INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 12 NOVEMBER - 23 NOVEMBER 2001 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578110
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2019
• Case Number: F-2010-01471
• Publication Date: November 23, 2001

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 12 November - 23 November
2001
Executive Summary
Immediate Calendar:
(U I A4440)- 7 December 2001: Interagency Security Classification Apneals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons'
meeting at Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), Washington, DC.
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Future Planninz Calendar:
(U///t14414)- 31January - 1 February 2002: Historical Review Panel meeting at
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(U//A1444)�April 2003: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed intelligence-related or multi-agency records.
Overview of IRR Activities Last Week:
(U///1.1440) FOIA Requests
(UNCI1717) National Security Archive Focuses on Afghanistan
(U/77M19) The National Security Archive requested documents concerning "the February 1996 Pakistan
government initiative to forge an alliance between Rashid Dostum, an Afghan Mujahideen commander of ethnic
Uzbek origin, and the Taliban," "the April 1996 visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan by United States Senator Hank
Brown," and "former US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Robin Raphel's visit to Islamabad,
Pakistan and Kabul, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan in April 1996."
(15//A11111)� Requester Seeks Information on September 11th Intelligence
(U//2414144 A New York requester sought "any intelligence information obtained prior to the attacks on September
11, 2001 indicating preparations for a terrorist operation and/or operations in the United States as well as
information obtained after the attack that would have indicated a terrorist operation."
(IN:44W Researcher Interested in Iraqi Weapons Inspections
(UHAIU0) A requester who identifies himself as an "independent arms control researcher" asked for information
concerning "United States policy on, support to, and cooperation with the weapons inspections in Iraq [that] were
conducted by the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and Action Team of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (AT-IAEA), which were active from April 1991 to December 1998."
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The requester was advised to contact the State Department, Department of Defense,
Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for assistance with the remainder of his
request.
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(U//AfRAe) CDC Delivers CDs to Presidential Libraries with FY 2001 Release
(UHAltift During the week of 4 Nov 2001, representatives from the CIA Declassification Center (CDC) delivered
CDs containing material reviewed by CDC in FY 2001 under the Remote Archives Capture (RAC) program to three
Presidential libraries -- Johnson in Austin, Texas; Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas; and Kennedy in Boston,
Massachusetts. The Johnson Library received seven CDs containing 7,353 documents; Eisenhower Library received
five CDs containing 1,895 documents; and the Kennedy Library received seven CDs containing 7,629 documents.
(U/httbfkY CDC Team Surveys NDU Holdings of CIA Material
(U//71dile), On 19 November 2001, a team from the CIA Declassification Center (CDC) conducted a survey of the
holdings of the National Defense University (NDU) library at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC. The team was looking
for material with CIA equities that must be reviewed in accordance with the automatic declassification provisions of
EO 12958. The team discovered that the NDU Library holds approximately 110 linear feet of CIA publications,
including Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIEs), National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs), and National
Intelligence Surveys (NISs), plus many other CIA-letterhead documents. Additionally, Agency material was found
in the Library's holdings of personal papers, including those of General Maxwell Taylor and General Lyman
Lemnitzer, both former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Andrew Goodpaster, a former staff
secretary in the White House.
(U/Larte4+) From the Archives: The Presidential Briefing Process in 1980
(UHAItre)CIA's process for briefing the President was the subject of a May 1980 memorandum that was recently
reviewed by the DCI team at the CIA Declassification Center. In the memo, the Presidential Briefing Coordinator
noted that the briefings would continue to be biweekly and that "topics for briefings will continue to come from a
variety of sources:
� DCI initiative
� Suggestions by NIO's (National Intelligence Officers) ...
� Ideas that emerge from DCI meetings...
� Current events/crises
� Outgrowth of subjects being developed for other purposes ...
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� Subjects identified as key items of White House interest (e.g. prior to Presidential trips)"
The Coordinator stated that normally two "pre-briefs" would be held. The first pre-brief would be to generate and
screen ideas. Those ideas would generate recommended topics, which would be submitted to DCI Stansfield Turner
for his consideration. The second pre-brief would include the DCI's decisions from the first pre-brief to "focus the
discussion." The Coordinator also noted that "the Director enjoys the opportunity afforded by the pre-briefs to meet
with the NI0s/analysts and benefit from their individual views on those subjects weighing either on his mind or on
theirs."
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