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D e ar D oug:

I enjoyed meeting you last week in C harleston. P lease find herewith the

documents you selected for copying from our terrorist library. I hope they prove useful

to you and the Com mission. I have also attached an invoice for our standard copy costs.

A s always, if you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel

free to call me.

V e r y truly yours,

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M otley R ice LLC

Post Of f i c e Box 365Barnwell, South Carolina 29812

Invoice No. 0002

August 21,2003

A ttent ion: Doug GreenburgNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon th e United States301 7 th Street, SWRoom 5125Washington, DC 20407

Re: 9/11 Burnett Case 164209

Printing/Photocopy Services3054 pages @ .20 cents pe r page $610.80



H. Kean

H. HamiltonC H A I R

Cleland

F. Fielding

S. Gorelick

Gorton

F. Lehman

J. Roemer

R . Thompson

D. Zelikow

June 23, 2003

Ronald L. Motley, Esq.Ness, Motley28 Bridgeside Boulevard

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Dear Mr. Motley,

I am writing in response to your letter to Chairman Kean, in which you statedyour offer to provide information an d materials in support of the

Commission's work. W e welcome relevant information from an y source, an dw e would be happy to receive whatever materials you deem relevant to theCommission's inquiry. A ny materials may be provided to my attention at thefollowing address:

National Commissionon Terrorist Attacks Upon the U nited States3017th Street, SW

Room 5125

Washington, D C 20407

O n behalf of the Commission, thank you for your offer of assistance. I look

forward to receiving your materials. Feel free to contact me if you want todiscuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

)aniel MarcusGeneral Counsel

301 7"' Street SW, Room 5125

Washington, DC 20407

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April 9 , 2003

Hon. Thomas E. Kean, Cnaizm anNational Com m iss ion on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United Statesc/o GSA A gency Liaison Division701 D Street, SW

Room 7120W ashington, DC 2 0 4 0 7

D ear Chairm an K ean:

As lead counsel toover 3,600 victim s of the Septem ber 11,2001 attacks, Ness,Motley, P.A. shares in the National Commission onTerroristAttacks Upon the UnitedStates' agenda and goal of examin ing the con tinuing threat and fundin g sources of

transnation al terrorism as well as the failures and deficiencies of go vernm ent and industryleading u p to the 9/11 attacks. A s a Firm, ou r clients and attorneys deeply appreciate thenoble an d daun ting work the Commis s ion ha s cou rageou sly un dertaken fo r the

betterm ent o f ou r cou ntry. I had the hon or and privilege o f attendin g the Co m m ission 'svery powerful opening hearings in NewYork City on March 31-April 1, and I lookforward to following the Commission's im portant work in the coming months.

A s Ness,Motley endeavors toroot out and bankrupt the logistical and fundingsources of terrorism, we wish tocontribute and share in the Commission's work and,where appropriate, provide insights and materials in an effort to enhan ce the overallim pact of this m onu m ental initiative. W e have spent a considerable num ber of m o n t h sinvestigating, collecting and analyzing evidence con cerning prio r terrorist threats an d



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attacks. In our work to illustrate the complicity and liability of terrorist financiers in the

September 11 th attacks, we are striving to answer the following probative question: "Did

the financiers of terrorism have sufficient pre-9/11/01 information to be placed on noticethat funding Al-Qaeda would result in a catastrophic attack on the U.S. homeland?"

Indeed, there was sufficient information and tangible evidence available, no t onlyto relevant government and industry decision-makers, but also to financiers of terrorismof a likelyplot whereby suicidal hijackers woulduse civilian aircraft as a weapon of massdestruction years in advance of the September 11,2001 attacks. As such, we believethere is tremendous value in the Commission examining issues of foreseeability andpriorgovernment and industry knowledge of similar terrorist plots. An examination of theseissues will inform the Commission, relevant governmentactors, and the Americanpublicabout what we as a country knew about the possibility of this plot being carried ou t priorto 9/11.

In an effort to contribute to this sensitive and vitally important discussion, Ness,

Motley has compiled a timeline and an historical summary of critical terrorist events. We

hope the enclosed memorandum will assist the Commission in examining the systemicfailures of the aviation industry and our intelligence agencies in preparing for andresponding to similar terrorist threats and activities involving commercial aircraft prior toSeptember 2001.

Again, Ness, Motley, P.A. appreciates the Commission's substantive examinationof these important issues. I encourage Commission members or staff to contact me to

further discuss ways in which our Firm may be of assistance to the work of the

Commission.

Sincerely,

Ronald L . Motley

RLM/me

cc: Executive Director Philip D. ZelikowCommission Vice-Chair L ee HamiltonCommission Member Richard Bcn-Vcnistc

Commission Member Max ClelandCommission Member Fred F. FieldingCommission Member Jamie S. GorelickCommission Member Sladc GortonCommission Member John F. Lehman •Commission Member Timothy J. RoernerCommission Member James R. Thompson9-11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism Steering Committee



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Governor Thomas Kean

President,Drew University*Madison, N J 07940

Deai Governor Kean:

A l l o w m e again to applaud you for graciously providing u s with so m u c h of your time,and for the energy and commitment that you so amply demonstrated a t our recent

meetingwith the 9/1 1family members. As we discussed, because itwouldbe u s e f u l f e n -

all the membcn of the9/11Commission to have thebenefit of the important lessons to be

d r a w n from die 1990 Presidential Commission on A via tion Security and Terrorism, 1 am

p l ea sed to provide youw i t h this synopsis of the lessons of the 1990 Commission.

T he 1990 Commission numbers faced a task sadly similar to thai faced by ikepresent

Commission: to come to grips with the fac ts of the single greatest terrorism ac t against

American citizens (as of vat time), and to make recommendations aimed at deterring

f u t u r e ierrahst attacks. Had that Commiss ion ' s , r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s presented in i ts 1 82pg .report of May 15. 1990 been f u l l y headed, 9/1 1 might indeed have been averted.

F u r t h e r to ou r disc uss ion, T a n d m y colleagues would be pleased to present to a l l them e m b e r s of the Commission a t tm c h f u l l e r brieiiac on tiii.5 subject, together with video



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and other materials w e have prepared which deals with our progress in the 9/11 families'suit, but w hich also goes far beyond S i with items of relevance to die Committee

Verytruly youis,

RLMAMKI1

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