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If after 30 days, DOS had not received a response from the FBI to a particular
condor request, the original procedure allowed DOS to assume that the FBI had no objection to *
issuance of the visa. Initially, the FBI began to receive these cables at Ihe rale of 2,000 a week. '
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As the clearing process progressed, it became extremely time and manpower
intensive, resulting in a backlog at the FBI. By April 2002, there was an apparent backlog of
approximately 14,000. visa applicant cables to which the FBI had not yerresponded to DOS,
although the FBI's national name check unit had run all pending visa applicant names through
the central index system. As it turned out, the backlog was only about 10,000 since many of
these Condor cables were duplicates that had not clearly been identified as re-submitted requests.
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/ less than 30 visa recipients, who have not at this point been the subject of an SAO. If the SAO in
( any of the reprocessed referrals ultimately concludes that a visa should not be issued, the FBI will
vnotify the DOS in accordance with the agreed-upon procedures now in place.
Thank you for your interest in this very important matter and for your patience as
we sought to address these issues. The FBI is committed to assisting GAO in completing its
thorough review of this process.
Sincerely yours,
Eloni P. KaJisch
Acting Assistant Director
Office of Congressional Affairs