T7 B7 Letters From Citizens Fdr- Michael Ravnitsky To 911 Commission Re Tsa Security Summary Synopsis Database 179

omas H Kean CHAIR

Date:

&Y

: H Hamilton VICE CHAIR hard Ben- Veniste

TO:

TEAM

tdeknd dF. Fielding

FROM: Dianna Campagna

ie S. Gorelick le Gorton

The attached correspondence from

i Lehman

is being forwarded to you for information and consideration. A copy has

othyJ. Roemer

also been sent to Team(s)

is R. Tliompson

have any questions, please call me on 33 1 -4082. Thank you.

/ /LcnJ 1 ''?<E-
x^^^ for their information. If you

pD. Zelikow H/nVE DIRECTOR

TEL (202) 331-4060 FAX (202) 296-5545 www.9-1 Icommissioaeov

2517 Holrrian Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-585-1027 mikerav® Mindspring.com April 11,2004 Thomas H. Kean Chair National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 301 7th Street, SW Room 5125 Washington, DC 20407 Dear Mr. Kean: I wish to apprise you of some documents that may prove extremely useful in the work of your commission. The Transportation Security Administration holds a database called the Security Summary Synopsis Database. The individuals who hold access to this database is Douglas Callen, Director, Office of Security, and Patricia M. Riep-Dice, Associate Director, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Division, TSA Headquarters, TSA-20, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22202-4220. The Security Summary Synopsis database contains descriptions of security incidents at U.S. Airports for the time period January 1, 2001 through the present. The TSA also holds documents called Security Summary Memoranda, from each FAA Region, which describe these incidents in more detail, for the time period 1996 through 2000. Ms. Riep-Dice is intimately familiar with these documents as she has been processing my requests for these documents under the Freedom of Information Act since April 2000. And they are still processing portions of these documents. I respectfully suggest that you obtain these documents and review them for material that will aid the work of your commission. Sincerely, Michael Ravnitzky