T8 B15 Faa Subpoena Compendium Fdr- Faa Doc Index 10-14-03 And Faa Subpoena 10-16-03 (copy)

800 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20591 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

OCT 14 National Commission on Terrorists Attacks Upon the United States 301 7th Street S.W. Room 5125 Washington, DC 20407 Dear Ms. Hyde: Enclosed are the following items in response to the 9/11 Commission's requests for documentation: Partial transcripts from Cape TRACON. Copies of Aircraft Accident reports that were provided to the Washington Operations Center from Eastern Region. Daily Record of Facility Operation from New England Region. Chronology from Great Lakes Regional Operations Center. Personal notes from Tom Benson, who was a Quality Assurance Staff Manager in the New England Air Traffic Division on 9/11. Background information from New York TRACON for the upcoming 9/11 Commission interviews. If you have questions, please contact me at 202-267-8111. Sincerely,

Shirley S. Miller Senior Advisor to the Deputy Administrator Enclosures

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SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM To the Federal Aviation Administration, Greeting: Pursuant to lawful authority, YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to produce forthwith, at the offices of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 301 7th Street, S.W., Room 5125, Washington, D.C., the books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents set forth in Attachment A. Any contumacy or failure to obey this subpoena may subject you to sanctions and penalties provided by law. This subpoena to be served by any member of the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

Given under my hand, by vote of the Commission, this 16th day of October, 2003.

Thomas H. Kean Chair, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

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ATTACHMENT A All documents relating to the Federal Aviation Administration's tracking of hijacked aircraft on September 11, 2001, including without limitation communications with NORAD; Any document — whether in draft or final form - prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation ("DoT"), the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"), any of their components, or any of their employees, as after-action or other evaluations of DoT's or FAA's response to the events of September 11,2001, including without limitation all documents prepared by Steve Brown regarding the ATC response to the events of September 11,2001; All interview memoranda or other records of DoT and FAA interviews of the ATC controllers and supervisors involved in tracking or communicating with the hijacked aircraft on September 11,2001; All interview memoranda or other records of DoT and FAA interviews of the personnel who were located in the FAA Washington Operations Center, the FAA Aviation Control Center, the FAA Security Directive Working Room, the FAA Regional Control Centers for the New England, Eastern and Great Lakes Regions, and the DoT Crisis Management Center on September 11,2001; All logs, tapes, and transcripts of FAA communications with NORAD on the morning of September 11, 2001; and All logs, tapes, and transcripts of internal FAA communications, including phone conversations among FAA locations, concerning aircraft presumed to be hijacked on September 11,2001. The term "documents" shall be interpreted broadly to mean written, recorded, and graphic materials of every kind in the FAA's possession, custody, or control, including (without limitation) computer files, electronic mail, notes, drafts, and non-identical copies. The term "computer files" includes information stored in, or accessible through, computer or other information retrieval systems, translated, if necessary, by the FAA into reasonably useable form.