T1 B24 Doug M Misc Unclassified Fdr- Undated Tobin Memo To Maceachin Re Getting Organized For The Next Push 597

Doug, Tom, Niki, and I talked today about getting organized for the next push. Of course, all of this is subject to your approval, and, in any case, tentative and subject to change as we proceed. (Note to Tom: Niki and I refined this slightly after your left, so let us know if you are ok with it.) With regard to the rolling text, we suggest that I do a first draft of the first part of the Afghan period, i.e., mid-96 till the attack on the Sullivans in early Jan. 2000. Niki will pick up with KL, and take us thru 9/11 and up to the present. (Of course, contributions from others, in distinctive inks, are more than welcome.) We also thought it would be helpful if we had separate folders for crosscutting topics such as WMD. We created a new "Subjects" folder in the shared drive under Team 1 which includes the following: • "Players" (this includes information on individuals, on groups, and on countries other than the "big 4" set forth below - also, we have moved "Players" into the "Subjects" folder, so you won't find it anywhere else); • "Iran" • "Iraq" • "Saudi Arabia" • "Pakistan" • "AQ&WMD" • "Tradecraft" • "Training camps and bases" • "Facilitation" • "Recruitment/PR"

• "AQ& Taliban" The idea is to put relevant information into these subject matter categories as well as into the rolling text, and perhaps to ultimately include some of them as separate chapters or appendices. At any rate, they should be a handy guide for us and perhaps for other teams, as well. In terms of writing up these subject matter categories, Tom will write on Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iraq, and he and I will jointly do Iran (I already have some text on this). Niki will write on WMD, and we will leave the others open for now. However, Niki and I will work on the chronological rolling text first, since that has to be our highest priority. Finally, we have to put the raw material into these subject matter categories before they can be written up. To avoid duplication, Tom will mine my notes and Niki's notes for references to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iraq, and then write them up. He will also mine the data for important references to other countries. Niki and/or I will do data dumps on most or all of the remaining topics; however, it would be helpful if you, Doug, were to check your notes separately and insert the relevant material into the appropriate category. Alternatively, you could put all your relevant files on the share drive and have us do it for you. We will, of course, also need to keep reading the material that has not been digested yet. I hope this is clear and will facilitate our work! Yoel