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PROPOSED QUESTIONS - RUDOLPH GIULIANI

I. BACKGROUND A. JUSTICE DEPARTKBBNT/U.S. ATTORNEY - WERE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT TERRORISM PRO^UTION^DURING YOUR TENURE AS A SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OEKClAL OR AS U.S. ATTORNEY? 1. WHAT WAS^OUR UNDERSTAT«UNG OF THE THREAT OF TERRORISM AS YOURJPENURE AS U.S. ATTORNEYEM9ED? 2. TO WHAT EXTENT INFORMATION THAT MIGH>AFFECT TI AN ISSUE FOR YOU AS U^ATTORNEY?

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B. ELECTION AS MAYOR - WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF PUBLIC SAFETY GENERALLY AS YOU TOOK OFFICE AS MAYOR? 1. TO WHAT EXTENT WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF ANY POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREATS IN YOUR EARLY DAYS AS MAYOR? 2. WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF COORDINATION AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS YOU TOOK OFFICE? 3. WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NYPD AND FDNY AS YOU TOOK OFFICE? 4. WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE PORT AUTHORITY AS YOU TOOK OFFICE? II. 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING/LANDMARKS PLOT A. EVALUATE THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE 1993 BOMBING? WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE CITY'S POLICE, FIRE, AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES AS A RESULT OF THE 1993 BOMBING?

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B. TO WHAT EXTENT WERE YOU BRIEFED ON POTENTIAL TERRORIST THREATS AS MAYOR? DESCRIBE THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION SHARING FROM THE FBI ON THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS OF POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY? WHAT STEPS DID. THE CITY TAKE TO RESPOND TO THE PLOT TO BLOW UP THE HOLLAND TUNNEL, GW BRIDGE, AND 26 FEDERAL PLAZA, AMONG OTHER LANDMARKS? III. THE STRUCTURE OF CITY GOVERNMENT A. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT?

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1. WAS ITS CREATION IN ANY MEASURE A RESPONSE TO THE THREAT OF TERRORISM IN NEW TORK CITY? 2. WHY WAS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR OEM LOCATED IN WTC 7, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE TRADE CENTER HAD ALREADY BEEN THE TARGET OF TERRORISTS? 3. WHAT WAS THE VISION FOR OEM? DTD YOTI RfrfVTSIQN THF OFFICE AS-PRIMARILY_PQLICY-ORIENTED? WHAT OPERATIONAL ROLE^IF ANY, DIDJf OU FORESJEE FOR OEM? 4. HOW HAD OEM FUNCTIONED DURING CRISES IN THE PERIOD LEADING TO 9/11? B. AS MAYOR, HOW DID YOU HANDLE THE LONG-STANDING RIVALRY BETWEEN THE NYPD AND THE FDNY? DID YOU VIEW THE RIVALRY AS IN ANY WAY UNHEALTHY? C. WHAT WAS YOUR VIEW OF THE PROPER ROLE OF THE MAYOR IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES IN NEW YORK CITY? D. ONE OF YOUR NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MAYOR WAS THE INNOVATION OF THE COMPSTAT SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF POLICE WORK. DOES COMPSTAT - OR SOMETHING LIKE IT HAVE A ROLE IN INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE TERRORIST ACTIVITY? IF WAS THAT POTENTIAL TAPPED PRIOR TO 9/11? IV. THE EVENTS OF 9/11 A. WHAT WAS THE STATE OF THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS PRIOR TO 9/11? 1. WAS INFORMATION-SHARING ADEQUATE?

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2. WHAT STEPS HAD THE CITY TAKEN PRIOR TO THE MILLENNIUM TO ASSURE PREPAREDNESS? B. TO THE BEST OF YOUR RECOLLECTION, WALK US THROUGH THE EVENTS OF 9/11. [AS THE MAYOR NARRATES, BE SURE TO HAVE HIM COVER ISSUES OF EVOLVING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, COMMAND AND CONTROL (I.E., WHOJDIDJiEJIIIN^^ASJlN CHARGE" OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONS^rANrJ^UALITYOFCOMMUNICX B. WHAT LESSONS DERIVING FROM THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON '9/11 DID YOU LEARN? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DO YOU THINK THE CITY AS A WHOLE COULD OR SHOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? C. WHAT LESSONS OF 9/1 1 DO YOU BELIEVE SHOULD APPLY NATIONALLY? V. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE A. BASEDON THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE 9/11, EVALUATE THE CURRENT STATE OF PREPAREDNESS IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLDS _____ —_ B. AS A FORMER U.S7^£T_pRNEY AND SENIOR7USTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL,WHAT--K^ey^ASSESSMENT OF THE PATRIOT ACT? WHAT, IN YOLIRrVTEW, IS THE PROPER^BALANCE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND SECURITY-INCUR TIME? SHOULD THE FBIBFTREFORMED? C. THIS COMMISSION HAS HEARD TESTIMONY THAT ONE COMMON PROBLEM ON 9/11 AND IN THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO IT WAS THE DIFFICULTY THAT DIFFERENT BUREAUCRACIES HAD IN COMMUNICATING. THIS DIFFICULTY EXISTED AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, FROM FBI/CIA TO FAA/NORAD TO NYPD/FDNY. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THIS PROBLEM? CAN IT, IN YOUR OPINION, BE ADDRESSED AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION, OR MUST EACH PROBLEM BE ADDRESSED DISCRETELY? WHAT MEASURES WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM? D. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY? %&£ IT A GOOD IDEA? IS IT WORKING? IS IT LIKELY TO WORK? ^