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WORKPLAN
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

Objectives: (1) Assess the performance of the Intelligence Community (1C)1 in

collecting and analyzing information related to counterterrorism,
both prior and subsequent to the 9/11 attacks;
(2) Identify the reasons for such performance; and
(3) Recommend ways to improve the IC's future performance
regarding counterterrorism.

I. Key Questions.

A. Collection strategy.

1. What was the collection strategy, if any, of the USG vis-a-vis

terrorists in general and al Qaeda in particular?

2. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the strategy?

3. How was the strategy implemented?

B. Analytical integration.

1. How was analytical integration performed?

2. What was the relationship of analytical integration to tasking?

C. Warning.

1. How are strategic and tactical warning conducted?

2. Was there a warning network for counterterrorism purposes?

D. Management.

1. How is the 1C organized? How should it be organized? To what

extent is the 1C an interagency matter?

2. What is the White House's role in managing the 1C?

E. Resource Allocation.

1. How is resource allocation accomplished within the 1C?

1 I assume that the 1C includes: CIA, DIA, NSA, NRO, NIMA, Army Intel, Navy Intel,
Marine Intel, Air Force Intel, Coast Guard Intel, State, Treasury, Energy, and FBI, plus
DHS and TTIC.
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2. How has Congress authorized and appropriated funding?

3. What has counterterrorism's share of the budget been?

F. Oversight.

1. How is oversight conducted?

II. Materials With Which Commissioners Should Be Familiar.

To be completed.

III. Materials We Need To Request From The Government

A. Internal government documents that describe how the 1C is supposed to

function.

B. Access to documents and report of the Joint Inquiry.

C. Budgetary information.

D. Transcripts of Congressional oversight hearings.

E. Reports and other documentation submitted to Congress.

F. Organizational charts.

G. Documents from the NSC office overseeing intelligence.

H. Documents related to tasking of SIGINT, HUMINT, and MINT for

count erterrorism purposes.

I. Documents concerning the allocation of resources concerning analysis.

J. Documents from DoD concerning intelligence oversight.

K. Cable traffic concerning counterterrorism.

L. Transcripts of interviews with al Qaeda detainees.

IV. Individuals/Groups We Should Interview.

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V. General areas.

A. The IC's mission(s).

1. What was the IC's intended mission(s), and how did the mission(s)
evolve over time? Where has counterterrorism fit into the
mission(s)?

2. What organizing principle(s) governs how the 1C should function

in general and conduct counterterrorism in particular?

B. Intelligence policy.

1. What major policy decisions have guided the 1C? Who made such
decisions, and under what conditions?

2. How did such policy decisions impact the IC's counterterrorism

capabilities and efforts, either intentionally or unintentionally?

C. Organizational structure of the 1C.

1. How was the 1C intended to function, and what were its organizing
principle(s)? How has it functioned in reality?

2. What are the implications of such functioning for

counterterrorism?

D. Resources allocated to the 1C.

1. Sources of resources.

a. Requested by the 1C.

b. Requested by the President and OMB.

c. Appropriated.

d. Spent by the 1C.

2. What resources were requested for, appropriated for, and

ultimately spent on counterterrorism? Were such resources
adequate?

E. Information collection.

1. Aspects of information collection,

a. Priorities.
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b. Types: HUMINT, SIGINT, open source, etc.

2. Where did counterterrorism fit in the priorities for collection?

What decisions were made regarding the type of counterterrorism
information to be collected, and how successful were such
collection efforts? What impediments were there to successful
collection of counterterrorism information?

F. Information analysis.

1. Aspects of information analysis.

a. Priorities regarding what topics are being analyzed and thus

what collected information is most important to analysts.

b. Challenges to analysis, such as translation, data mining,

and "connecting the dots."

2. Did the 1C give sufficient attention to analyzing intelligence

information for counterterrorism purposes? What challenges did
the 1C face regarding analysis of such information and "connecting
the dots"?

G. Information-sharing.

1. Venn diagrams depicting information-sharing.

a. Within the 1C.

b. Between the 1C and other federal agencies (e.g., INS).

c. Between the U.S. Government and other entities (State and

local governments, foreign countries, and the private
sector).

2. What policies and procedures govern information- sharing? How

has such information-sharing worked in practice, and, more
specifically, how has information- sharing impacted U.S.
counterterrorism efforts?

H. Oversight.

1. Types of oversight.

a. Executive Branch.

(i) President.

(ii) Senior Presidential advisers.

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(iii) NSC.

(iv) OMB.

(v) SecDef- of agencies within DoD budget.

b. Congress.

(i) HPSCI and SSCI.

(ii) Armed Services,

(iii) Judiciary,

(iv) Appropriations.

c. Other.

(i) Judicial.

(a) FISA court.

(b) Other federal courts,

(ii) Other.

(a) Media.

(b) Other interest groups.

2. What is the objective of oversight? How has oversight affected the

IC's mission(s), structure, self-perception, exploitation of its
authorities, and - ultimately - performance? More specifically,
what role did oversight play in the IC's performance regarding
counterterrorism?