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U.S.

Department of Justice
Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530 f /Wxj^d^t^g,^

July 25, 2003

Dan Marcus, General Counsel


National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our prior responses to the Commission's Document Request No. 1 to
the Department, which requested in part 2, inter alia, transcripts, memoranda, reports, and other
documents and audio/video recordings relating to debriefings or interviews and post-arrest
statements by thirteen individuals. Enclosed are two CDs, labeled 6 and 7, in response to your
request.

CD 6 contains scanned responsive documents relating to part 2 of the Request and


debriefings of six of the thirteen individuals. They are Messrs. Yousef (a); Haggag (e); Salem
(f); Al-Ridi (h); Al-Owhali (j); and Meskini (1). The Department is not asking the Commission
to maintain the confidentiality of this material because their provision of information has already
been publicly disclosed through their testimony in federal prosecutions or otherwise. An index
of the documents in the CD can be found by accessing the "Welcome.PDF" file in the CD. There
are 345 pages on CD 6.

We have substantial confidentiality interests as to the information regarding four of the


remaining individuals listed in part 2 of the Request, which is set forth in the separate enclosed c/s
CD 7, labeled "Confidential." They are Messrs]_,_^_ fc| -_____^_ 5-2
Some of these individuals have testified at public trials although they may have rd
provided additional information that remains confidential and we want to protect them as sources ™ g*
of this additional information. We are providing this CD ,tb the Corrimission based upon your ^ §=j
agreement that its contents, including the identities of the; individuals as sources of the DO f^
information, will not be disclosed outside of the Commission. There are 1,520 pages on CD 7. 55 S
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We are in the process of searching for additional information responsive to this Request, o
which we expect will be highly sensitive. ..We will supplement this response when that material
becomes available and will confer with Commission staff ai>out an appropriate access m
arrangement and confidentiality agreement to accommoliate the sensitivities involved.
'"9/11 Confidential Source
9/11 Law Enforcement Sensitive
I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would
like additional assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. Moschella
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice ^-^r""^ I 7i
Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

July 16, 2003

Dan Marcus, General Counsel


National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our prior response to the Commission's Document Request No. 1 to the
Department, which requested, inter alia, dockets, indictments, transcripts and other materials
relating to six indicted cases from the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) and one from
the Western District of Washington (W.D. Wash.)

Enclosed is a compact disc (CD) of scanned responsive documents in PDF format


relating to United States v. Ressam, et al., from the Western District of Washington. An index of
the documents in the CD can be found by accessing the "Welcome.PDF" file in the CD. There
are 3,390 pages on this CD.

We will supplement this response as soon as additional materials responsive to this


request become available. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like additional
assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. Moschella
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice ,A
Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530

July 15, 2003

Dan Marcus, General Counsel


National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus:

This supplements our prior response to the Commission's Document Request No. 1 to the
Department, which requested, inter alia, dockets, indictments, transcripts and other materials
relating to six indicted cases from the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) and one from
the Western District of Washington (W.D. Wash.)

Enclosed is a compact disc (CD) of scanned responsive documents in PDF format


relating to three of the S.D.N.Y. cases: United States v. Usama bin Laden; United States v.
Mokhtar Haouari; and United States v. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, Wali Khan
Amin Shah. An index of the documents in each CD can be found by accessing the
"Welcome.PDF" file in the CD. There are 17,313 pages on this CD.

I also want to correct the page count information that corresponded to the two CDs that
were enclosed with my letter, dated July 14, 2003. CD 1, which was enclosed with that letter,
actually contained images from 13,752 pages, and CD 2, also enclosed with the letter, contained
images from 9,649 pages, for a total of 23,401 pages. I apologize for this error in my letter.

We will supplement this response as soon as additional materials responsive to this


request become available. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like additional
assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. Moschella
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice

Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 2053>

July 14, 2003

Dan Marcus, General Counsel


National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Mr. Marcus: _


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This responds to the Commission's Document Request No. 1
requested, inter alia, dockets, indictments, transcripts and other materials relating to six indicted
cases from the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) and one from the Western District of
Washington (W.D. Wash.)

Enclosed are two compact discs (CDs) of scanned responsive documents in PDF format
relating to three of the S.D.N.Y. cases. Documents relating to United States v. Mohammed A.
Salameh are set forth in CD 1. Documents relating to United States v. Omar Ahmad AH Abdel
Rahman are set forth in CD 1 and in CD2. Documents relating to United States v. Ramzi Ahment
Yousef and Eyad Ismoil are set forth in CD 2. An index of the documents in each CD can be
found by accessing the "Welcome.PDF" file in each CD. There are 4,248 pages on CD 1 and
2,807 pages on CD 2, for a total of 7,055 pages in this production.

We will supplement this response as soon as additional materials responsive to this


request become available. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like additional
assistance regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

William E. Moschella
Assistant Attorney General

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