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Dear Mike,
Sorry to hear that the pressure has not been relaxed on you.
Tim.
Original Message
From: Mike Hurley [mailto:mhurley@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:33 PM
To: tjn3y@virginia.edu; Warren Bass
Cc: Mike Hurley
Subject: RE: Deadlines
Hi Tim:
The 2 month extension that has been much ballyhooed in the press in reality has
little impact on us. Team 3's internal deadlines have not changed at all.
I'll unilaterally agree to giving you an extension of 10 days. So your new due date
is February 25. Please have your piece to us by then. I hope that extension helps.
You should know that I haven't asked the Front Office about this. But I think I can
fend them off for ten days, and it's possible they won't even ask about it until later
in February anyway.
Mike
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From: Timothy J. Naftali [mailto:tjn3y@virginia.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 4:16 PM
To: Mike Hurley; Warren Bass
Subject: Deadlines
I am working hard to produce useful materials by the middle of this month. However if the
Commission does get an extension, I would like you to consider given me some more time. I have
hit paydirt in my most recent interviews and important doors are starting to open. Plus I have yet to
track down some important Congressional materials.
Tim.
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I have good contacts in the CIA's History office but I do not want to cross wires. How should I go about asking to
see DCI's public statements. The Agency keeps them for all DCIs and they are, by definition, unclassified. I would
like to see Gates and Woolsey's public statements on the nature of the world, threats, etc. for 1992-94.
Similarly I would like to see Sessions' and Freeh's public statements on terrorism over that period. I don't have
any contacts but I could ask Sessions to check his own files for these public documents.
Any suggestions? Should you ask for them via liaison? David Tucker will also probably want to see them.
Tim.
Timothy J. Naftali
Director
Presidential Recordings Program
Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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From: Mike Hurley
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:03 AM
To: 'tjn3y@virginia.edu'
Cc: Warren Bass; Marquittia Coleman; Mike Hurley
Subject: RE: Dallas Trip 2
Tim:
Thanks for your notes. I apologize for being out of touch with you. We're being run ragged with one high level
interview after another (yesterday Strobe Talbott and John Podesta, day before Sandy Berger for 9 hours). It's
relentless.
I'll speak to Chris Kojm today and see if I can get more support from the front office than it has demonstrated in
recent weeks.
Regards,
Mike
Original Message
From: Timothy J. Naftali [mailto:tjn3y@virginia.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:04 PM
To: Mike Hurley; Warren Bass
Subject: Dallas Trip 2
I don't want to cause any trouble for you and am trying to work the problem. Since my last email, I
managed to get an excellent fare for the Austin to Dallas flight (118.00). I can spring for that so long as
the Commission will put me up in Texas through Sunday morning, February 1. The cost to the
Commission is an extra night at a hotel.
Tim.
Timothy J. Naftali
Director
Presidential Recordings Program
Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
1/16/2004
Mike Hurley
From: Chris Kojm
"ient: Monday, January 12, 2004 2:21 PM
To: Mike Hurley; Warren Bass
Subject: RE: Travel Arrangements for Tim Naftali
Marquittia
Original Message
From: ckojm@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:ckojm@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:04 PM
To: Warren Bass
Cc: Bonnie Jenkins; Mike Hurley; Marquittia Coleman; Kasia Kozaczuk
Subject: Re: Travel Request for Tim
OK -- I approve.
uoting "" <wbass@9-llcommission.gov>:
>
> Thanks, Chris.
>
> Tim Naftali is planning a series of trips to presidential libraries to
> consult open archives for CT material. He's also planning to use the
> trips to meet with
> some former officials who worked on CT issues, as described in earlier
> messages
> to the Front Office. These research trips will form the spine of Tim's
> monograph on U.S. CT policy in the period from the start of modern terrorism
in
> 1968 until the Clinton administration, as described in our work plan.
>
> Hope that helps--please let me know if you have further questions.
1
> Warren
> > I am forwarding this email to Warren for response as Warren is the
> > Team 3 lead
> > on Tim's contribution to the monograph.
> > Bonnie, Marquittia -- I am going to need some more information and
> > justification from Tim as to the specific purpose of his visits. I just
> > don't
> > know much about what he plans to do/needs to do at these site visits.
> > Thanks, C.
> > Team 3's part-timer Tim Naftali would like to request travel to
> > > conduct
> > > research at the following presidential libraries:
> > > Nov. 12-15th to Yorba Linda, CA: Richard Nixon and Regan Library.
> > > Dec. 2-6th to Austin, TX: George Bush Presidential Library,
> > > College
> > Station.
> > > Dec. 9-12th to Ann Arbor, MI: Gerald Ford Library.
> > John, Serena, and I need the following flight reservations next
> > week:
> > > Monday, 10/27: From DCA (Regan National) to Minneapolis on the
> > > flight leaving at 8:25 a.m. on Northwest Airlines.
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X > >
> > > Tuesday 10/28: From Minneapolis to Detroit on the 7:00 p.m
> > > Northwest Flight.
> > >
> > Thursday 10/30: From Detroit back to DCA on the 3:31 p.m.
> > Northwest
> > Flight.
> > >
> > > Northwest WorldPerks Numbers :
> > >
> > > Doug 299 752 666
> > >
> > > Serena SE452459 (Contintental - but they should take it) .
> > >
> > > Also, Serena requests Vegetarian meals on any flights that have
> > > meals.
> > >
> > > We are taking care of the hotel arrangements. Please let me know
> > > if you
> > have
> > >
> > > any questions. Thank you very much for your assistance.
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- End forwarded message -----
Hi David:
Your plan sounds fine. It will help us a lot if you cover the 93 period up
to the Embassy bombings in '98. How terrorism was seen. How the government
responded. What instruments were used. The range of questions/issues we
included in our original letter to you. You're right that that February 15
is the deadline.
As for the 30,000 word guidance, that was just a target length. Clearly, as
you'll be covering a shorter period than originally planned, it's fine to
come in with a shorter piece. Needless to say, quality is much more
important than number of words.
I recommend that you talk to Tim Naftali, to coordinate where he leaves off,
nd you pick up. Also, the greater consistency there is in how you both
pproach the issues, write about them, which you think are the most
important, etc., the easier it'll be for us to edit.
FYI: Team 3's own detailed monograph is due on March 15. Then we have a
big round of public hearings, of current and former principals, scheduled
for the last week of March.
Let me know about this other project you've begun. As we discussed, I'd be
happy to be interviewed for it.
And we need to think about when we're going to publish "Reforming Human
Intelligence". Next summer, soon after the Commission's report is issued?
Our Report is still scheduled to be released in the late-May to mid-June
time frame.
Warm regards,
Mike
>If this sounds alright to you, I will contact Tim Naftali. If you want
>to talk about this, I will be on leave 12/24-12/26 but you can call me
>at home during that time or in the office the week of 12/29.
>David
Mike Hurley
Thanks David. We'll need to nail down as soon as we can whether we can count on you
to cover the 1993 - 98 period. As you know, we're really hoping this works out, as your
contribution is really important to us.
Mike
Original Message
From: Tucker, David USA [mailto:dctucker@nps.navy.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:49 AM
To: Mike Hurley
Subject:
Mike - Sorry I did not et back to you as soon as I told you I would. When I opened the documents that
Tim sent me, I found that the one listing the different documents was over 500 pages long. It has taken
me a while to get through it. Still working on it, in fact. I will be in touch soon.
David
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Mike Hurley
Thanks. This is a Friday thing, but we do need to pull a trigger here—I'd much prefer to have David tackle the
Clinton period, but if we are going to ask Tim to handle 1993-98, we really ought to let him know ASAP.
Warren
Original Message
From: Mike Hurley
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:20 AM
To: Warren Bass
Subject: From David Tucker
Warren,
Mike
—Original Message—
From: Tucker, David USA [mailto:dctucker@nps.navy.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:49 AM
To: Mike Hurley
Subject:
Mike - Sorry I did not et back to you as soon as I told you I would. When I opened the documents that
Tim sent me, I found that the one listing the different documents was over 500 pages long. It has taken
me a while to get through it. Still working on it, in fact. I will be in touch soon.
David
12/17/2003
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Mike Hurley
Sounds good, Tim—keep us posted, and thanks again for all your hard work on this. We're excited to see the piece.
Best,
Warren
Original Message
From: Timothy J. Naftali [mailto:tjn3y@virginia.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:30 AM
To: Mike Hurley; Warren Bass
Subject: Update
This week I will you a progress report and a plan for completing my research. I understand that I cannot
request funding for interview trips. But I do hope I can still make the presidential library research visits. In
November a trip to Texas -- to the LBJ and Bush libraries - was authorized but then I asked Marquittia to
postpone the trip. I would still like to go in January. I will determine by the end of this week whether to
seek authorizaton for a visit to the Carter or Ford libraries. Frankly, I would prefer not to go, if possible. I
will be speaking to the relevant archivists today and tomorrow and will then assess the extent to which
what I need is already covered by the National Security Archive CT collection.
Tim.
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Mike --
Re: Oakley. You interviewed him already, didn't you? If Oakley doesn't object, I don't.
Cannistraro. Pis. check with Team 2 as to their interest in such an interview as well.
Bush Administration: Best person is probably whoever held the S/CT job at that time.
Re: letters. In addition to advance approval of interviews, please make sure that FO and Al F. are informed when
the interviews are scheduled, so that Al doesn't get blindsided by a phone call, as happened with Naftali's
interview of Ed Meese.
I am not happy about due date extension -1 know you aren't either - but if you can live with it I can.
Otherwise, OK
--C
Original Message
From: Mike Hurley
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:14 AM
To: Front Office; Warren Bass
Cc: Mike Hurley; Scott Allan; Alexis Albion
Subject: Tim Naftali Progress Report and Request
• We originally set the end of January as the due date for his piece. Given a
late start and "the richness of the unclassified documents he is
researching," he requests that his due date be extended to February 15.
Team 3 can live with that, but since we'll be so crunched with our own
writing, we'll encourage him to get it in as soon as possible lest this
become an albatross around our necks—and make it clear that February 15
is carved in stone. Our monograph deadline is March 15, which allows
sufficient time for Tim's work to inform ours.
• Tim advised that the interviews that he has conducted to date (with our
approval) have been fruitful. As we requested about a month ago, he has
stood down on requesting additional interviews.
• The third interview he would like to do is James Baker. I recall that Philip
said no to a Jim Baker interview (I communicated that to Tim on 10 October
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• If we give Tim the green light on the two interviews, we will of course
ensure that he sends us draft letters for advance approval. I know some
have expressed concern about his using our letterhead for interview
requests in the past. If that is still seen as a problem, he can send the
requests on his own stationery.
Just wanted to update the front office.
Mike
12/5/2003
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Mike Hurley
I have just returned from what turned out to be a very successful research trip to California. The Reagan Library
proved a gold mine. The archivists kindly prepared for me a detailed list of materials related
to counterterrorism, Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Syria, which I was able to work my way
down. Fortunately a few people had applied for materials on terrorism in the 1990s under the Freedom of
Information Act, which were released before the general tightening of declassification in 2001. Among the superb
documents [few of which, by the way, the National Security Archive filmed for their CT collection] are a finding on
Libya and discussions of the need for better humint on terrorism and homeland security in the 1980s. It is striking
to see discussions of a pre-emptive strategy against terrorism as early as 1984.
Yesterday I put some of this new material to work in my interview with Admiral Poindexter. He was very gracious
and would like to meet again because in a 75 minute meeting we were only able to scratch the surface.
There is a lot obviously that has not been released and I made a point of noting titles of documents that I thought
you might wish to see for your own work. The titles of many classified documents are open, even if the document
itself is not. What is referred to as a "Worldwide Counterterrorism" finding was prepared in April 1986.1 could not
find the finding itself [as I said I did see another finding] but there is a reference to a still classified discussion of it
by the State Department's legal counsel. As this finding may have been the first of the series that extend to our
times, you may wish to ask to see this discussion paper. In the files there is also a reference to a 1986 finding on
paramilitary activities associated with counterterrorism. Finally, there is also a 28 page history of US
Counterterrorism efforts prepared for the Vice President's Task Force on Counterterrorism in 1985 that might
prove useful when Warren supplements and edits my unclassified draft for insertion into your classified product. I
also looked at some Saudi and Pakistani material that you might find useful as background. The first significant
US military arrangements with the Saudis were negotiated by Caspar Weinberger in 1982. His personal
representative was General Richard Secord, later of Iran-Contra fame. President Reagan identified the defense of
Saudi Arabia as a US vital interest. As early as 1988, the USG was sensitive to the fact that the ISI had a special
relationship to the Afghan resistance and had built itself up as a rival power center in Karachi.
I have set up interviews over the next two weeks with Carlucci, Meese, Webster, Sessions and Turner. The
interview with Shultz provided a few nuggets but he generally could remember little more than what he put in his
memoir in 1993.1 would like to discuss adding a few more names. Having not heard yet from General Scowcroft
and since Gates is offlimits, I do not have a policy principal from the Bush [41] years. If possible I would like to try
to see Secretary Baker. There is also another Reagan person whom I would like to add. If you are not going to
interview him, I would also like a chance to see Vincent Cannistraro, who was NSC Director for Intelligence in the
Reagan years. He prepared the findings and helped shaped the approach to counterterrorism. There is someone
currently in government [offlimits to me] whom you should meet, if you haven't already, because of his long
experience in CT. Charles Allen, the current DDCI for collection, was NIO for CT in the Reagan years. According
to Poindexter, he was the first to develop a "hotlink" for the sharing of CT intelligence across the intelligence
community.
I am aiming to be able to give a luncheon talk to Team 3 before the end of the year on Reagan and CT, if you
would like that. If the timing doesn't work, then I could hold off until early January. What you will find useful is that
the principals were asking some of the same questions in 1985-86 that 9-11 forced them to reconsider in
September 2001.
Tim.
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Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
11/25/2003
Mike Hurley
Mike Hurley [mhurley@9-11commission.gov]
>ent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:18 PM
To: 'Steve Dunne'; mcoleman@9-11commission.gov; dmarcus@9-11commission.gov
Cc: wbass@9-11commission.gov; mhurley@9-11commission.gov
Subject: RE: Naftali's Interview Request
Steve,
I spoke with Tim this afternoon and advised him that, following completion of his
interviews with former officials we have already approved, he should stand down on
submitting additional interview requests.
We agreed, however, that if he could make a compelling argument on the need to interview
one or two more, we would at least consider the request. We, of course, can determine
what is "compelling", and, in any event, retain the right to approve any future requests.
He understood the message, and I do not expect he intends to submit additional requests,
except on the very select basis as noted above.
Mike
Original Message
From: Steve Dunne [mailto:sdunne@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:41 AM
To: mcoleman@9-llcommission.gov; dmarcus@9-llcommission.gov
Cc: wbass@9-llcommission.gov; mhurley@9-llcommission.gov
Subject: RE: Naftali's Interview Request
Original Message
From: mcoleman@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:mcoleman@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:49 AM
To: sdunne@9-llcommission.gov; dmarcus@9-llcommission.gov
Cc: wbass@9-llcommission.gov
Subject: Naftali's Interview Request
Steve:
Team 3's part-timer, Tim Naftali has requested review and approval for the
attached interview letter to General Alexander Haig. If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact Warren Bass on x5568.
Thanks Much,
Marquittia
Staff Assistant
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Mike - I have been in touch with the Clinton Library. The archivist said in an e-mail that they are not subject to
FOIA requests until 2006. I have received some information from Tim Naftali about documents that the National
Security Archive has, some of which may be from the Clinton administration. I'll look through that.
David
Original Message
From: Mike Hurley [mailto:mhurley@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:38 AM
To: Tucker, David USA
Cc: dmarcus@9-llcommission.gov
Subject: RE: working for the commission
David,
Dan made a couple of points to me: The Clinton papers are likely not yet available, and the library is not
built yet. Suggest you attempt to find out via telephone which open materials if any are currently available
to scholars.
Re the larger question: Whether the Commission could fund travel for you to locations to research
available documents? Dan said it might be do-able but he reserves judgment until you get the answer
from NPS whether the arrangement you are proposing is ok by them. If you get the green light, Dan
might have to run the travel-funding question by DoD counsel.
Regards,
Mike
Original Message
From: Tucker, David USA [mailto:dctucker@nps.navy.mil]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:22 PM
To: hurley commission
Subject: working for the commission
Mike - I think I have devised an easy way (from NFS' perspective) for me to work with the
commission. Our department has a certain amount of money set aside to cover research
necessary to develop courses for the curriculum. I am supposed to teach a course on USG
responses to terrorism. So, I can do that work on the department's money and share it with the
commission. There is a limit to this money, which means I will not be able to do as much work as
I could have working for the commission. I will cover the period from 1993 to 2001. How does
that sound? I will et back to you with more detail on the work plan. Do you think the commission
would be able to cover the travel and perdiem costs for a research trip to the Clinton papers,
assuming that they are available? That would help.
David
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Warren -1 called Dan Marcus last Wednesday (I believe). He told me that he had spoken with someone at OSD
and they had concluded that what the lawyer here cited did not apply. The OSD lawyer thought there was a
problem with "double-dipping" (my term), a government employee getting paid twice for doing the same work.
Dan said he thought this was a problem. I explained that the school has a system in place to handle this problem,
to ensure that we do not get paid twice for the work we do. He seemed to think that sounded good. He said he
would get back to me in a day or two with a definitive answer. I have not heard anything. What is your advice?
Should I call him again? Do you want to enquire? I appreciate your help with this.
David
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Dan a€" Mike Hurley suggested I check in to see if you had had a chance to follow
up on the issue of whether I can work as a contractor for the Commission. I
realize that this is not the most important issue you are dealing with but I am
concerned, given when the Commission is supposed to end its work, that it is mid-
October and my status remains unclear. If there is anything I might do to help,
let me know.
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Subject: RE: Sample letters from Tim Naftali
Go ahead with the letters, we need to add the caveat about the possibility of
a formal commission interview only if we think we are likely to want one. I
had assumed we would with Scowcroft (Team 2?), but maybe not. Check with
Lederman.
Quoting "" <mhurley@9-llcommission.gov>:
> Dan,
>
> Philip explicitly said in our meeting when this came up, and I think you were
>
> present, that Scowcroft was ok.
>
> We can certainly tell Tim to add that the commission may wish to interview
> Scowcroft as well.
>
> I'll follow instructions on this, I just thought I had already been given a
> pretty clear answer.
>
> Mike
>
> Quoting "" <dmarcus@9-llcommission.gov>:
>
> > Wait a minute. I am concerned re Naftali interviewing people we plan to
> > interview, such as Scowcroft. (And I assume we might want to interview
> Crowe
> >
> > or Webster, but I don;'t know.) Are we worried about this? At a minimum,
> > the
> > letters should state that the Commission may want to interview the
> addressee
> >
> > more formally.
> >
> > Quoting Philip Zelikow <pzelikow@9-llcommission.gov>:
> >
> > > Mike --
> > >
> > > I think these letters are OK and can go out on our letterhead.
> > >
> > > Philip
> > >
> > > Original Message
> > > From: mhurley@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:mhurley@9-llcommission.gov]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:49 PM
> > > To: frontoffice@9-llcommission.gov
> > > Cc: mhurley@9-llcommission.gov
> > > Subject: Fwd: Sample letters from Tim Naftali
> > >
> > >
> > > Last week Philip supported in principle that Tim Naftali could request
> > > interviews with former officials in conducting his historical study of CT
>
> > > policy for us. one of the guidelines Philip specified was that Tim
> would
> > > need
> > > to send us his draft letters to obtain our approval (obviously before
> > > sending
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Last week Philip supported in principle that Tim Naftali could request
interviews with former officials in conducting his historical study of CT
policy for us. One of the guidelines Philip specified was that Tim would need
to send us his draft letters to obtain our approval (obviously before sending
the letters to prospective interviewees).
Attached please find the first batch from Tim. I have looked at them and they
appear O.K. to me. Request FO approval to give Tim the green light on these.
Mike
Forwarded message from "Timothy J. Naftali" <tjn3y@virginia.edu>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:02:55 -0400
From: "Timothy J. Naftali" <tjn3y@virginia.edu>
Reply-To: "" <tjn3y@virginia.edu>
Subject: Sample letters
To: "" <mhurley@9-llcommission.gov>, 'warren Bass'
<warrenbass@hotmai1.com>
Dear Mike and warren,
Here are some sample letters. I need to find correct addresses, but I
wanted to be sure the language of the request was suitable.
Thanks.
Tim.
Timothy 3 . Naftali
Di rector
Presidential Recordings Program
Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller center of Public Affairs
2201 Old ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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Just wanted you to know that the National Security Archive has just put together a collection of 1509 documents
on Counterterrorism policy from 1968 to 2001. I'll be meeting with the director of the N S Archive, Tom Blanton,
on October 16 so that I can make good use of this material.
Tim.
Timothy J. Naftali
Director
Presidential Recordings Program
Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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I suggest you send emails directly to dan marcus and cc me and warren bass.
That will help prod him to follow through. He will do it anyway, but you
shooting him an email will encourage him to talk to DoD counsel rapidly.
Dan is out today but will be in on Tuesday.
Suggest you send him an email updating him on discussions at your end and
asking him about how it is going at this end.
the two emails are: dmarcus@9-llcommission.gov
and
wbass@9-llcommi ssion.gov
Thanks,
Mike
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Original Message
From: mhurley@9-llcommission.gov [mai1to:mhurley@9-llcommi ssi on.gov]
Sent: Monday, pctober 06, 2003 9:06 AM
To: tjn3y@virginia.edu; Timothy J. Naftali
Cc: 'Warren Bass'
Subject: Re: Sample letters
Tim,
Got your letters. Will float them by the Front Office (FO) pronto.
will
advise.
Mike
Quoting "Timothy J. Naftali" <tjn3y@virginia.edu>:
> Dear Mike and Warren,
>
> Here are some sample letters. I need to find correct addresses, but I
> wanted to be sure the language of the request was suitable.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tim.
>
> Timothy J. Naftali
> Director
> Presidential Recordings Program
> Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
> Miller Center of Public Affairs
> 2201 Old ivy Road
> PO Box 400406
> Char!ottesvilie, VA 22904
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Here are some sample letters. I need to find correct addresses, but I wanted to be sure the language of the
request was suitable.
Thanks.
Tim.
Timothy J. Naftali
Director
Presidential Recordings Program
Kremlin Decisionmaking Project
Miller Center of Public Affairs
2201 Old Ivy Road
PO Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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Dear Judge Webster:
I live in the District and would like to meet with you at your convenience to discuss how
the FBI and the CIA both viewed the problem of counterterrprism in the Reagan and
Bush (41) administrations. I can be reached atj [
I live in the District and would like to meet with you at your convenience to discuss how
the principals viewed the problem of counterterrorism in the Reagan administration. One
of my case studies will be the US response to Libyan support for international terrorism. I
will be traveling to the Reagan and Bush libraries in November but could easily arrange a
time before Thanksgiving, if you schedule permits.
You have played a significant role in preparing the military for the counterterrorism
mission and witnessed how more than one administration handled this problem. It would
therefore be of immense value to me if we could sit down and discuss this matter at your
convenience.
Sincerely,
Dear General Scowcroft,
I hope you received the packet of clippings from the Miller Center on our announcement
of the Kremlin documents project. I am very grateful to you for the support that you have
always shown for that project. These days I am wearing a different hat and it is in this
new context that I write to you today.
You are one of the very few in Washington who has witnessed and influenced our
counterterrorism policy over several administrations. It would be of immense value to me
if we could sit down and discuss this matter at your convenience.
I will be traveling to the Reagan and Bush libraries in November but could easily arrange
a time before Thanksgiving, if your schedule permits. Otherwise we could meet in
December.
Thank you for considering this request and again I do appreciate all the help you gave me
on the Kremlin project.
Sincerely,
Tim Naftali
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> Original
> From: Elster, Richard USA
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:58 AM
> To: Lincoln, Don USA
> Cc: Tucker, David USA
> Subject: FW: 9-11 commission
> Don: let me know if I can help.
> original Message
> From: Tucker, David USA
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:47 AM
> TO: Lincoln, Don USA
> cc: Elster, Richard USA
> Subject: 9-11 commission
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> «DOD 5500.7-R AND 48 CFR 3.601.doc» «TITLE 48 CFR 9.5 CONSULTANTS
> CONFLICT OF INTEREST. doc»
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> addressed to you or the Provost, as the person who ultimately makes
> the decision? I am in class from 0800-1000 today but could come by
> any time after that to talk about this, if you think that would be
> useful.
>
> David
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Mike -- I am teaching a special course this week. I will be in class just about
all day Monday and Tuesday and all morning Wednesday. I will check e-mail and
phone messages at lunch time.
David
Original Message
From: [mai1 to:mhurley@9-llcommi ssi on.gov]
Sent: Fri 9/26/2003 4:01 PM
TO: Tucker, David USA
Cc:
Subject: Re: contract
Davi d:
thanks. I got it. Let's talk on Monday. Maybe you could be a
"subcontractor"
to Naftali, and that wouldn't be under our control, your relationship
would be
with him not with the Commission, haven't run that by the lawyers, but
maybe
there's an outside chance. Look forward to hearing the ideas you refer
to.
Enjoy the weekend. Time enough to worry about this on Monday.
Regards,
Mike
Quoting "Tucker, David USA" <dctucker@nps.navy.mil>:
> Mike -- I sent the fax. I think your plan is the best way to go. if it
> works it will probably be the fastest and most efficient way to get the
work
> done, if it doesn't work, there might be some alternatives, which we can
> discuss if we have to.
>
> David
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From: "Timothy J. Naftali" <tjn3y@virginia.edu>^
To: "" <mhurley@9-11commission.gov>^,"" <wbass@9-11commission.gov>#
Cc: "" <naftali@virginia.edu>4P
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thanks. I got it. Let's talk on Monday. Maybe you could be a "subcontractor"
to Naftali, and that wouldn't be under our control, your relationship would be
with him not with the Commission, haven't run that by the lawyers, but maybe
there's an outside chance. Look forward to hearing the ideas you refer to.
Enjoy the weekend. Time enough to worry about this on Monday.
Regards,
Mike
Quoting "Tucker, David USA" <dctucker@nps.navy.mil>:
> Mike -- I sent the fax. I think your plan is the best way to go. if it
> works it will probably be the fastest and most efficient way to get the work
> done. If it doesn't work, there might be some alternatives, which we can
> discuss if we have to.
>
> David
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Phone: Fax:
From: IA?
Phone:
5370
Ser OOC/095
18 Sept. 2003
MEMORANDUM
1. I have received and reviewed reference (a). Based upon the information provided in
reference (a), that David Tucker, Associate Professor in the Defense Analysis Department, will
be employed as a Consultant by the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks upon the
Um'ied States to prepare a monograph for the Commission covering U.S. counterterroism policy
from 1983 - 1998, for one day per week. Since the "National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
upon the United States" is a federal agency, I opine that the planned activities are not permitted.
Reference (b), at Section 5-402, prohibits contracting for the procurement of goods and services
between the Federal Government and its employees, unless the needs of the Federal Government
cannot otherwise be met (emphasis added). In addition, reference (c), at 3.601, provides that a
Contracting Office shall not award a contract to a Government employee. That policy is
intended to avoid the appearance of favoritism or preferential treatment by the Government
toward its employees. There are provisions in reference (c), however, where the Aagency head
or a designeeS may authorize an exception to the policy in 3.601 Aonly if there is a most
compelling reason to do so, such as when the Govemment=s needs cannot reasonably be
otherwise met@ (Reference (c), 3.602).
2. If the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks upon the United States should determine
that it cannot obtain any other consultants to perform the services in question, then that agency
needs to comply with the waiver provisions set forth in references (b) and (c) in order to hire
David Tucker on a contract basis.
3. I recommend that, you disapprove the request for outside employment as it is contrary to
federal regulations.
4. If you have any questions, please call me at (831) 656-3356 or DSN 756-3356.
Very respectfully,
D. E. LINCOLN
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Dear warren,
Thanks for the note. I just wasn't sure whether email would be too
insecure for discussions of something that was commission sensitive.
in reading the outline and the back sections, I wondered whether you
would want me to focus on any historical issues in the US-Saudi or
us-israeli relationship. The latter relationship is not mentioned in the
draft but I assume that it lies somewhere in the background.
Have a good weekend.
Tim.
Original Message
From: wbass@9-llcommission.gov [mai1 to:wbass@9-llcommi ssion.gov]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:08 PM
To: tin3y@virginia.edu
Cc: mnurley@9-llcommission.gov
subject: Re: Fwd: Today
Many thanks to you, too, Tim--we're all looking forward to working with
you.
Feel free to be in touch re the outline however 's best for you—email,
phone,
meeting, whatever. (I'm over at NEOB much of next week, though.) The
back
sections of the outline, in particular, are just to get your juices
flowing; if
there's stuff we've forgotten or mischaracterized, just let us know what
you
think makes more sense.
Best,
Warren
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Thanks for your note. Yes, Tim Naftali did sign his contract and I think Karen
is waiting for Philip's signature. Team 3 also met with Tim yesterday.
Regarding David Tucker, I have been in touch with him and I also have a call
pending with him, I left a voice mail yesterday. His process is slowed down
because he submitted this arrangement, as he is required to do, for review by
the Naval Postgraduate School where he is a faculty member. There may be a
glitch which might prevent him from doing what we ask. I am waiting to hear,
he will advise one he has heard at his end. I still have my fingers crossed.
if it doesn't work out, we may need to adapt, one possibility might be just to
have Naftali cover the years Tucker was going to cover. Naftali is open to
that, if that happens we would need to change the contract, but that should be
a fairly easy matter of just adding a modification or two.
I'm still hopeful about Tucker. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything
Tracy.
Regards,
Mike
Quoting Tracy Shycoff <tshycoff@9-llcommission.gov>:
> I have not heard from Mr. Tucker in regards to his contract, if you speak
> with him could you please ask him to contact me? Thanks.
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Many thanks to you, too, Tim- -we 're all looking forward to working with you.
Feel free to be in touch re the outline however 's best for you—email, phone,
meeting, whatever. (I'm over at NEOB much of next week, though.) The back
sections of the outline, in particular, are just to get your juices flowing; if
there's stuff we've forgotten or mischaracterized, just let us know what you
think makes more sense.
Best,
Warren
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"* UNITE0'
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR
Dr. David Tucker
Richard Ben-Veniste Code CC/TD
Naval Postgraduate School
Max Cleland
589 Dyer Road
Frederick F. Fielding Monterey, CA 93943
Jamie S. Gorelick
Dear Dr. Tucker:
Slade Gorton
On behalf of the Commission's staff, I want to thank you for taking the time
John F. Lehman to interview with us on September 5, 2003. We enjoyed meeting with you and
Timothy J. Roemer learning about your views on DoD counterterrorism strategies. The interview
also provided helpful insight for our mission.
James R. Thompson
Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to meet with you and we look
Philip D. Zelikow forward to working with you in the near future.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bonnie Jenkins
Counsel
International Counterterrorism Policy Team
'September 8, 2003
Code CC/TD
On behalf of^e Commission's staff, I write to thank you for yow interview with us on September 5,
2003. We enjoyed meeting with you and learning about your vievvjon'counterterrorism strategies. The
interview provided helpful insighfjp our mission in Hairalnp n nnmprftVipnrTJvp rniintprtfrrnn'im policy to
future t^rrnrinm nttnrl"?
Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to meet with you and we look forward to working with
you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Jenkins
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Mike -- It was my pleasure to make the trip. Meeting and talking with Bonnie,
Alexis and Warren was very helpful.
I spent some time on the return trip thinking about the monograph. First, as
regards possible objections to me doing it, it seems to me that we can argue that
there is a difference between what I did Friday and what I will do on the
monograph. On Friday I was asked about my experiences in OSD, so it was
appropriate for the OSD lawyer to be there and for you to work through OSD to
contact me and arrange the interview. When I am working on the monograph, I will
not be doing anything based on work I did in OSD. I will be working on
documentary material in presidential libraries and in open sources. This has
nothing to do with what I did in OSD. Furthermore, I will not be doing this as a
government employee but as a private scholar (we will soon have the documents form
NFS to prove this).
3) If the Clinton library has done little work on organizing and declassifying
its documents, it might be necessary for the commission to send them a letter
asking that they make work on terrorism related materials a priority.
Monday morning, I will start phoning archivists at the Reagan, Bush and Clinton
libraries. This will be just to get a sense of what information is available.
After that I will contact you and we can decide what needs to be done about 1, 2
and 3 above.
I have received the hard copy of the letter and a copy of the Martha Crenshaw
article. It is a good and thoughtful analysis. I have cited it in something I
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wrote recently. When that is a bit more polished, I will send it to you. It is
called "The Politics of COunterterrorism." The principle question it addresses is
why was not more done to counter al Qaeda.
David
Original Message
From: Michael Hurley [mailto:mihurley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:43 PM
To: Tucker, David USA
Subject: Thanks David
>David:
>Thank you so much for coming to do the interview with Team 3. It was most
>helpful and we appreciate that you came such a long way and made time for
>us
>My apologies for being tied up so long in the meeting at the State
>Department. I would have enjoyed spending far more time with you during
>your visit. The schedule just got away from me last Friday.
>We look forward to your work on the monograph. Please send as soon as you
>are able the points you would like us to address that will ease your task.
>I will pass them to our front office and get the necessary policy/legal
>decisions.
>Thanks again.
>Warm regards,
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FYI, Mike.
Hi from Whistler,
Tim.
Original Message
From: wbass@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:wbass@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:31 PM
To: tjn3y@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Subject: PS
Great seeing you the other night, Tim, and delighted to have you working
with
us. One side point I forgot to mention: you might want to look at
"Germany
Unified and Europe Transformed" as a model for footnoting of documents
and
overall approach. It's likely to loom large in our collective
consciousness
around here...
Cheers,
Warren
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Tim.
Original Message
From: mhurley@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:mhurley@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:56 PM
To: tjn3y@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Subject: Letter from the Commission
Hi Tim:
Just wanted to let you know that the Commission's lawyers approved today
the
letter I drafted formalizing our agreement with you on the monograph.
We are sending you the signed letter (to your Mintwood Place address)
via U.S.
mail.
Regards,
Mike Hurley
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David
Original Message
From: [mailto:mb.urley®9-11 commission, gov]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 2:30 PM
To: Tucker, David USA
Subject: Letter from the Commission
David,
We will be faxing you today the Commission's letter formalizing its request for
you to write a monograph on U.S. counterterrorism policy covering the years
1983 through 1998.
We will also send you this same letter via U.S. mail.
I have attached the unsigned letter to this email. Consider this version an
informal, drop copy of what you will be getting by fax and regular mail.
I'm happy we were able to push this out. The lawyers chopped on it just
today.
Regards,
Mike
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Hi Tim:
Just wanted to let you know that the Commission's lawyers approved today the
letter I drafted formalizing our agreement with you on the monograph.
We are sending you the signed letter (to your Mintwood Place address) via U.S.
mail.
Regards,
Mike Hurley
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David,
We will be faxing you today the Commission's letter formalizing its request for
you to write a monograph on U.S. counterterrorism policy covering the years
1983 through 1998.
We will also send you this same letter via U.S. mail.
I have attached the unsigned letter to this email. Consider this version an
informal, drop copy of what you will be getting by fax and regular mail.
I'm happy we were able to push this out. The lawyers chopped on it just
today.
Regards,
Mike
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Thomas H. Kean
August 29, 2003
CHAIR
Dr. David Tucker
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR Code CC/TD
Naval Postgraduate School
Richard Ben-Veniste
589 Dyer Road
Max Cleland Monterey, CA 93943
Frederick F. Fielding Dear Dr. Tucker:
Jamie S. Oorelick
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,
Slade Gorton impressed with your previous published study of United States
John F. Lehman
counterterrorism policy, "Skirmishes at the Edge of Empire," and aware of
your unique government and academic credentials and achievements, requests
Timothy J. Roemer that you research and write a monograph for use by the Commission in
James R. Thompson
preparing its report to the American public and government.
Your final draft should be between 40,000 and 50,000 words. The due date for your
monograph is January 31, 2004. To assist us, we request that you create and draft your
monograph in Microsoft Word. In the near future we will be providing you with more
specific stylistic, footnoting, and sourcing guidance.
For the purpose of the work described above, and under the authority of PL 107-306,
dated 11/14/02, establishing the Commission, you will be a "consultant" for the
Commission. The Commission will pay you at the rate of $64.42 per hour, not to exceed
a total of $20,000. You will also be reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to your
work. Please contact Tracy Shycoff, Deputy for Administration and Finance, at 202-401-
1718 or via email at tshycoff@9-l lcommission.gov, to finalize the contract and discuss
billing arrangements.
The Commission recognizes that to carry out your research and writing tasks, you will
need to travel and work at presidential libraries and other U.S. locations where important
documents reside. We request that you book all travel and lodging through the
Commission's administrative officer to ensure you are accorded government rates. You
will be required to submit receipts for any travel associated with carrying out your work.
Upon completion of the work contracted for, it will become the property of the
Commission and its ultimate treatment in the Commission's final report will be at the
sole discretion of Commissioners. As with all other Commission work product, author
credit also remains at the discretion of Commissioners.
We look forward to our association with you and to the results of your work on behalf of
the Commission.
Sincerely,
Philip Zelikow
Executive Director
9/11 Personal Privacy
Thomas H. Kean
August 29, 2003
CHAIR
Dr. Timothy J. Naftali
Lee H. Hamilton
VICE CHAIR
Richard Ben-Veniste
Max Cleland
Dear Dr. Naftali,
Frederick F. Fielding
Jamie S. Gore lick The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,
impressed with your previous published scholarship, your unique academic
Slade Gorton credentials and achievements, your work as a consultant to the Imperial
John F. Lehman
Japanese and Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group, your
expertise in presidential decision-making from your direction of the Miller
Timothy J. Roemer Center Presidential Recordings Program, and your ongoing scholarship on
James R. Thompson
counterintelligence and counterterrorism, requests that you research and write
a monograph for use by the Commission in preparing its report to the
American public and government.
Philip D. Zelikow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Specifically, the Commission requests that you examine U.S. counterterrorism
policy during the second half of the Cold War, particularly from 1968 (often
considered the birth of modern terrorism) to January 1993 (the end of
President George H.W. Bush's administration). In your work, please assess
the importance of terrorism in overall U.S. foreign policy with a focus on the
most senior policy makers. How did successive administrations during this
period respond to terrorism? Was it a minor concern or a major driver of
policy? What was the impact of the Cold War? Also, please examine what
policy makers saw as the primary threat. Was terrorism viewed solely as part
of the U.S.-Soviet struggle, an issue of concern with rogue states, or a
domestic problem? •*•
Your final draft should be between 40,000 and 50,000 words. The due date for your
monograph is January 31, 2004. To assist us, we request that you create and draft your
monograph in Microsoft Word. In the near future we will be providing you with more
specific stylistic, footnoting, and sourcing guidance.
For the purpose of the work described above, and under the authority of PL 107-306,
dated 11/14/02, establishing the Commission, you will be a "consultant" for the
Commission. The Commission will pay you at the rate of $64.42 per hour, not to exceed
a total of $20,000. You will also be reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to your
work. Please contact Tracy Shycoff, Deputy for Administration and Finance, at 202-401-
1718 or via email at tshycoff@9-l lcommission.gov, to finalize the contract and discuss
billing arrangements.
The Commission recognizes that to carry out your research and writing tasks, you will
need to travel and work at presidential libraries and other U.S. locations where important
documents reside. We request that you book all travel and lodging through the
Commission's administrative officer to ensure you are accorded government rates. You
will be required to submit receipts for any travel associated with carrying out your work.
Upon completion of the work contracted for, it will become the property of the
Commission and its ultimate treatment in the Commission's final report will be at the
sole discretion of Commissioners. As with all other Commission work product, author
credit also remains at the discretion of Commissioners.
We look forward to our association with you and to the results of your work on behalf of
the Commission.
Sincerely,
Philip Zelikow
Executive Director
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Attached please find a letter from the Commission to Dr. Tim Naftali. The
letter formalizes our agreement for Dr. Naftali to do consulting work. Philip
has approved the language describing Naftali's writing task. And Dan Marcus
and Steve Dunne have approved the legal aspects of the agreement; and Tracy
Shycoff has approved the contractual and administrative terms.
Diana: Per Dan Marcus, please use the autopen to affix Philip's signature to
the letter. Thank you.
For Tracy: Please note that all the language in this letter is the same as
that in the Tucker letter. The only difference is that writing tasks are
somewhat different (we intended that).
Many thanks to all for assistance in getting both this letter and the Tucker
letter out.
Mike
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Dr. Timothy J. Naftali
For the purpose of the work described above, and under the
authority of PL 107-306, dated 11/14/02, establishing the
Commission, you will be a "consultant" for the Commission.
The Commission will pay you at the rate of $64.42 per hour,
not to exceed a total of $20,000. You will also be
reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to your work.
Please contact Tracy Shycoff, Deputy for Administration and
Finance, at 202-401-1718 or via email tshycoff@9-
llcommission.gov, to finalize the contract and discuss
billing arrangements.
Sincerely,
Philip Zelikow
Executive Director
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The National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks upon the United States,
impressed with your previous published scholarship, your unique academic
credentials and achievements, your work as a consultant to the Imperial
Japanese and Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group, your
expertise in presidential decision-making from your direction of the Miller
Center Presidential Recordings Program, and your ongoing scholarship on
counterintelligence and counterterrorism, requests that you research and write
a monograph for use by the Commission in preparing its report to the American
public and government.
The attached letter to David Tucker has bee approved. Philip approved the
writing tasking language and Dan Marcus, Steve Dunne, and Tracy Shycoff
approved the legal/contractual/administrative language.
Melissa: please put the letter on Coiranission letterhead and in final form.
Once it has been signed, please fax it to David Tucker at this fax: 831 656
2399. Then please also place the letter in the U.S. mail for David Tucker.
His address is as shown at the top of the letter. Thanks.
Diana: Per Dan Marcus, please use the autopen to affix Philip's signature to
the letter.
For Melissa, Diana, and Tracy: I am preparing a second letter to Tim Naftall.
That letter will be almost identical to the Tucker letter and therefore has
been approved by Philip (the tasking language), Dan and Steve (the legal
language), and Tracy (the administrative language). I will complete that
letter and forward it to you via separate email and request that it be put on
Commission letterhead, have Philip's signature autopenned, and mailed to Tim
Naftali (he does not have a fax). Thanks
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Dr. David Tucker
Code CC/TD
Naval Postgraduate School
589 Dyer Road
Monterey, CA 93943
For the purpose of the work described above, and under the
authority of PL 107-306, dated 11/14/02, establishing the
Commission, you will be a "consultant" for the Commission.
The Commission will pay you at the rate of $64.42 per hour,
not to exceed a total of $20,000. You will also be
reimbursed for reasonable expenses related to your work.
Please contact Tracy Shycoff, Deputy for Administration and
Finance, at 202-401-1718 or via email tshycoff@9-
llcommission.gov, to finalize the contract and discuss
billing arrangements.
Sincerely
Philip Zelikow
Executive Director
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Mike
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Mike--I have added some language dealing with the contract. If Dan and/or
Steve sign off on the rest of the language I think it is ready to go. Once
he accepts I'll pull from the letter and make it into a contract for him to
sign.
Tracy J Shycoff
Deputy for Administration and Finance
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
202-401-1718
202-358-3124
As you are aware, Philip has authorized that Team 3 work with two scholars,
David Tucker and Tim Naftali, in ensuring that historical reviews of U.S.
counterterrorism policy are completed.
Per previous email exchanges on this matter, we have agreed that the best
way
to approach this is to have Naftali and Tucker each write a monograph
covering
a specified period of years.
We have also agreed that for the purposes of this work they will be
contractors
of the Commission. And that they will be performing a task that they are
uniquely qualified for.
I have attached a draft letter from the Commission to David Tucker. The
work
description language in the letter already has been approved by Philip.
There is a portion of the letter that must deal with the legal and
administrative aspects of this arrangement. I have placed that section
between
brackets and bolded it. Please review it and make it consistent with
Commission authorities and admin/legal policy. Please note that I have
included in that section issues that occurred to me must be addressed. I'm
sure there are others that will occur to you.
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Once you have completed your additions, I will ask Melissa to place the
approved draft on letterhead and move it forward for Philip's (or Dan
Marcus's?) signature. I can then use the approved draft for a letter to Tim
This matter has been kicking around for awhile and we should try to get it
done
as soon as possible.
Many thanks,
Mike
As you are aware, Philip has authorized that Team 3 work with two scholars,
David Tucker and Tim Naftali, in ensuring that historical reviews of U.S.
counterterrorism policy are completed.
Per previous email exchanges on this matter, we have agreed that the best way
to approach this is to have Naftali and Tucker each write a monograph covering
a specified period of years.
We have also agreed that for the purposes of this work they will be contractors
of the Commission. And that they will be performing a task that they are
uniquely qualified for.
I have attached a draft letter from the Commission to David Tucker. The work
description language in the letter already has been approved by Philip.
There is a portion of the letter that must deal with the legal and
administrative aspects of this arrangement. I have placed that section between
brackets and bolded it. Please review it and make it consistent with
Commission authorities and admin/legal policy. Please note that I have
included in that section issues that occurred to me must be addressed. I'm
sure there are others that will occur to you.
Once you have completed your additions, I will ask Melissa to place the
approved draft on letterhead and move it forward for Philip's (or Dan
Marcus's?) signature. I can then use the approved draft for a letter to Tim
Naftali, which will be substantially similar.
This matter has been kicking around for awhile and we should try to get it done
as soon as possible.
Many thanks,
Mike
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To: "" <dctucker@nps.navy.mil>^l
Subject: A Suggestion
David,
FYI, when you begin your monograph for the Commission, you might want to have
in hand a copy of Philip Zelikow's book "Germany Unified and Europe
Transformed: A Study in Statecraft", which he co-authored with Condi Rice.
Mike
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FYI.
Warren --starting in 1983 would be fine. Actually, I had planned to start then
because it was the bombings in Beirut in 1983 that led the Reagan
administration to a policy of trying to pre-empt terrorist attacks. How that
happened and why preemption did not work then is important to remember when
considering events in the 1990s.
David
Original Message
From: [mailto:wbass89-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:19 AM
To: Tucker, David USA
Subject: Monographs
Hope this finds you well, David. Just wanted to drop a note to introduce
myself; I'm one of Mike Hurley's teammates on the 9/11 Commission, and I'm
looking forward to working with you on the scene-setting monographs about U.S.
CT policy.
One quick side point: I don't have the written description in front of me, but
Mike and I wondered what you'd think of starting your research just a bit
earlier--in 1983 rather than 1985, just to capture the Beirut part of the
story. That episode is of particular interest to John Lehmann, one of our
commissioners.
Our lawyers are noodling over the contractual terms, but we'll hope to get
those off to you very soon.
Many thanks again for taking on this assignment; we're all looking forward to
working with you.
Best,
Warren Bass
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Thomas H. Kean August 19, 2003
CHAIR
For your background and to assist you in your work for the Commission, we
have enclosed a copy of the unclassified version of the Congressional Joint
Inquiry into intelligence failures surrounding the 9-11 attacks.
David, again, the Commission's Counterterrorism Policy Team and I are eager
to begin working with you. I will contact you in the very near future.
Warm regards,
Michael Hurley
Senior Counsel
National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States
Max Cleland
Frederick F. Fielding
Dear Tim:
Jamie S. Gorelick I very much enjoyed our telephone conversation late last week, and I look
forward to meeting you in person. I am working with our General Counsel
Slade Gorton
this week to complete the formal terms of the research and writing we would
John F. Lehman like you to do; we should have the letter in the mail to you by the end of this
week.
Timothy J. Roemer
James R. Thompson As you requested, we have enclosed a copy of the unclassified version of the
Congressional Joint Inquiry into intelligence failures surrounding the 9-11
Philip D. Zelikow
attacks.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Commission's Counterterrorism Policy Team and I are eager to begin
working with you. I will contact you in the very near future.
Sincerely,
Michael Hurley
Senior Counsel
National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States
Dear Tim:
I very much enjoyed our telephone conversation late last week, and I look forward to
meeting you in person. I am working with our General Counsel this week to complete
the formal terms of the research and writing we would like you to do; we should have the
letter in the mail to you by the end of this week.
The Commission's Counterterrorism Policy Team and I are eager to begin working with
you. I will contact you in the very near future.
Sincerely,
Michael Hurley
Senior Counsel
National Commission on the
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Dear David:
I am really happy that the 9-11 Commission will be calling on your talents to review the
history of U.S. counter-terrorism policy. I can think of no one better, no one more
qualified, to assist us in our important work. And, of course, it is personally gratifying to
have the opportunity to work with you again.
I am working with our General Counsel this week to complete the formal terms of the
research and writing we would like you to do; we should have the letter fax'ed (and in the
mail) to you by the end of this week.
For your background and to assist you in your work for the Commission, we have
enclosed a copy of the unclassified version of the Congressional Joint Inquiry into
intelligence failures surrounding the 9-11 attacks.
David, again, the Commission's Counterterrorism Policy Team and I are eager to begin
working with you. I will contact you in the very near future.
Warm regards,
Michael Hurley
Senior Counsel
National Commission on the
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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Effect of Cold War struggle as a filter through which our efforts against terrorism were
understood
Warren Bass
Dan Byman should be in regular contact with Tim and David
Mike Hurley
Need to guide each other to make sure everything important gets covered
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Pakistan
I've been working with Tracy S. on getting a letter out to Tim Naftali and
David Tucker, the two scholars we are going to have do contact work for Team
3. They are going to do a history of U.S. counterterrorim policy. Philip has
approved this. The note below asks for Philips approval for some modifications
to the proposal.
In any event, we need to get a letter out to them this week. The letter should
have the terms of agreement and include the descriptions of their respective
tasks. (Philip has approved the task descriptions.) It should also contain
some reference to the word processing software system we would like them to
create their work in, for ease of incorporating it into our work.
I am happy to work with you in any way over the next few days to get this done.
Regards,
Mike
As for the travel, they should make all arrangements for travel through us
so that we can get them the government rate. We would put them on official
government travel orders. Do you see any problems with that?
Tracy J Shycoff
Deputy for Administration and Finance
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States
202-401-1718
202-358-3124
Original Message
From: mhurley@9-llcommission.gov [mailto:mhurley@9-llcommission.gov]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:05 AM
To: frontoffice@9-llcommission.gov; tshycoff@9-llcommission.gov
Cc: wbass@9-llcommission.gov; dlb32@georgetown.edu;
mhurley@9-llcommission.gov
Subject: Changes to Proposed Agreement with Tim Naftali and David Tucker
As front office colleagues are aware, Philip approved the task descriptions
for
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scholars Tim Naftali and David Tucker. Each will write a monograph on U . S .
counterterrorism Policy: Naftali covering the period 1968 to January 1993;
and
Tucker from 1985 to 1998.
Per previous email notes, our view is that they will be "contractors", and
they
will not have access to sensitive information.
work.
In discussing the specific terms of the proposal, however, both Naftali and
Tucker thought the fee was somewhat low for what they are being asked to do.
Each estimates that their respective research and writing will require
upwards
of 400 hours. And they point out that the going government rate for this
kind
of work is $65 per hour.
I think that Naftali and Tucker make defensible a case for a somewhat higher
Commission will pay to Tim Naftali and to David Tucker for their work.
and Tucker.
Thanks,
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Mike
Hi Tracy,
The not to exceed number of hours at that rate seems like a good way to go on
this. That way they can project how much they will be paid and we will know
that whatever they do they won't be paid more than $20,000.
Regarding travel, what you propose sounds fine to me, and I don't see any
problems with it. I guess I came up with the $5,000 figure just to ballpark
what the costs might run to for budget planning purposes.
Mike
> In discussing the specific terms of the proposal, however, both Naftali and
> Tucker thought the fee was somewhat low for what they are being asked to do.
>
> Each estimates that their respective research and writing will require
> upwards
> of 400 hours. And they point out that the going government rate for this
> kind
> of work is $65 per hour.
>
> I think that Naftali and Tucker make defensible a case for a somewhat higher
>
> fee, and suggest that we agree to pay each of them $20,000.
>
> In addition, each pointed out that it will be essential to their work to
> conduct research at various presidential libraries around the country, and
> that
> therefore they will incur travel and lodging expenses. We had not thought
> about this until now, but the request is reasonable, that is, we concur that
>
> the ability to review presidential documents is critical to the thorough
> research we want Tucker and Naftali to do.
>
> I propose that we budget $5,000 for each of them for travel-related
> expenses.
> We should make clear to them in the letter memorializing the terms of our
> agreement that they will need to submit to the Commission ticket and hotel
> receipts and any other receipts that government regulations require for
> documenting work-related travel.
>
> For Chris Kojm: Pending Philip's decision on this, for budget-tracking
> purposes, please note the above proposed addition to the fee-for-task, and
> the
> proposed travel budget for each.
>
> Decisions for Philip:
>
> 1) Request approval to increase to $20,000 each the fee-for-task the
>
> Commission will pay to Tim Naftali and to David Tucker for their work.
>
> 2) Request approval to budget travel funds of $5,000 each for Naftali
>
> and Tucker.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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