,
passport country) for all TPOFF true hits for Islamic extremist terrorists generally,
and al Qa'ida specifically, from 1993 to the present, indicating those to whom visas
were issued or denied, or issued through a waiver of ineligibility, and the post of
application.
14. Supplemental clearances.

a. documents (classified and unclassified) stating the legal authority, requirements and
procedures for the supplemental visa clearance processes (a) for males of specified
countries and age groups, instituted after September 11, 2001, and (b) for sensitive
technology-related visas;
b. the number of clearances sought through each process to date;
c. the number of individuals found ineligible or to whom a visa was denied through
each process, who were not already listed in TIPOFF, by agency providing the
clearance or derogatory information;
d. for those denied, the names, aliases, dates of birth, countries of origin and
nationality, passport number, visa classification, date and place of issue, and the
reasons for the denials, with an indication of which clearance process resulted in the
bar and/or whether a waiver of ineligibility was sought or obtained; and
e. memoranda reporting on the evaluation and associated recommendations
concerning the supplemental visa security review process instituted after September
1 1, 2001, and still in effect.
15. ICAO. Documents sufficient to describe the U.S. government position on machine-
readable travel documents and biometrics, associated with ICAO meetings, from 1998 to
the present.
16. G-8. Documents sufficient to describe U.S. positions concerning border security or
control issues (visas, passports, biometrics, migration, refugees/asylees, alien smuggling,
travel document fraud) at the G-8 meetings, from 1998 through 2003 .-_w
17. IOM. Documents sufficient to describe U.S. positions on any discussions in the
International Organization for Migration concerning terrorist mobility, from 1998
through 2003.
1 8. Diversity Program. Any memoranda or telegrams concerning the relationship between

fraud or other vulnerabilities in the Diversity Program and terrorist entry to the U.S.,
from 1 998 to the present.
19. Foreign Government Visa Policies. Any analyses of foreign government visa policies
and their impact on terrorist mobility, e.g., Malaysia's policy of admitting Muslims
without visas and various island nations' citizenship purchase policies, from 1996 to the
present.
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20. Annual Post Fraud Reports. Annual reports on fraud in the visa process sent from
Berlin, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Karachi, Islamabad, Cairo, Amman, Ankara
and Istanbul from 1998 to the present.
21. Diplomatic Security and/or Consular Affairs.

a. copies of Diplomatic Security or Consular Affairs alerts issued from 1998 to the
present concerning passport and visa fraud, including alerts concerning access by
terrorists to blank passports or fraudulent visas;
b. an index of reviews carried out by Consular Management Assessment Teams or
their predecessors to assess post consular vulnerabilities, 1998 to present;
c. Diplomatic Security reporting relating to Islamic extremist terrorist threats against
individuals, groups or sites in the United States sent to Washington by the field,
from August 7, 1998 through September 11, 2001;
d. copies of foreign airport in-transit reports of Islamic extremist terrorists
apprehended with fraudulent travel documents, from 1998 to the present;
e. analytic products that discuss the use of fraudulently obtained birth records and
drivers licenses in acquiring visas and passports, from 1998 to the present;
f. analytic products that discuss the link between passport and visa fraud and terrorist
entry to the U.S.;
g. annual arrests, referrals for prosecution (federal or state), declinations, and case
results, resulting from investigations of passport and visa fraud, noting any
involving Islamic extremists, from 1998 to the present; and
h. information concerning Diplomatic Security's current mission with respect to
preventing terrorist entry to the U.S. and resources dedicated to it.
22. Doha Visa Fraud. Summary report of the results of the investigation into alleged visa
fraud at the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar, referred to as "Operation Eagle Strike,"
including:
a. the names, dates of birth, passport country, passport and visa numbers of
individuals issued the fraudulent visas, and immigration status of«ach;
b. the manner in which the visas were acquired;
c. names and positions of those taken into custody, in connection with the provision or
acquisition of the visas;
d. whether any of the persons sought had terrorist affiliations, the nature of those
affiliations;
e. current status of any cases;
f. results of the investigation into the employees who processed visa applications
during the time of the fraud; and
g. any disciplinary or other actions taken as a result of the investigation.
23. Ambassador, DCM, and Principal Officers. Provide the names of the Ambassadors or
charge d'affaires, the Deputy Chiefs of Mission, the Principal Officers and the Consular
Section Chiefs for the period January 1, 1999 through the present, for posts in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Germany.
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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.
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.
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.
July 25, 2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
Inspector General
™ Daniel
Mr. n • i Marcus
AA AUG 2 0 2003 ^
General Counsel
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100K Street, NW < '•// _i .i , /{
Third Floor
Washington, DC
Re: Department of State Document Request No. 4
Dear Mr. Marcus:
As indicated in our August 8, 2003 letter to you, we have now completed our collection
and review of Office of Inspector General (OIG) documents responsive to the above-
referenced document request. Accordingly, we are hereby transmitting to you copies of
the following documents:
1) Documents created pursuant to OIG's report, OIG Review of the Visa-Issuing

Process Phase I: Circumstances Surrounding the Issuance of Visas to Sheik
Omar AH Ahmed Abdel Rahman, 4-CI-007, March 1994 (Paragraph l(b) of your
request);
2) Compliance Reports prepared in connection with OIG reviews of the issuance of
non-immigrant visas from 1994 through 2003 (Paragraph l(c) of your request).
A total of 286 documents are being transmitted with this letter. Consistent with OIG and
Department of State practice, we have referred 569 responsive documents that did not
originate with the OIG to the Department for their review and direct release to you. Of
these, 493 originated with other Department entities and 76 originated with other
agencies.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or you may have your staff
contact Tamara Gelboin, OIG Office of Counsel, at (202) 647-9450.
Sincerely,
und j
y Acting Inspector General
Enclosures (as stated)
Address correspondence to: U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General, Washington, D.C. 20520-6817
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Tanche titled Confidential Administrative Files Classified Material

08/25/03 undated RDOS 4,1 b 03004740 attached GSA
08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004741 Tranche titled Confidential INS Files Classified Material attached GSA
Tranche titled Classified Cairo Docummyd Classified Material

08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004742 attached GSA
08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004743 Tranche titled Cable Traffic Collected for Visa Review GSA
08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004744 Tranche tilled Secret Interviews Classified Material attached GSA
Tranche titled Unclassified Lookout System Documents Classified

08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004745 Material attached GSA
Tranche titled Secret Passport and Visa Applications Classified

08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004746 Material attached GSA
Tranche titled Classified Hearings and Testimony Classified Material

08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004747 Attached GSA
Tranche containing documents regarding testimony by Sherman

Funk on the circumstances surrounding the issuance of visas to
08/25/03 undated RDOS 4, 1b 03004748 Sheik Omar All Ahmed Abdel Rahman Classified Material attached GSA
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S/ES 200314929

United States Department of State

June 11, 2003

MEMORANDUM FOR MS. BETTY SWOPE

SUBJECT: Department of State Documents

In response to the Commission's recent request for documents regarding the

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on 647-5301.

Attachments: One hundred and nine documents with manifest

"NODIS Taliban Demarche" and Posts'

17 January 2003 / Joint Intelligence Committees' 9/11

27 August 2002 Joint Inquiry Staff review of the

12 March 2002 Request from Britt Snider to INR on Q

22 August 2002 September 11: Working together to

22 June 2001 Public Announcement of increased risk

8 January 1999 Report of the Accountability Review

13 November 2002 Transcript of Joint Inquiry Committee

SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

7 June 2002 Lande/Barton memo and classified receipt

30 August 2002 Ford/Hill letter re INK's handling of two

ndated-given to Terrorism Task Force DS Participation Briefin

Undated-given to Rewards for Justice Program Fact Sheet

6 May 2002 Daily Press Briefing, Richard Boucher -

April 2002 Lande/Barton memo enclosing Statements for the

2002 E-mail - Recommendation to JIG Team

May 2002 JIS Meeting Participant Information £>

May 2002 Handwritten contact information ^

• 0E March 2002 Ford/Snider letter re the April 1 deadline

1 April 2002 Ford/Snider letter enclosing responses to 13

Undated TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE

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1 October 2002 TESTIMONY TO THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL

3 February 2003 /^Questions for the record in Joint Inquiry's

25 September 200£\Ujteterial Relevant to Your Datasharing Interests

4 March 2003 I JLouestions for the record in Joint Inquiry's

6 November 2002 jv-j Questions for the Record Joint Congressional

19 September 2 002 I/TESTIMONY BEFORE THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE f)

19 May 2003 \t Sheet - "Visa Systems Improvements Since

Secretary for Intelligence and Research

Copies of Consular Affairs Bureau

SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

60 classified audit reports by the State

10/12/2001 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on

10/17/2001 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on

10/12/2001 Hearing Transcript-Senate Judiciary

10/17/2001 Hearing Transcript-Senate Judiciary

10/31/2001 « A Clearing Transcript-House Education and

4-CI-007 - Review of Visa Issuing, Phase

5-CI-004A - Review of Visa Issuing, Phase

5-CI-023 - Consular Fraud - audit report

SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

7-CI-002 - Review of Immigrant Processing

K&/)99-CI-28 - Audit of Consular Fraud

TERRORISM REPORTS 1980 THROUGH 2002

Review of the Issuance of Visas to the

DIG - Intelligence and Law Enforcement

till A /Letter to Senator Graham dated April 21,

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Sensitive but Unclassified

H/A Undauilied Embassy Bogota should eslabfish a cross-training program in

The Department, in coordination with Embassy Dakar and Hi

ISP/1-01-04 Embassy Bamako should develop and initiate a post policy lo