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Yoel Tobfn

From: Yoel Tobin

Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:34 PM

To: Nicole Grandrimo; Tom Dowling

Cc: Melissa Coffey; Doug MacEachin

Subject: |" \8 \ interviews Thursday

NikiandTpm:

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I have placed an/outline of que stions for| In Tom 's safe, and on Niki's chair. Please let me know if you haveany revisions/deletions/additions. As for logistics, we are supposed to meet POC| ~~AM on Thursjja^by the Pentagon militarypicture ifls. Both this intervlewand tneither interview. I am also assuming that

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linterview will be conduc ted in a SCIF. I do not anticipate tapingsusan 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 itanyway you fee l comfortable. .Also, lef s figure out the logistics of meeting and getting to the Pentagon -- we willalso need a lockbag for the/interview.

Re:| |l assume that/torn will take the lead? I have not done an outline forj [Also. fo1 |we will needto read sojTie_Qpmmissrbri boilerplate at the outset of the interview which I will take with me. {W e don't need toread it td because hasalready been interviewed.V

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CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS

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Identify yourself an d the Comm ission ("I'm Pat Doe, a staff mem ber with the

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.").

ItJônd /July-S^^^feom^ê^mf^ndA^g

So that everyone is clearRon notrCe state that the interview is being recorded\ ^***^^^ ^f ff^

("Pursuant to our standard haficy, and our agreement withjhe^dministration, this

interview isbeing renrj*f£ '^ <~

Ask everyone in the room, including other Comm ission staff, to identify themselves

and their affiliations for the record., 4- -tea^, <^ &^\<^tc^./&tê ,4?^&^/fr

* * *; < * >- At

Ifclassified material might be discti sed, teljê witness that all Commission staffmem bers present have To p Secret/SClyCjjearances (assuming they do). Ask thewitness to inform yo u during the intemfew if he or she discusses classified

information, and if so, what the proper classification level is.

Give the witness general background information about the Commission

• The Commission was established bystatute; signed into law by the President.

• There are 10 Commissioners;\ll come from/nitside the government, but al l haveprior government experience

• The Chair was appointed by the Pkeside/t; the remaining C omm issioners w ereappointed by Congressional leade

• The basic statutory man date ofthe/CoVimission is three-fold:

1) to investigate and make/full and complete accounting of the facts and

circumstances surrounding the 9/H terrorist attacks;

2) to investigate the country's preparedness for, and immediate responseto, those attacks; and

3) to identify and evaluate the lessons leaVned from those attacks.

• The mandate of the (Commission is to determine the facts andmake policyrecommendations, iiot to establish individual culpability.

• The Commissioii will report its findings to the Presioient, Congress, and theAmerican peop/e, as well as make recommendations fo\preventing future attacks.

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If the witness has any questions^ offer the witness a cooyolf the statute (Tab D).

Give the witness general instructions about the ponduct of the interview.

• "If you don 't understand a question, or if/it isn't clear, please tell m e so that I canrestate it or try to make it cleare

• "If you need a break at any time\just let me know so that we can finish up a set ofquestions and take a break."

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'As to historical facts, we arejust looking for your best recollection. Please be asprecise as possible with details such as names, dates and locations, but also giveus your best estimate if you d on't remember exact details."

Start the substantive portion o f the interview by asking the witness to give his or herfull name, with a spelling of the last nam e, official title, and work location oraddress.

Before turning off the recorded make clear thatyou are ending the interview o r thatportion of the interview. ("Tharconcludes [this portion of] the interview.")

Whenever you turn the recorder backon after any stop or break in the recording,

re-state your nam e, the date, and theyevent. ("This is Pat Doe on Monday, Ju ly 21,2003, and this is a continuationx>f the: interview of Chris Roe.")

/\fanyone not identified ajxthe beginning\>f the interview jo i

ask them to identify themselves for the record.< c /

If an agency representative is present at the interview and you believe that his or her

actions ar e interfering with the conduct o f the interview, yo u should request that theagency representative discontinue his o r her actions. If such behavior persists, youshould conclude the interview and indicate that the interview will be continued at alater d ate. Report such occurrences immediately to the Front Office. If an agencyrepresentative r aises questions re possible claims o f executive privilege which cannotbe resolved, yo ur should consult w ith Dan or Steve by phone.

You may, at the end, ask the witness if there is anything else that s/he wou ld like toadd at that time.

Finally, tell the witness that s/he can contact you later if they have more information

to offer or want to change or add to any answers they have given.

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I Yoel Tobin

From: Yoel Tobin

Sent: Friday, Jan uary 16, 2004 9:45 AM

To: John Tamm

Subject: RE| [topics

Yes, we will ask the questions that you sent to me.earlier. This is just a list of topics submitted to DIA in advanceso that he can get a general idea of what the interview wiW cover

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From: John Tamm ..

Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:20 PM

To: Yoe! Tobin .,

Subject: RE:| Copies

Yoel: Yes, assuming that he discusses the Cole attack o r planned attacks on U.S. Naval vessels.John T.

Original M essage,

From: Yoel TobinSent: T h u 1/15/2004 12:42 PMTo: Melissa C o f f e y , .

Cc: Team I; John TammSubject:) ^topics

• The history and growth of A l 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 andoperational 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.

(John: I think your questions are sufficiently subsumed under the last bullet, do you agree?)

Melissa: This does not include anything from Team 5, should they wish to participate.Also, please check if the room se t aside for the interview is a SCIF. Thanks!

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Shelton, and Carney

|HrSteve and] .

• voy r request, I am sending topics for the interviews that the Commission has requested withl Ii \aShelton,| |andChristopher Carney. Please see below:

10am-2pm):

•\6 history and growth of A l Qaeda;

• A .1 Q¥eda's ties to other terrorist cells and organizations;

• Al Qaeeta's t ies to governments or elem ents thereof;

• A ny attempts by Al Qaeda to acquire weapons of mass destruction;

• A l Qieda's t ra ining camps and operational tradecraft;

• Terrorist attacks a nd terrorist plots that A l Qaeda o r related group s h ave executed o r attempted toexecute from A l Qaeda ' s founding through September 11, 2001.

Tina Shelton arid Christopher Carney:

Links between Al Q aeda and Iraq

JO/22 2-4pm): \e repdrting and dissem ination by the Departm ent of D efense

The attendees for thq bndl linterviews are Yoej/Tobin, Tom Dow l ing , and Nik i Grandrirno.Susan Gjnsburg maya t t end thel Jnterviewj'Yoellânted m e toTaskyoujYtheroora . lC760Tis^

(SCIFT/Fhe attendês~will meet Steve^nRelTietro enBaTICetothe rentagon~aT9:30 am on ThursdayI a ry22 .

As far as scheduling Tina Shelton and C hristopher Carney, we w ould l ike to schedule them o n the same

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day, back to back, for two hours each. Possible dates are January21, 29, or 30.

Thank you for your attentionand assistance in this matter. Pleasedo not hesitate to contact me with anyquestions or concerns.

Regards,

Melissa CoffeyStaff Assistant

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon theU.S.

202-331-4080 tel202-296-5545 fax

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Yoel Tobin

From: Yoel Tobin

Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:42 PM

To: Melissa Coffey

Cc: Team 1; John Tamm

Subject:! {topics

• The history andgrowth of Al Qaeda;

• A!Qaeda's ties to other terrorist cells and organizations;

• AlQaeda's ties to governments or elements thereof;

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• Any attempts by Al Qaeda to acquire weapons of mass destruction;

• Al Qaeda's training camps andoperational tradecraft;

• Terrorist attacks and terrorist plots that Al Qaeda or related groups have executed or attempted toexecute

from Al Qaeda's founding through September 1 1 , 2001 .

(John: I think your questions are sufficiently subsumed under the last bullet, do you agree?)

Melissa: This does not include anything from Team 5,should they wish to participate.Also, please check if the room set aside for the interview is a SCIF. Thanks!

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Yoel Tobin

From: Melissa Coffey

Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:16 PM

To : Yoel Tobin; Team 5

Cc: Team 1

Subject: RE:| Interview

I've spo ken with S usan, and due to the interview's.clpse proximity to her Team 's hearing, there is only a 50%chance she will attend, or send questions. I will clear her ir v to go, and if Team 5 can't make it, he gets to go early.

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M e l i s sa C o f f e y / jSta f f Assis tan tNa t i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n o n Terrorist At t a c ks U p o n th e U . S . i202-331-4080 te l \ 5 f a x , j

—Original Message jFrom: Yoel Tobin jSent: Tuesday, Jan uary 13, 2004 4 :03 PMTo : Team 5 iCc: Team 1 :Subject: FWJ [interview j

Susan, i

This interview isgoing to be rescheduled becaus |has aconflict this Friday. Melissa istrying to seta new date with DOD (possibly Jan. 22, 10-2). W e will Keep you informed. See below for how we wouldlike to conduct the interview in conjunction w ith your team's nte rests.

—Original Message—

From: Yoel TobinSent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:31 AMTo: Susan Ginsburg; Melissa Coffey; Lorry FennerCc: Kevin Scheid; Joanne Accolla; Tom Eldridge; Doug MacEachin; Team 1

Subject: RE : Duecy Interview

Susan:

After batting it around here, we would like to keep the number of people in the room down, but at thesame time, we probably don't need all 4 hours. So the best way to do this is probably for T eam 1 to doour part of the interview fro m 10 to 1, and for your team to arrive at 1 and take over from there. (If you'reonly sending on e person, one of us wo uld stay with yo u from 1-2.) If this works fo r you, we will try toarrange the logistics with DOD. (Perhaps they will consider changing the venue to K S t., although theconference room here is booked from 9 to 11, so we would have to change the time as well).

Alternatively, if you want to submit questions, that's fine too.

—Original MessageFrom; Susan GinsburgSent: Wednesday, Jan uary 07, 2004 12:33 PMTo : Yoel Tobin; Melissa Coffey; Lorry Fenner

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Cc: Kevin Scheid; Joanne Accolla; Tom Eldridge; Doug MacEachin; Team 1

Subject: RE: Duecy Interview

Yoel,

I would like to send someone if possible, but if not, we will submit questions.Let us know.

Thanks.

Susan

Original Message

From: YoeiTobin

Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:40 AM

To: Melissa Coffey; Susan Ginsburg; Lorry Fenner

Cc: Kevin Scheid; Joanne Accolla; Tom Eldridge; Doug MacEachin; Team 1


Thanks, Melissa. Susan, do you want to attend or just submJLflljestions? FYI, at present

we are planning to have 3 people from Team 1 attend thel interview.

Original Message—From: Melissa Coffey


To: Susan Ginsburg; Lorry Fenner; Yoel Tobin

Cc: Kevin Scheid; Joanne Accolla; Tom Eldridge; Doug MacEachin


Thd jinterview is scheduled for Jan. 16 from 10am - 2pm at the Pentagon,

Room 1C760. I need, to let our DIA rep know who is coming, so Susan, just let

me know. Thanks. ""-•-...

Melissa Coffey "9/11 Closed by Statute

Staff Assistant

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks U p o n th eU.S.

202-331-4080 tel

202-296-5545 fax \l Message

From: Susan Ginsburg


To: Lorry Fenner; Yoel Tobin

Cc: Kevin Scheid; Joanne Accolla; Tom Eldridge; Melissa Coffey; Doug

MacEachin


Thanks very much Lorry. That is helpfuLiaSjjIways). Yoel, would you

let me know when you are interviewing] fr

—Original Message—

From: Lorry Fenner

Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:15 PM

To: Melissa Coffey

Cc: Susan Ginsburg; Yoel Tobin; Kevin Scheid

Subject: Duecy Interview

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: : ; I understand Team 5 would like to attend/ask questions. Of

-::; . course they are welcome. However, they might want to instead"--.::'--. or also consider attending a second Team 1 interview with

I ..IDuecv was heDirector ofJITF-CT and at a very seniorlevel wh'itj ivas the senior CT analyst and might beable toanswer those questions better. We should also remember thatthey are not a collection organization but strictly an all-sourceanalytical unit focused on their Department's requirements (like

INR with State). They might also want to look at the Jl interviewswith DIA people in prep.

Melissa, would you also please let the other team leaders knowwho we have over the next couple of weeks so they can let usknow if they want to attend or give us questions.

Thank youLorry

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