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Yoel Tobin From:

Steve Dunne

Sent:

Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:43 PM

To:

Downs, Pat, Ms, OSD-USDI

Cc:

'[email protected]'; Dan Marcus; Team 1; Dianna Campagna

Subject: DoD interview request no. 18

Pat: Attached as a Word document is DoD interview request no. 18. Please call Tom Dowling at 202331-4072 with any questions about the topics to be covered and to arrange for these interviews. Feel free to call Dan or me as well if any issues arise. Thanks. Steve

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Thomas H. Kean CHAIR

DoD INTERVIEW REQUEST NO. 18

Lee H. Hamilton VICE CHAIR

Richard Ben-Veniste Fred F. Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "Commission") requests interviews with the following Department of Defense personnel during January 2004. Please provide a proposed date, time, and location for these interviews no later than January 16, 2004. The anticipated length of each interview is two hours.

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1. Tina Shelton (DIA analyst) 2. | |(DIA analyst) 3/ Christopher Carney (Naval Intelligence Reservist)

Bob Kerrey John Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson

Philip D. Zelikow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Commission anticipates that classified information will be discussed at these interviews. The Commission reserves the right to re-interview these individuals based on the results of the requested interviews and the needs of the Commission. January 7, 2004

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Daniel Marcus General Counsel

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TEL (202) 331-4060

FAX (202) 296-5545 www.9-1 lcommission.gov

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Yoel Tobin From:

Yoel Tobin

Sent:

Friday, January 02, 2004 2:03 PM

To:

Steve Dunne; Dan Marcus

Cc:

Tom Dowling; Nicole Grandrimo; Doug MacEachin; Sarah Linden; Melissa Coffey

Subject: DOD INTERVIEW REQUEST Attached are proposed interview requests from Team 1. Thanks.

1/2/2004

DOD INTERVIEW REQUEST NO.. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "Commission") requests separate interviews with the following Department of Defense officials during January 2004. Please provide proposed dates, times, and locations for these interviews no later than January , 2004. The anticipated length of each interview is two hours.

1. DIA analyst Tina Shelton 2. DIA analysf

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3. Naval Intelligence Reservist Christopher Carney The Commission anticipates that these interviews may involve the discussion of classified information. The Commission reserves the right to reinterview these individuals based on the results of the requested interviews and the needs of the Commission. January

2004

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Yoel Tobin From:

Tom Dowling

Sent:

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:36 PM

To:

Yoel Tobin

Subject: DIA interviews Tina Shelton- DIA analyst Christopher CarneyIntel Reservist ^^•••••^•T-"-"--^ •*•—•r- Naval „ [DIA analyst

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Yoel Tobin Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:34 PM Nicole Grandrimo; Tom Dowling Melissa Coffey; Doug MacEachin

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Niki and Tom: I have placed an outline of questions forl lin Tom's safe, and on Niki's chair. Please let me know if you have any revisions/deietions/additions. As for logistics, we are supposed to meet POCI """Ino later than_930 AM on Thursday^by the Pentagon military police sTatiQiu-jaht outside the exiUatiliej^eDiacion' We~eacrrrieecT2~~ picture IQS. Both this Interview and theT linterview will be conducted in a SCIF. I do not anticipate taping either interview. I am also assuming that Susan Ginsberg is not coming, unless she tells us otherwise. I would be happy to divide thd butline in thirds for purposes of who is going to lead the interview, or do it anyway you feel comfortable. Also, let1 s figure out the logistics of meeting and getting to the Pentagon -- we will also need a lockbag for the interview. I Also, fo.r| |we will need ne Re.J |l assume that torn will take the lead? I have not done an outline forl to read some Commission boilerplate at the outset of thej interview which I will take with me. {We don't need to read it td because has already been interviewed.) Yoel

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Melissa Cbffey :: ..

Sent:

Thursday, January 15, 2004 1 :56 PM

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lOSD-USDI' Shelton, and Carney

Hi \Steve and] \ request, Jam sending topics for the interviews that the Commission has requested with! \a Shelton,|"

| and Christopher Carney. Please see below:

(l/22 10am-2pm): • Th;6 history and growth of Al Qaeda; • Al Qaeda's ties to other terrorist cells and organizations; Al Qaeda's ties to governments or elements thereof; Any; attempts by Al Qaeda to acquire weapons of mass destruction; Al Qaeda's training camps and operational tradecraft; • Terrorist attacks and terrorist plots that Al Qaeda or related groups have executed or attempted to execute from Al Qaeda's founding through September 11, 2001. Tina Shelton and Christopher Carney: Links between Al Qaeda and Iraq 2-4pm):

\e reporting and dissemination by the Department of Defense

The attendees for thq Enc linterviews are YoeJ/Tobin, Tom Dowling, and Niki Grandrimo. Susan-Ginsburgjriay attend thel Interview. /Yoel^anted me to ask vouTf the room, lC760Tisl£ (SCIFVThe attendees will meet Steve at thelheuT) ent^ncetothe f entagonat 9:30 am on Thursday, 22. _______— As far as scheduling Tina Shelton and Christopher Carney, we would like to schedule them on the same

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Yoel Tobin From:

Melissa Coffey

Sent:

Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:07 PM

To:

Graham Giusti

Cc:

Yoel Tobin

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Subject: clearances for DOD interviews HI Graham Yoel Tobin, Tom Dowling, Niki Grandrimo. and Susan Ginsburg are going to the Pentagon for DIA interviews on January 22. The first interview (of I Ifs from 10am - 2pm. The second interview (ofl jwill begin

mediately after from 2-4pm. The DIA POC is Steve Haaga, in the office of congressionaf arrairs. HIS phone # I win you please make sure their clearances are passed? Thank you. Melissa Coffey .Staff Assistant National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. '202-331-4080 tel : 202-296-5545 fax

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