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Thomas H. Kean CHAIR
September 2, 2003
Max Cleland
The Honorable David M. Walker Comptroller General General Accounting Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548
Frederick F. Fielding
Dear Mr. Walker:
Lee H. Hamilton VICE CHAIR Richard Ben-Veniste
Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton John F. Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson
As a follow-up to your letter of July 28, 2003, establishing procedures for our Commission's access to GAO records, and our letter of July 29, 2003, we wanted to update you on our progress in reviewing GAO materials. We have now met with many of your staff and received valuable briefings from them on their work past, present, and future. We appreciate the cooperation we have received from you and the GAO. Based on these broader briefings to date, we would like to request the opportunity to inspect and copy selected workpapers from the following completed GAO Reports:
Philip D. Zelikow DIRECTOR
1. Border Security - Implications of Eliminating the Visa Waiver Program, November 2002 (GAO-03-38); 2. Border Security - New Policies and Procedures are Needed to Fill Gaps in the Visa Revocation Process, June 2003 (GAO-03-798); 3. Technology Assessment - Using Biometrics for Border Security, November 2002 (GAO-03-174); 4. Information Technology - Terrorist Watch Lists Should be Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing, April 2003 (GAO-03-322); 5. Land Border Ports of Entry - Vulnerabilities and Inefficiencies in the Inspections Process, July 2003 (GAO-03-782); •->*6. Homeland Security - INS Cannot Locate Many Aliens Because it Lacks Reliable Address Information, November 2002 (GAO-03188); 7. Immigration Benefit Fraud — Focused Approach is Needed to Address Problems, January 2002 (GAO-02-66); and 8. Potential Terrorist Attacks - Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants (GAO-03-414). In addition, we understand that you are in the process of completing a report on the U.S.-Visit Program, and we would ask for similar access to selected work papers once that report is released.
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We understand that some of these papers may contain sensitive and classified materials, and we are of course prepared to provide you with the necessary clearances prior to seeking review of any classified materials. With best regards,
)aniel Marcus General Counsel