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DONALD A, MIGLIORJ (RI MA MN) ANNE MCGINNESS KEARSE (SC) JEFFREY S. THOMPSON (TX) MILES LOADHOLT (SC) J. TERRY POOLE (SC) NANCY WORTH DAVIS (SC FL - DC) LAURIE J. LOVELAND (1958-1001) DONNI E. YOUNG (LA) SHERYL A. MOORE (SC - VA) V BRIAN BEVON (SC) JAMES M. HUGHES (SC) RHETT D. KLOK (LA NM TX SC DC)

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I enjoyed meeting you last week in Charleston. Please find herewith the documents you selected for copying from our terrorist library. I hope they prove useful to you and the Commission. I have also attached an invoice for our standard copy costs. As always, if you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel free to call me.

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Richard Ben-Veniste Max Cleland

Slade Gorton John F. Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson

Philip D. Zelikow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I am writing in response to your letter to Chairman Kean, in which you stated your offer to provide information and materials in support of the Commission's work. We welcome relevant information from any source, and we would be happy to receive whatever materials you deem relevant to the Commission's inquiry. Any materials may be provided to my attention at the following address: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 3017th Street, SW Room 5125 Washington, DC 20407 On behalf of the Commission, thank you for your offer of assistance. I look forward to receiving your materials. Feel free to contact me if you want to discuss this matter further. Sincerely,

)aniel Marcus General Counsel

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April 9, 2003 Hon. Thomas E. Kean, Cnaizman National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States c/o GSA Agency Liaison Division 701 D Street, SW Room 7120 Washington, DC 20407 Dear Chairman Kean: As lead counsel to over 3,600 victims of the September 11,2001 attacks, Ness, Motley, P.A. shares in the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' agenda and goal of examining the continuing threat and funding sources of transnational terrorism as well as the failures and deficiencies of government and industry leading up to the 9/11 attacks. As a Firm, our clients and attorneys deeply appreciate the noble and daunting work the Commission has courageously undertaken for the betterment of our country. I had the honor and privilege of attending the Commission's very powerful opening hearings in New York City on March 31-April 1, and I look forward to following the Commission's important work in the coming months. As Ness, Motley endeavors to root out and bankrupt the logistical and funding sources of terrorism, we wish to contribute and share in the Commission's work and, where appropriate, provide insights and materials in an effort to enhance the overall impact of this monumental initiative. We have spent a considerable number of months investigating, collecting and analyzing evidence concerning prior terrorist threats and

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attacks. In our work to illustrate the complicity and liability of terrorist financiers in the September 11th attacks, we are striving to answer the following probative question: "Did the financiers of terrorism have sufficient pre-9/11/01 information to be placed on notice that funding Al-Qaeda would result in a catastrophic attack on the U.S. homeland?" Indeed, there was sufficient information and tangible evidence available, not only to relevant government and industry decision-makers, but also to financiers of terrorism of a likely plot whereby suicidal hijackers would use civilian aircraft as a weapon of mass destruction years in advance of the September 11,2001 attacks. As such, we believe there is tremendous value in the Commission examining issues of foreseeability and prior government and industry knowledge of similar terrorist plots. An examination of these issues will inform the Commission, relevant government actors, and the American public about what we as a country knew about the possibility of this plot being carried out prior to 9/11. In an effort to contribute to this sensitive and vitally important discussion, Ness, Motley has compiled a timeline and an historical summary of critical terrorist events. We hope the enclosed memorandum will assist the Commission in examining the systemic failures of the aviation industry and our intelligence agencies in preparing for and responding to similar terrorist threats and activities involving commercial aircraft prior to September 2001. Again, Ness, Motley, P.A. appreciates the Commission's substantive examination of these important issues. I encourage Commission members or staff to contact me to further discuss ways in which our Firm may be of assistance to the work of the Commission. Sincerely,

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February 7,2003 Via Fax Governor Thomas Kean President, Drew University* Madison, NJ 07940

Deai Governor Kean: Allow me again to applaud you for graciously providing us with so much of your time, and for the energy and commitment that you so amply demonstrated at our recent meeting with the 9/1 1 family members. As we discussed, because it would be useful fenall the membcn of the 9/1 1 Commission to have the benefit of the important lessons to be drawn from die 1990 Presidential Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, 1 am pleased to provide you with this synopsis of the lessons of the 1990 Commission. The 1990 Commission numbers faced a task sadly similar to thai faced by ike present Commission: to come to grips with the facts of the single greatest terrorism act against American citizens (as of vat time), and to make recommendations aimed at deterring future ierrahst attacks. Had that Commission's, recommendations presented in its 1 82 pg. report of May 15. 1990 been fully headed, 9/1 1 might indeed have been averted. Further to our discussion, T and my colleagues would be pleased to present to all the members of the Commission a ttmch fuller brieiiac on tiii.5 subject, together with video

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and other materials we have prepared which deals with our progress in the 9/11 families' suit, but which also goes far beyond Si with items of relevance to die Committee Very truly youis,

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