United States Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20520

October 21, 2 0 0 3

(SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED when separated from attachments

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MEMORANDUM FOR DANIEL MARCUS

GENERAL COUNSEL
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS -- NUMBER SIX (U)

(SBU) This is in response to the National Commission on

Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' request for
Department of State documents dated October 3, 2003.

(SBU) Attached are forty-three documents meeting your

request. They include five documents (nos. thirty-five
through thirty-nine on the list) that commission staff
requested following a briefing by TIPOFF Director John Arriza
on September 30.

(SBU) Under Executive Order 12958, the Department of

State may not disseminate classified information outside the
Executive Branch except under conditions that ensure that the
information will be given protection equivalent to that
afforded to such information within the Executive Branch. We
ask that only appropriately cleared members of staff be
granted access to the materials and that it be protected by
applying standards at least as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the
handling of classified information.

(U) We hope this information is useful to you. As

always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have
further questions.

Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary

-GAMMA //ORC ON, NOFORN//i£3r

[SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED when separate from attachments]
Classified by: Karl Hofmann, Executive Secretary
Reason: E.O. 12958 1.4(c) and (d)
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United States Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20520

UNCLASSIFIED October 7, 2003

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(with CONFIDENTIAL attachments)

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DANIEL MARCUS

GENERAL COUNSEL
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES

SUBJECT: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the

United States Request for Documents (Request for
Documents No. 6)

This is in response to the National Commission on Terrorist

Attacks Upon the United States' October 3, 2003 Request Number 6 for
Department of State documents.

This installment has four documents consisting of classified and

unclassified documents. Under Executive Order 12958, the Department
of State may not disseminate classified information outside the
Executive Branch except under conditions that ensure that the
information will be given protection equivalent to that afforded to
such information within the Executive Branch. We ask only that
appropriately cleared members of your staff be granted access to the
material and that it be protected by applying standards at least as
stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified information.

Although some of the material is not classified in and of itself,

its designation as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special
handling. Therefore we request that all of these documents be
protected from unauthorized disclosure.

We hope this information is useful to you. As always, please do

not hesitate to contact us if you have further questions.

Karl Hofmann
Executive Secretary

Attachments:
1. Incoming Request for Documents.
2. Index and 4 Documents Responsive to Request No.

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(with CONFIDENTIAL attachments)
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Karl: Attached as a word document is DOS document request no. 6. Please call
Niki Grandrimo at 202-331-4702 with any questions about this request and to
arrange for production. Feel free to Dan or me as well if any issues arise.
Thanks. Steve

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DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 6

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
'Commission") requests that the Department of State (DOS or the
'respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following
documents no later than October 17, 2003 (the "production date"):

1. The following State Department cables:

Thomas H. Kean
a. 95 Amman 000590
HAIR
b. 95 Amman 000611
ee H. Hamilton
;. 94 Amman 006741
VICE CHAIR
d. 94 Amman 008556
Richard Ben-Veniste
2. The entire file on Usama bin Laden contained within the State
Max Cleland Department's TIPOFF database.

Fred F. Fielding The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as
soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be
Jamie S. Gorelick provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production.

Slade Gorton
[f any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily,
John Lehman based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the
Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event
later than the production date, identify and describe each such document or
Timothy J. Roemer class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with
iufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such
James R. Thompson withholding.
Philip D. Zelikow If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any
requested documents but has information about where such documents may
EXECUTIVE be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such
DIRECTOR information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date.

If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or

scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such
questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so
that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production
date.

October 3, 2003 Daniel Marcus, General Counsel

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