Expand All Collapse All Extent 341 folders, approximately 12,217 pages Summary This collection consists of records dealing with terrorist attacks during the Clinton Administration and the counterterrorism policies put in place in response to those attacks. These records contain studies, legislative materials, memorandums, and reports regarding United States government preparedness for terrorist attacks, and response to those attacks. The documents address a wide variety of terrorism-related topics, including aviation security, Presidential Decision Directives 39 and 62, the 1986 La Belle Disco bombing, the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing, the 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing, the TWA 800 disaster in 1996, the 1999 Egypt Air 990 crash, and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2006-1164-F (Segment 3) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This FOIA contains records dealing with terrorist attacks during the Clinton Administration and counterterrorism policies put in place in response to those attacks. Many of the documents address United States government preparedness for responses to terrorist acts, particularly those including weapons of mass destruction. These include studies, exercises, and legislative documents aimed at assessing and improving preparedness for such attack. Along with these preparedness documents, there are records that discuss the division of responsibilities between Federal agencies in a terrorist event. Because many terrorist events took the form of aircraft hijackings or bombings, there are also numerous documents concerning improvements to aviation security. This FOIA also contains documents regarding terrorism policies communicated directly from the President, including Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) – 39, and PDD-62. In additon, there are materials concerning the response to and investigation of confirmed and suspected terrorist events of the 1980s and 1990s: the 1986 La Belle Disco bombing, the Pan Am 103 bombing in 1988, the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, the TWA 800 2006-1164-F-3 http://www.clintonlibrary.gov 2 disaster in 1996, the Egypt Air 990 crash in 1999. Lastly, the FOIA collection contains planning materials for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the Clinton Administration National Security Council, the Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs directorate held the lead on matters related to terrorism, until it transitioned to the Transnational Threats Directorate in 1998. All of the records processed in response to this FOIA were found in the files of staffers from these directorates, including Sean Darrah, James Eisenhower, Steven Simon, Daniel Benjamin, and William Wechsler. These records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing and meeting materials, legislative documents, and emails regarding the above mentioned topics. For other records related to terrorism during the Clinton Administration, see the first segment of this FOIA (2006-1164-F), as well as the following released FOIA cases: 2006-0191-F (9/11 Commission Report) 2006-0228-F (Osama bin Laden) 2006-0326-F (Oklahoma City Bombing) 2006-0327-F (Olympic Park Bombing) 2006-0648-F (Khobar Towers bombing) 2006-1171-F (Sudan) 2007-1596-F (Embassy Bombings and Airstrikes Against Afghanistan and Sudan) 2007-1634-F (Pakistan and the Taliban) 2007-1741-F (2000 Millenium Plots) 2009-1438-F (Iran) The researcher should note that the majority of the records related to this FOIA case are closed for national security reasons. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) Processed by Staff Archivist, 2015. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2016-04-07 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-1164-F-3: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files National Security Council Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs Darragh, Sean Biological Terrorism [1] [OA/ID 271] Biological Terrorism [2] [OA/ID 271] Biological Terrorism [3] [OA/ID 271] Biological Terrorism [4] [OA/ID 271] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs Darragh, Sean Biological Terrorism [5] [OA/ID 271] Biological Terrorism [6] [OA/ID 271] FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] Proposal, NSD-77 [OA/ID 273] International Crime Conference [1] [OA/ID 273] Box 2 International Crime Conference [2] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism [1] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism [2] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism [3] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism [4] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism Statutes [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Cuba [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Egypt [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Greece/Turkey Terrorism – Greece/Turkey: Greeks/Turks/PKK [Kurdish Workers Party] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Hezbollah and Iran [1] [OA/ID 273] Box 3 Terrorism – Hezbollah and Iran [2] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Hamas [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Mexico (Ant-Abduction Treaty) [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Pakistan [OA/ID 273] La Belle Disco [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Sudan [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – Syria [OA/ID 273] Pan Am 103 [OA/ID 273] Nuclear Terrorism [1] [OA/ID 273] Nuclear Terrorism [2] [OA/ID 273] Terrorism – World Trade Center Bombing [OA/ID 273] Eisenhower, James Terrorism F.S. [Foreign Statements] [OA/ID 753] Transnational Threats Simon, Steven Australia Bilaterals [OA/ID 2249] AVSEC [Aviation Security] Communications (White House) [1] [OA/ID 2249] AVSEC [Aviation Security] Communications (White House) [2] [OA/ID 2249] Box 4 AVSEC [Aviation Security] Study: AVSEC Milestones [OA/ID 2249] AVSEC [Aviation Security] Study [OA/ID 2249] Bill Signing [OA/ID 2249] Bombing Convention [OA/ID 2249] BW [Biological Weapons] Exercise [OA/ID 2249] Capitol Police [OA/ID 2249] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Transnational Threats Simon, Steven Clarke Report (1997) [OA/ID 2249] Colombia Hostages [OA/ID 2249] CONPLAN (Counterterrorism Plan G – Special Events) (Domestic Counterterrorism) [OA/ID 2249] [Action Plan] [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Alert Procedures [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines [1] [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines [2] [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines [3] [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines: 10 February CSG Offsite [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines: FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]/IPTF [Infrastructure Protection Task Force]/CSG [OA/ID 2249] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Notes [1] [OA/ID 2246] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Notes [2] [OA/ID 2246] Box 5 CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Notes [3] [OA/ID 2246] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Notes [4] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] PSYOPS [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] [1] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] [2] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] [3] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] [4] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Bilaterals [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Bill, 1995 [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Budget/DoD [Department of Defense] (FY 1997) Quarterly Report [OA/ID 2246] [Closed Folder Title] [empty] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Findings [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Program Agendas [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] R/D [Research and Development] [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Role [OA/ID 2246] CT [Counterterrorism] Sharm [El-Sheikh] Recommendations [OA/ID 2246] Dahran Bombing [1] [OA/ID 2246] Box 6 Dahran Bombing [2] [OA/ID 2246] Designations (Terrorist) [1] [OA/ID 2246] Designations (Terrorist) [2] [OA/ID 2246] Designations (Terrorist) [3] [OA/ID 2246] DDO [Deputy Director of Operations] Threat Updates [OA/ID 2246] DoD [Department of Defense] CBW [Chemical and Biological Weapons] [OA/ID 2246] DoD [Department of Defense] CT [Counterterrorism] Strategy [1] [OA/ID 2246] DoD [Department of Defense] CT [Counterterrorism] Strategy [2] [OA/ID 2246] DoD [Department of Defense] Support [OA/ID 2246] DoE [Department of Energy] CT [Counterterrorism] [OA/ID 2246] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Transnational Threats Simon, Steven Domestic CT [Counterterrorism] Center [OA/ID 2246] Downing Commission [1] [OA/ID 2246] Downing Commission [2] [OA/ID 2246] Box 7 Downing Commission [3] [OA/ID 2246] Downing Commission [4] [OA/ID 2246] Downing Commission [5] [OA/ID 2246] Lima, Peru [OA/ID 2247] Livermore Study [OA/ID 2247] Luxor (Egypt) [OA/ID 2247] Lyon [1] [OA/ID 2247] Lyon [2] [OA/ID 2247] Lyon [3] [OA/ID 2247] [Mujahedin] [1] [OA/ID 2247] [Mujahedin] [2] [OA/ID 2247] [Mujahedin] [3] [OA/ID 2247] Box 8 [Mujahedin] [4] [OA/ID 2247] [Closed Folder Title] [OA/ID 2247] Mykonos [OA/ID 2247] National Warning System (NWS) [OA/ID 2247] Nexus [OA/ID 2247] New PDD [Presidential Decision Directive] [OA/ID 2247] NLD [Nunn-Lugar-Domenici] [OA/ID 2247] NSC/CT [Counterterrorism] Objectives [OA/ID 2247] NSC Views CT [Counterterrorism] Bill [OA/ID 2247] Non-Iranian Threat Planning – Europe [OA/ID 2247] Non-Iranian Threat Planning – Gulf [OA/ID 2247] Non-Iranian Threat Planning – Middle East [1] [OA/ID 2247] Non-Iranian Threat Planning – Middle East [2] [OA/ID 2247] Non-Iranian Threat Planning – South America [OA/ID 2247] Box 9 NSD [National Security Directive]-77 [OA/ID 2247] Nuclear Smuggling [OA/ID 2247] Nuclear Terrorism Exercise [empty] [OA/ID 2247] Nunn-Lugar II [OA/ID 2247] Nunn-Lugar [OA/ID 2247] Khartoum [Sudan] [1] [OA/ID 2247] Khartoum [Sudan] [2] [OA/ID 2247] NL [Nunn-Lugar] II – Domestic Preparedness Program [OA/ID 2248] NTM [New Tribes Mission] (Missionaries) [OA/ID 2248] OCT [Office of Counterterrorism] Gulf Trip [OA/ID 2248] Olympic Airspace [OA/ID 2248] Olympics [1] [OA/ID 2248] Olympics [2] [OA/ID 2248] Olympics [3] [OA/ID 2248] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Transnational Threats Simon, Steven Olympics [4] [OA/ID 2248] Panama [OA/ID 2248] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive]-62 [empty] [OA/ID 2248] Box 10 PDD-XX, PDD-YY [Presidential Decision Directive] [1] [OA/ID 2248] PDD-XX, PDD-YY [Presidential Decision Directive] [2] [OA/ID 2248] PDD-XX, PDD-YY [Presidential Decision Directive] [3] [OA/ID 2248] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive]-39 [OA/ID 2248] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive] Documents [OA/ID 2248] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive] Implements [OA/ID 2248] PHS [Public Health Service] [OA/ID 2248] Posse Comitatus [OA/ID 2248] POTUS [President of the United States] Brief [OA/ID 2248] Qatar [OA/ID 2248] R & D [Research & Development] [1] [OA/ID 2248] R & D [Research & Development] [2] [OA/ID 2248] Box 11 Readiness Report [OA/ID 2248] [Rendition] [loose] [OA/ID 2248] Rewards Program [OA/ID 2248] [Contingency Planning] [OA/ID 2248] Simon, Steven/Benjamin, Daniel Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [1] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [2] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [3] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [4] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [5] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [6] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [7] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [8] [OA/ID 3927] Box 12 Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [9] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] [10] [OA/ID 3927] Iran Terrorism Binder [1] [OA/ID 3927] Iran Terrorism Binder [2] [OA/ID 3927] Ocalan [Turkey] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] #2 [1] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] #2 [2] [OA/ID 3927] Miscellaneous CT [Counterterrorism] #2 [3] [OA/ID 3927] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Minutes & Agendas [OA/ID 3927] ITRAP [Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program] [OA/ID 3927] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] – FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]/DoD [Department of Defense] Colombia, March 9, 1998 [OA/ID 3927] Box 13 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Transnational Threats Simon, Steven/Benjamin, Daniel DoD [Department of Defense] Oversight [OA/ID 3927] CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group, January 1998 [OA/ID 3927] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive] – Homeland Defense [OA/ID 3927] Libya 7/98: Brown Amendment [1] [OA/ID 3928] Libya 7/98: Brown Amendment [2] [OA/ID 3928] Libya 7/98: Emergency [1] [OA/ID 3928] Libya 7/98: Emergency [2] [OA/ID 3928] Libya 7/98: Emergency [3] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [1] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [2] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [3] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [4] [OA/ID 3928] Box 14 Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [5] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] [6] [OA/DI 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] #2 [1] [OA/ID 3928] Threat SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference System] #2 [2] [OA/ID 3928] Pan Am 103 [1] [OA/ID 3928] Pan Am 103 [2] [OA/ID 3928] Pan Am 103 [3] [OA/ID 3928] Libya Endgame [1] [OA/ID 3928] Libya Endgame [2] [OA/ID 3928] Libya Endgame [3] [OA/ID 3928] Box 15 Libya Endgame [4] [OA/ID 3928] Seattle – WTO [World Trade Organization] [OA/ID 3928] Salt Lake Budget [OA/ID 3928] Terrorism & MEPP [Middle East Peace Process] Fall 1999 [OA/ID 3928] NGOs [Non-governmental Organizations] [OA/ID 3928] Aliyev – Azerbaijan [OA/ID 3928] PDD [Presidential Decision Directive]-62 [OA/ID 3928] Taliban Sanctions [OA/ID 3928] MEA [Middle East Airlines] Fall 1997 [OA/ID 3928] FY 2001 Budget [OA/ID 3928] Central Asia [OA/ID 3928] Egypt Air 990 [OA/ID 3928] Greece [OA/ID 3928] FTOs [Foreign Terrorist Organizations], 1999 [OA/ID 3928] Russia [OA/ID 3928] MANPADS [Man-Portable Air Defense System] [OA/ID 3928] Memos [OA/ID 3928] Wechsler, William Executive Order 13099 [1] [OA/ID 3926] Executive Order 13099 [2] [OA/ID 3926] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Transnational Threats Wechsler, William Executive Order 13099 [3] [OA/ID 3926] Box 16 Executive Order 13099 [4] [OA/ID 3926] Executive Order 13099 [5] [OA/ID 3926] Worldwide CT [Counterterrorism] Issues [1] [OA/ID 3926] Worldwide CT [Counterterrorism] Issues [2] [OA/ID 3926] Worldwide CT [Counterterrorism] Issues [3] [OA/ID 3926] Renditions [1] [OA/ID 3926] Renditions [2] [OA/ID 3926] Shifa [OA/ID 3926] Electronic Records Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files National Security Council Transnational Threats Simon, Steven CSG [Counterterrorism Security Group] Guidelines [1] [disk] [OA/ID 2249]