2004."Written statements for the record provided by witnesses at one of our
public hearings are cited as "Thomas Ridge prepared statement, May 19,
2004."
an alias or title when referring to working-level employees in those agencies.
At the request of several intelligence agencies, we cite most reports from the
CIA and other intelligence agencies generically as "Intelligence report," fol-
lowed by a description of the subject and date. In a few instances in which
we were given access to highly sensitive documents or information, we cite
generically to documents or information provided to the Commission.
manent Select Committee on Intelligence into Intelligence Community
Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, which
we refer to as the "Joint Inquiry."We cite as "Joint Inquiry report, Dec. 2002"
the Report of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and U.S.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, S. Rep. No. 107-351,
H.R. Rep. No. 107-792, 107th Cong., 2d sess. (2002), indicating "classified
version" where appropriate.Testimony presented during hearings conducted
by the Joint Inquiry is cited as "Joint Inquiry testimony of George Tenet, Oct.
17, 2002," indicating "closed hearing" where appropriate.We cite interviews
conducted by the Joint Inquiry staff as "Joint Inquiry interview of Cofer
Black," with the date of the interview.
tion of the 9/11 attacks, which it refers to as "Penttbom." FBI agents write
up their interviews on forms called 302s, which we cite as "FBI report of
investigation, interview of John Smith, Oct. 4, 2001," using the date of the
interview.We cite interviews conducted by other agencies by agency name
and date of the interview; for example, an interview conducted by the
Department of Justice Office of Inspector General is cited as "DOJ Inspec-
tor General interview of Mary Jones, July 9, 2002."