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What infrastructure used?

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Access to INS, State databases?

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On disk from main FBI?
On disk from State?

What access did FTTTF have to FBI paperwork in field offices?

How was duty passed to the Namecheck Unit?

 Did FTTTF eliminate the 16,000 backlog?

Describe how FTTTF sought to comply with 20-day and 30-day clearance deadlines?

What exactly did the FBI do to locate individuals who:

Were in TIPOFF?

Had had their visas revoked?

Again, how coordinate with JTTFs?

Do any surveillance?

What is the current work, if any, of the FTTTF?

What concrete results are there for FTTTF work?

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Thomas H. Kean FBI BRIEFING REQUEST NO. 3
CHAIR

Lee H- Hamilton The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the
VICE C H A I R
"Commission") requests an informal background briefing from appropriate officials at
Richard Ben-Veniste
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the following topic:
Max Cleland

Fred F. Fielding
1 . How the role of the FBI in the clearance process for visa applicants has evolved
from the period 1998 to the present, including:
Jamie S. Gorelick

Slide Gorton
a. how the FBI and the State Department share authorities;
b. how the FBI provides information to the State Department supporting visa
John Lehman refusals under INA section 212(a)(3)(b) or other provisions of law;
Timothy J. Roemer c. how the FBI puts names of suspected terrorists or terrorist affiliates onto '
watchlists or into databases in order to prevent their entry into the United
James R. Thompson
States;
State Department access to the NCIC and Violent Gang and Terrorist''
Philip D. Zelikow Organization data files, and the Automated Fingerprint Identification System;
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
e. the Visas Condor program; ,, ~ r
f. the FBI's role in the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force;^ i ffi'& ( *^
g. the role of INS/DHS detailees to the FBI in the clearance process; and
h. the role of the FBI's Namecheck Unit.

The requested briefing is for general background purposes only and will not be a
substitute for later interviews the Commission and its staff may wish to conduct.

June 19,2003 Daniel Marcus

General Counsel

TEL (202) J31-4060

FAX (202) 296-5545
www.9-11 commission.gov
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Policy, Plans, Programs,
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RG: 148 Exposition, Anniversary, and Memorial Commissions

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