8/14/2019 White House Memo Requesting Alterations to 9/11 Commission Report

1/4

Classified Informat ion

[DRAFT: 7/15/2004,

K E Y R E M A I N I N G I SS U E S R E G A R D I N G[SECOND] DRAFT O F 9-11 COM M I S S I ON REPORTNotes:1 . This , document only addresses: (1 ) those significant classification an d privilege issuestha i w e believe must be resolved before we can authorize th e publ icat ion of th eCom mission's f inal report; and (2) material that h as been added or edited by theCommiss ioners following their review on July 14"'.2 . T h i s document does no t attempt to catalog all of th e classif ication, Executive privilege,

orfactual concerns t h e E O P h a s with th e chapters submitted for pre-publicationreview. Nor should these, or other, comments suggest that the Executive Branchconfirms th e factual accuracy of any port ion of th e Report.3. We also understand we wil l be given a meaningful opportunity to review, and raiseissues concerning, an y revised versions of any materials intended fo r public release.T h e Report will not be cleared by th e Executive Branch until such meaningful reviewis comple ted wh ich , as w e h ave done for th e past three weeks, will be done as soon asthe f inal, publisher-ready report is made available to us, including, if necessary, overt h e weekend. .

C H A P T E R O N E (versibn "071104") , V .> p.35, para 6: jg rnovere fe rences tQ_jpaciJSc_indiyiduals reaye js t ingCOOP/CQJ^

measuresMSee Staff Sta tement No. 17, p. 22; and chapter one, version "070204"]"" p. 66, fn 220: chang e Josh Bolten "ihtefview"To "meet ing" [SeeMon heim le t te r to\ s d a t e d N o v e m b e r 21, 2003].

C H A P T E R T W O (version c:Q71104")alt A\ p . 2 4 , f h 3 3 : T

C H A P T E R F O U R (version "071104")

D y l a n Cors to Dan Marcus dated J u l y 13, 2004JT H R E E ( v e r s i o n " 0 7 1 2 0 4 " )

J[See e-mail from' &

p. 7, pai'a-3TTelete C O s t of CIA-operationp. 18, para 5: delete date of M O N ; el iminate references to specificp. 19, para 1: de le te da te of MON y/p. 22, para 3: remove d iscuss ion of legal advice r egard ing as sas s ina t ion banxipp. 3 1 , para 7: elim inat e references to specific CA authority

[ )~"/?/V / /

*

8/14/2019 White House Memo Requesting Alterations to 9/11 Commission Report

2/4

9/11 Classified Information

[DRAFT: 7/75/2

Lp. 36. fn 35:1Dylan Cors to Dan Marcus dated Ju ly 13, 2004]

AddDecember 4, 1998 PDB [SeeKean & Hamilton letter to Judge Gori12,2004]

\ R F I V E ( v e r s i o n "070904") p. 1. para. 31

\, July14, 2004]CHAPtER SIX (version "071404")

> A Several places: I

Mj p.; - - ^ T

Jp. 221 , bottom of page, cite for February 2001source is to October 2001document.T h i s may be a factual error an d shouldbe corrected

pi 232, para 3: on Clarke "notperceived as partisan": Neither Dr. Rice nor any other 7 /V*EOF official that we're aware ofever mentioned that as a factor one way or the other.__( ^S h p u ld be deleted or, at a m i n i m u m , not sourced to Dr. Rice.P. 234,para 1: Report states that "thePresident" never responded directly to Clarke'sm e m o r a n d u m . Should note he never received Clarke's memorandum,p. 235-236: Factual inconsistency: p. 235 states that, in early March, adminis t ra t ion"postponed" action onNorthern Allianceand Uzbeks, but,two paras later, states that /I/^T)Deps fnet on these issues onMarch 7 ("early" March by anyone's definition)andnext "^page indicates decisions made in Ap r i l .p. 239,para 4: Factual inconsistency "CIAhad developed" w/Commission's ownco nc lus io n , on p244, that NSC staff asked for these authorities to be developed^p. 242, middle ofpage on June 2001 N S P D draft:f 1p. 246, middleof page, Ige I

' w e r e Clarke andp. 248,para 5: Rice "hadbeen advised by her staff." "Cressey. Should be noted.

P248-49: Commission appe^rfrto^have l e f k i n a l l "richly deliberative," person-specif ic statements excepfTenet. EitRemfois shouJjtgedjaeKTtTor, as we requested,m o r e should be taken out.

CHAPTER SEVEN (version "071404")pp . 48-49, fn 103,r

by Statute

8/14/2019 White House Memo Requesting Alterations to 9/11 Commission Report

3/4

[DRAFT: 7/15/2004]

CHAPTER EIGHT (version "074304")p. 2, and following: Need to clarify that th e domestic reports cited as being

discussed by CS G were not brought for action to more senior officials.P. 3, para 2: "Reports sim ilar to these": With new Commission edits, this is nowinaccurate, as immediately preceding example(s) include domestic reports neverbrought to President. v ^ ^_____^P. 7, para 2: As edited by cXn^fesTefiers-descrtption of origin of 8/6/01 PDB is

yam * ,

misleading and inaccurate. DCIls-ietfer, responp. 23, fn 21: delete erfonerrus citatiorrto^Fresident/Vice President meetingp. 2 4 , fn23, misleading as fails to note that Dr. Rice asked CIA to brief the A(J, asmaterials cited by Comm ission m ake clear.P. 26, fn54: inaccurate as describes FISA accuracy issues as (eaagmagy rather than"dating from 2000."

CHAPTER NINE [A WAITING F R OM COMMISSION; BILL LEARY TO REVIEW]lcCHAPTER TEN (version "071404")

p. 7, para 2: L ast sentence is inaccu rate if "his" refers to President; President was notbriefed on Infinite Resolve options prior to 9/1 I j i f this refers to Franks, then make5 , para l: escription of covert action authority must be modified, as discussedas follows: "Shortly thereafter, President Bush authorized broad new

authorises for CIA." ^M

8/14/2019 White House Memo Requesting Alterations to 9/11 Commission Report

4/4

[ D R A F T : 7/15 /2004]

anonymous threat received by the White House" and (3) add "Deborah Loewermeeting (February 6, 2004)" if sourcing WHSR Director[p . 13, fn 8: delete sentences 2-3 regard ingD EF CO N in air threat conferenc ep. 20, f n 5 2 : remove title of NSCmemo cD fCp. 21, fn 65, statement that "Rice told us.." is inaccurate.

CHAPTER ELEVEN (version "070904")[A W A I T I N G REVIS ED V E R S I O N F R O M CO M M I S S I O N ] [p. 14, para 6: remove reference to sources & methods]

CHAPTER TWELVE [A W A I T I N G F R O M CO M M I S S I O N ; B I L L L E A R Y T O R E V I E W ]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN [A W A I T I N G F R O M C O M M I S S I O N ; BILL LE A R Y T O R E V I E W ]

[D E PA R T M E N T & A G E N C Y C O M M E N T S ???]