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Cross has full access to detainees at any time and makes regular visits. They have made many suggestionsincorporated by the Gitmo staff. Prisoners receive regu lar mail and the homenations of all detainees areinformed of their whereabouts and status and kept regularly informed by our State Department.Some nationsare seeking extradition. some of those request have beenapproved .So,should, or should nol. Gitmo be closed? - J don' t know. Gitrno has become an unfortunate political symbol.of an increas ingly unpopular war . Some of the information spread in the med ia is wrong and writte n or relayedby people who are misinformed. Gitrno is a modem, well-run prison where detainees are well treated. well -fed,and medicallycared for - BUT- whatever happens - we must have a method of hand ling detaine es in the waron terrorism- Congressmay have to act - this is a different war and old models don ' t fit. Many of the detaineesare dangerous, VERYdangerous, and will kill you.me and others tomorrow if released. They should not beputblithely back on the streets inan emotional quest for justice - as an international community we MUSTfind away of hand ling these people - AND - I fully suspect thar if detainees are tran sferred back to their homecountries, Orother fac ilities constructed in far-off lands , they will soon wish they were back at Gitmo.If'someo ne tells you Gitmo is a gulag - that is nonsense - they haven 't been there.Our solders, sailors and air men and women at Guamanamo are doing a superb job aroundverydangerouspeople in a long and difficult war - you can beproud of them.Don Shepperd is a CNN Military Analys t

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Lawrence, DallasMr OSDPAThursday. June29, 2006 11:59AM'Maor F. AndyMessing, Jr. (Ret)1NDCF'RE' Greal Job ...

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Lawrence , Dallas Mr OSDPAThursday, June 29, 2006 11:48AMBarber, AllisonMsOSD PARE:T rip

SHOOTl . . . r TYPED THIS BMAIL RESPONSE ON TUESDAY AND POR SEM8 RESPONSON FORGOT TO SEND .SORRY AJ30 UT THAT . . . .

I wou l d love t o . . . aand mee t wi t h m j o ff unt i l j ul y 7 . i d l ike t o sugges t you wa i t unti l j uly 5wi l l be t aking ove r t he ou t rea ch .Dalla s B. Lawr enc eDi r ector, Off i c e o f o ~ i t Re l a t i ons & Pub l ic Lia i s on Un i ted Sta te s Depa r tment of

-- - - - Or i gi na l Mes sage - - - - -From: Bar ber . Allison Hs OSD PASen t: Tuesday . Ju ne 27 , 2006 4:5 1 PMTo: Lawrence . Da l las Mr OSO PASubject : Re : Tr i pShoot . W we r so c lose t o bea t ing dorrance t o t he punch of ns k in g for i t .I am 1 ar ning t hat he need s more info s oon r t ha n larry. did,So we sh ould s t art pu t t ing i n more memos and number t hem. For i ns t ance , a memo on who wear e i nvit i ng , a memo at t he e nd of yes te r day wi th s t a tus . n memo t oday wi t h upda t e and amemo tonigh t wi t h f i na 1 . .The morning of the t r ip j ust won ' t work for him. Too bad .T ~ i s more wor k for vs but it wi l l pa y o f f i n spade s over the l o ng t erm.tomorrow I want to mee t wi t h speake rs bu re au fo l kS to l ook a t our database . I need tof i gu r e out a be t t e r r epor=i ng s t ruc tu re on th at too. Wnt t o get t hi s is sue of f my back9 0 can f ocus on b igger i ssues. Pl ease t e ll co l ba r nes to ge t on my s chedul e.ThxA.l:>

- - - - -Or 19i na l Me s sage - - _From: Lawrence, Da l l a s Mr QSC PATo: Bar be r , Alli son Ms OSC PASen t , Tue J un 27 16 : 38 :30 2006Sub Ject : RE: Tr i pCall went gre a t . Dor r anc e do es not have the fin a l . I a sked t o have 11 fu l l scnedut efo r you befo re you r morn ing mee t i n g so you cnn review. I am happy t o send Romley thecon f i rmed l i s t 1f you l i ke for do r r ance . Or have tara send the sched u l e t o himi ndependent of you .Dal las B. Lawrenc eDi r ec to r , o f f i ce o f Commun ity Re la t i ons & Publ i c Lia i s on United Sta tes Depa r t men t of

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- - - - -Or i g i na l Message-- -- -From: Bar be r . Al i s on Ms OSD PASen t : Tuesda y , Jun e 2 7 . 200 6 4 : 34 PMTo : Lawrence, Dal a s Mr OSO PAsub j ec t : Re : TripGrea t . ThanksDoes dorrance have t his?How d i d Lhe cal l go t oday ?

- - - - -Or i gi n a l Message-- - - -From: Lawrence . Dal l a s Mr OSD PATo: Ba rbe r , Allison Ms OSO PASen t : Tue Jun 27 16 : 29 :24 200 6SUbj ec t : RE ; Tr ipPar t ic ipants :M . Joe Reeder, Def ense Analys tMa j o r Genera l Robert H. Sca les , OSA . Re t i r e d a Chuck Na sh . USN , Re t ired Capta inMar t i n L. S t rQng , USN, Ret i r e d Ma j o r Andy Mess ing . USAR . Retired Command Sergeant Ma jo rS teve Greer. USA . Re t ired

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- - - - -Orig inal Mes sage - - - - -~ r Barber . Allison Ms OSO PASent : Tuesday, J un e 27 , . 2006 4 :2 1 PMTo : Lawrence. D allas Mr aSD PASub je c t : TripHiWho 's go i ng to g t mo??ThKAt>

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DOJ i s in t he l ead on th i s . We wi l l happi ly s chedu le our spe aker i f he is ava i labl e t o beon your ca l l i f t ha t i s whs t you l i ke . Or , i f you woul d p re fe r a solo doj ca l l . we wi l lschedu le ou r f o l ks t o ca l i n . p l ease advi se soones t as t he s e fol ks usual l y need 3 hou r snot i ce t o ge t on a ca l l . Thanks !Da l l a s B. LawrenceDi rec t or , Of f ioe of o u i Re l a t ions & Publ ic Li a i s onUn i t e d States Depa r t ment of Def ense

We are s t i l l p la nning on do ing our D u o ~ ca l l bu t no t un t i l t he a f t e r noon . DOe s th i smean tha t you wi l l no t be par t i c ipat i ng i l l t ha t phone ca l l? We ha ve t he DOJ .!l taffschedul ing t o do a background medi a ca l l and t hen th e surroga t e cal l i mmed i a t e l y fo l l owingin th e afte r noon .They won ' t 'he ab le t o do a ca l l be f ore t he n because t he s.me people we ' ve se lec t ed to dothes e ca l l s wi l l be wor kin g on Our pu b l 'c a t a temen and t a l k i ng po int5 wi t h us a t noo n andunti l we i s sue t he s ta tement . 6 7 f f l l f t ' ~ # J i 5 ~ : : : ' Z ' l ! lFrom : " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 6 i . 3en 'I':To :Cc : l . L w e a ~ , ~ ~ Subject : RE: Sur r og ateswe woul d l i ke t o do a mi l analy s t ca l l on t he dec i s ion t ha t is imminen t .we ' have aaked BG hem1ngvay t o be th e dod s pokespe r s on on t he ca l l , but would l i Xe doj tot ake t he l ea d o wi l l someone f rom your off i ce be ava i l ab l e a r ou nd noon t o make thec a.ll11p leas e l e t me know asap and i wi l l be happy t o se t i t up .t hanks

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Okay, t han ks . I reached ou t to LCDR Gordon to ask who! shou ld work wi th so he ca ndisregard. I'll l o ok f or h i s email address and l e t him know I 'm good to go. Tara -wi l l yo ushoot . me your number? 'Thanks, , ),y~ ' "

be i n gitmo a l l day tomorrow. In the event th i s comes down, pleaseon my team and she wi l l make t hi s happen. Thanks .

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tomorrow, . I ' l l be i n t ouch an d wi l l send you a copy o f our e t o d is tr ib u te . Ve are working o f f -s i te due to flooding. bu t my

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Hi there . Jus t for your panning. t he se fo lks do not usual ly tu r n wel l on a. sh o r t fusedcal l . They are a l l o v e r the world . and usually we need a 601id 24 hours t o p lan , a t t heleas t . We wi l l cer ta in y do out best t o get as many on the ca l l as poss ible . Quickremi nder . none o f them wil l be ava i l able from 2-3pm tomorrow as they will be on acon ference ca l l with General Casey .Thanks !dl

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From:[mai l t o : .Sent : Wednesday, June 21. 2006 12 :4 1 PMTo : La ....rence , Dallas Mr OSD PASub jec t : RE : SurrogatesHi Dal las .I checked on my end . and the l i s t of analysts seems f ine . We wi l l only have a few hoursbetween finding ou t t ha t t he de c i s ion has been handed down in t he mo r n i n g and haVi ng thecon fe rence cal l i n th e a! ternoon . So if you ....an t to send out that "heads up e-ma i ll e t t ing t hem know that t h i s ca l l wil l take place bu t ....i th shor t not ice , that might be agoodidea . I t hink a t th i s po in t we won't inc lude who wil l be on the ca l lother than that there wi l l be a few senior OOJ and DOD of f ic ia l s .

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Thanks very much, and I wi l l f o l low up wi th ca l l - in i n f o rma t i on when I receive i t .Take care,

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Sounds good . Fo r your p lanning . o ur an a l y s ts wi l l be engaged f r om 130-33 0 T h u r ~ d a wi thgenera l caseyDal as B. Lawr enceDi r ector . Of f i ce of COl1'fllunity Re l at ions & Pub ic Li a i s onUnit ed State s Depa r t ment of Defense

CIV , OASD- PA; Whitman. Bryan Mr OSD PA= = = = = : IHi Dal las .Thanks very much f 9 r 'the l i s t of p roposed s or r o ga t e e . W ha ve n 't se t ThursQay fo r t hec al l yet . We want to de t e r mi ne who 'd we ike to have on th e ca 1 a nd then l e t t hos e fo l ksknow t o expect ca l l - in i n forma t ion on ce we get word t he de c is ion i e be ing handed down . I t~ c o u l d * be Thu rsday , bu t i t may nOt be un t i l ne xt week . I ' 1 fo l low up a ga i n .

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Thanks a nd look f o r wa r d t o work ing t og e t he r with your te am to br ing t h i s toge t he r .

Propos ed Inv i t eesColone l Ken Allard (USA, Re t i red ) MSNBCMr . Jed Babb i n {AP. Po rme r J AG) Amer ic on Spec ta t o r . na t iono l r a d i oLieu t enan t Colone l Gordon Cucul lu (USA. Re t i r ed ) Fox NewsLieut e nant Gener a l Michae l P . DeLong {OSMC, Ret i red ) Fox NewsGene ra l W a y n Downing {USA. Ret i red ) MSNBC

.. . Lieuten ant Co l one l Tim . Ead s (USA, Re t i r ed ) Fox NewsLieutenan t Col onel Ri c k Francona (USAF, Ret i red ) NBCColone l John Garre t t (USMC. Re t ir e d )Brigad ' e r Genera l David L . Gra nge (USA. Retired ) CNN

Command Se r g e a n t Majo r Steven Gree r ( SA. Ret i r e d ) Fox NewsColone l J a c k Jacobs {USA. Re t i r ed ) HSNBCGen era Jac k Keane (USA, Ret i red ) ABCLi eu tenant Co lone l Rober t L . Maginn i s (USA. Re t i r ed ) Fox NewsMa j o r Genera l James S p i d e r" Ha r ks (USA. Re t i red ) C h Dr . J e f f McCausland (Co one l , USA, Re t i red ) - CBSLieutena nt Gene r a l Thomas McInerney (USAF, Re t i r ed ) . Fox NewsMajo r Gene ra l Michae l J . Nardot t i , J r . (USA, Re t i red )Capt a in Chuck Na s h (USN. Re t i r ed ) - 'Fox ewsMa j o r Genera l Robe r t H. Sca le s . J r . (USA, Re t ired ) - Fox NewsMajo r Gen e r a Dona ld W. Shepperd (USAF, Ret i red ) - CNNMr. Wayne Simmons (USN. Re t i red ) - Fo x NewsMajo r Gene ra l Pau l E . V a l l ~ l (USA, Re t i red ) - fox NewsCol one l J ohn Warden (USAF. Re t i r ed )Mr . Bing We s t (USMC. Ret i red , Fmr ASD)

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Stimson, Charles D. (Cully), CIV, OSDPOLICYJ A ~ ~ ~ ~ 2006 7:41AM

Thanks for the SITREP. They run a class act down there, and no reasonableperson can come away fromGTMOotherthan impressed.R/,Cully

GoodMorning Sir! GTMO (Base and JTF-GTMO) hil anotherhome run yesterdayl Took off fromAndrewsat0708. Patricia Wildermuth and I set the stagewith briefings on theway down (Policy and ARB/CSRT), then weregreeted on the tarmac byROMLHarris and Skipper Lear, CO, U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay a fewminutes after1000.. Markgave a great historical brief on the ride across the bay!Arrl\ling at JTFGTMO's Headquarters on time (1100), RDML Harris and.Mr . Frazier Thompson (GTMOs LeadFBI Agent) provided two GREAT briefings. followedby tours of CampDelta,"Detenton Hospital, EvidenceLocker,Camps 5 & 6, and, I believe, being a little ahead 01schedule. they scooted by CampXRay :)I broke off from the Camp Delta tours to meet themedia (5 plus Tim Golden's photographer. no piesallowed, perour media policy) that attendedone of our very few participatoryboards (presently silting at a Iil1e over , 3% for thefirst 164 boards). The media included Carol Rosenberg (Miami Herald). Tim Golden (New York Times). CarolWI/Iiams (Los AngeleS Times), Jane Sutton (Reuters) andStephenson Jacobs (AP).As always. when you thought the tour couldn't get any b e l t e each Ov wasprovided a autographed (byROMLHarris) pic of GTMOand the group photo, then theAdmiral "coined" them. What class!Beautiful weather, great flight downand back. returningto Andrews at 2000 (debarking at 2015....CustomsAgenlwas a little late :)Warmest Regards and VIR, .. J Today's Trip included: Oafa LeadPA for Trip) b . ' hi". :t1 : , ~ J ' ( r-il USAF (OMC)- P, } " ; Y b ~ . : t ~ ~ - ; , (OSD.PA)

{ - " (AFPS/E-5)- Joe Reeder(USO)- Robert Scales (Fox News/MG, USA Ret)- Chuck "CAp Nash (FoxlBeltway NeWS/CAPT, USNRet) Martin Strong (Blackwell/CAPT. USN Ret)- AndyMessing (NOCF/MAJ, USA Ret)- Steve Greer (Greer Founmallon/CSM, USA Ret)

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Please be advised that I will NOT be able 10make the trip tomorrow. I just learned that I am needed by the SecDef.foran Important meet ing tomorrow.So sorry for the last minute notificatlon- -l just learned myself.CUlly StimsonSent from mywireless gizmo

Sir.Here is an Itinerary for VOlA' flight tomorrow witha list of allpassengers and map to NAF Andrews. Have a good flight sir. Breakfastand dinner will be served on the aircraft, please bring $22 to coverthese costs . Mr. Lawrence will be collecting the moneyon the trip:V1 ' ,.l T ) ' < :} l tinerary- DV-GTMO 28JUN06.doc

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Huh? I t houghc hemingway d ropped? I s t i 1 had a binder fo r cul ly t h i s morning ? Probabl ymy f au lt y memory.___ m f a - . . F o CIV, OASO-PA'To : Lawr ence , Dal la s Mr OSO PASent : Wed J un 28 21 : 1 9 : 04 2 0 0 6Sub j e c t : Re : GITMO'Wha t ?? That ' s wha t I forwa rded 'you when you sugges ted that I i nv i t e t h a y ~ . . . . .

When d id cu l l y drop ou t ? I di dn ' t l e a r n un t i l r got t o the airp lane_ . i ..nge-..--Pr om: :f"': .. :.W: -< cr v. OASD- PATo : Barbe r , Al l ison M OSD PACC: Lawre nce , Dal la s M OSO PASent : wed J un 28 16 :0 8 :1 4 20 06Subj ec t : RE:he e i s the exa c t mani fest of eve ryone on t he t r ip :Mr . ) f i ;;:}::} ' I Oi r e c t or , OARDECMr . Da l l a s Lawrence , Di re c t o r , Commun i t y Rela t i on s and Pub l i c Lia ison , ~ ~ b ' .: " Ass i s t nt Legal Adv i sor Mr . J oe Reede r , De f e ns e }l.nalyet Ms. ) 6),Spe c i a l Ass i s ta n t to th e DASO Ms , () .lt' ,"1;" Repor t er , AFPS Ma jo r G n e r a L : ; : f ~ : - : - e~ - = ~ :::";"'...:.:>,;::..JSca le s, OSA, Re t i r ed Capta i n Chuck Nas , , Re t i red Capta i n Ma r t in L. Strong, OSN.Ret i red Ma j or Andy Mess i ng , USAR , Rec i r e d Command Se r geant Ma jo r Steve Greer , USA, Re t i red

- Or i g i na l Mes sa ge - _Fr om: Sarber , All i s on Ms OSD PASent : w d June 28, 200 6 3 :48 PMTo ; O O l I D ' " - ' ~ i CIV, OASC PA i Lawr ence , Dalla s M OSO PASubJec t : FW : GI TMOHi gu ysThi s i s the s c ru t in y I l i ve und er everyday . Wh en s omething change s . . . ev en minor , i keadd i ng thin k tanker s t o a c a l l , o r cu l y dropp ing of f o f the t r ip , you guys have got t ol e t me know.I know we are al l in t he hab i t o f wing i ng i t and go in g wi th the f l ow . Tha t wor ked wi thla rry. I t doesn 't work any more .Am I co r re c t in l e t t in g da l a s know t ha t cul ly i s the on l y c hange?Thanksab- - Or i gina l Mes s ag e - - -

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From : Smith , Dorrance HaN OSD PASent: Wedne sday, J une 28 , 200 6 3 : 45 PMTo : a ~ e n o e Dallas Mr OSD PAl Barbe r . l l i ~ o Me OSD PASubj ect : RE: GITMOCan I get t he f i na l accurate mani f e s t .Th-x' - - - -Orig i nal Me s s a ge- - - - -From: Lawrence, Dalla s Mr OSD PASent : Tuesday , J une 27 , 20 06 4 :5 5 PMTo: Ba r be r , Al i son MS OSD PAl Smi th . Dorrance H OSD PASUbj ec t : RE: GITHOHere i s our f ina l ros ter for t he t r ip .Pa r ticipan t s :Mr. Joe Re ed er , Defens e Ana l ys tMa j o r Gene ra l Rober t H. Sca le s , USA, Re t i re d Cap tain Chuck Nas h , USN, Ret i r e d Capta inMart in L. St rong. USN. Re t i red Ma j or Andy Mes s i ng , USAR, Re t i red Command Se rgeant Ma jorSteve Gre er, USA , Ret i r ed

- - -- -Or i gi nal Mes s age - - - - From: Barber , Al i 90n Ms OSD PAS n t ; Tuesday, June 27 , 20 0 6 4 :4 7 PMTo: Smi th , Dorranoe HON OSD FACe : Lawre nc e , Da l l a s Mr 050 PASub j c t : Re : GITMOYep. We jus t f in a l i z ed it. Da ll a s wi l l get i t to you a s a p .

- -- - -Or i gi na l Menn ~ - From: Smith . Dor rance HON OSO FATo : Barber , Al l ison .Me OSD PAScnt : Tue Jun 27 1 6: 40 : 3 7 20 06Subj ect : GITMOCan I get che f inal ros ter for t omor row' s t r ip .

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Lawrence, Dallas Mr OSD PA~ 28, 2006 5:17AMtb( 6) >-!V;fiji,;CMajOSD PABarbe , AllisonMs OSD PAMorning report

J am not sure If our retired militaryanalyst trip to GITMO todayis on the outreach report. If it Is not,wcutd it be possibe toaddU? Further. we have been In contact late Jast night with the DOJ regarding an analyst call with senior DOJrepsregarding theexpectedGITMO ruling today. Couldwe add a "tentative" to the outreact\ as ~ l something along the linesof :

"TentativeMilitary Analyst OutreachCallwith Sonior Department of Justloeofficials to discuss the expected SupremeCourt Ruling onGuantanamoBayDetainees"

Thanks.

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From: .Sont :To:Subjec.t: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lawrence. Dallas Mr OSD PANo rob lem. You can reach me a t . Happy t o he lp .

Hi t here. J us tc a l l . 'The y arel e a s t . I ~ wi !r eminder . noneconference cal

Oka y , thanks . I r ea che d out to LCDR Gordon CO a s k who I shoul d work wi th so he candisregard. I'll l ook f or h i s add re s s and l e t him knc:... r 'm good to go . wil l yous hoot me your number ? Thanks , ~ ~ ~ ~

20 06Re : surrOgates~ : i i l i n gi tmo a l l da y t ornorrov . In t he ev en t t h i s come s down, pl ea semy t eam and she wi l l make th i s happen . Thanks .

; ; ~ To : Lawrence ,Sent : Tue J un 27 19 :2 3 : 3 3 ,2 006SUbj ec t : RE : Sur r o g a t e sDal las ,I f th e dec is ion comes down tomor r ow, I 'l l be in touch and wi l s end you a copy of our e -mai l to surr are work i ng o f f - s i t e due t o f looding, bu t myc e l l phone i: s

RE : Surrogatesfor you r planning . t hese ~ do not usua l ly t urn well on a shor t fuseda l l over t he wor l d . a nd uua l l y we need a so l i d 24 hours t o p lan, a t t hecer ta in ly do out bes t to ge t as many on th e ca l l a s poss ib le . Qui ckof t hem will be av a i la ble f ro n 2- 3pm tomorrow as th ey wi l l be on awith Genera l Casey.

Thanks !d l. Dal las B. LawrenceDirector , Of f ice of Commun i ty Rela t ions & Publ ic Li ai s on Uniced t ~ e Department ofOe fense

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I th i nk a t th is point we woo 't i nc lude who will be on th e CAllt ha n tha t t here wi l l be a few senior DOJ and DOD of f ic ia ls .

From : ~ ~ i M I I I I ~ I ~ ~ I ~ ~ I ~ I 1 1 mailto . .Sent : Wednesday , J une 21. 2006 12:41 PMTo : Lawrence , Da l l a s Mr OSD FASub j ec t : RE: SurrogatesHi Da l l as.r chec ke d on my end, an d t he l i s t o f analys ts seems f i n e . We wil l on l y have a f ew ~ between f inding out t ha t th e dec i s ion has been handed down in th e mor n ing and h a n t heconf er.ence ca l l i n th e afternoon. So i f you want ' t o send out t ha t h ead s up l e t t i ng them know tha t th is ca l l wi l l take pl ace but wi th short not i ce, tha t mi ght be agoodidea.othe rThanks very much, and I wi l l f ol l ow up wi th ca l l - in informat ion when I rece iv e i t .Take care ,

(mail t o : Dal l a s ,Lawr encei i m : ~ ~ ~ ~ : : i > i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 AM

Su r r o g a t e sSound s good. FOr your planning , our ana lys ts wi l l be. engaged f r om ~ Thursday wi thgene ra ca seyDal l as B. Lawre nc eDi r ec t o r , Off ice o f commun i ty Rela t ions & Pub l ic LiaisonUni t ed Sta tes Dep a r tme nt of Defense

CIV , OASD- PA; Wh i tman . Bryan Mr QSO PAHi Da l l a s ,Tha nks very much fo r th e l i s t of proposed surrogates. We hav e n ' t se t Thu r sdav for thecal l ye t . We want t o dete r mine Who 'd we l i ke to have on the ca l l and then le t those folksknow t o ex pect ca l l - in i nforma tion onc e we ge t word t he de c is ion i s b e i ng handed down . I t"cou ld" be Thu r sday . but i t may no t be unti l nex t week. I ' l l fo l low up again .

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Good morning. 1 und e r s t a n d tha t DOJ is in terested in host ing a cal l wi t h our group ofRet i red Mi l i t ary Analysts ( t a lk i n g h ~ A d t ype s) th i s TQursday to address the Supreme Cour tRul i n g on GITHO. We wou ld l t o propose i nvi t i n g the fo l lowing fo l ks to ca l l in and cansend the i n vi t e out to them e l ec t ron ica l ly once we get th e de ta i l s f o r th e cal l (t i me ,.c a l l i p numbe r , who will be the sp eaker ) . We can a lso , i f you l ike , send out a not el et t ing t hem Know o t the poss ibi l i ty o f a cal l on Thursday f or p lanni ng purposes on ly t ha tdoes no t l i ot who wil l be th e speaker but deta i l s t he topic (r u l i ng) .

Thanks and l ook forward t o working together with your team to br in g t h i s t g e ~

Propo se d I nv i t ee sColonel Ken Allard (USk , Retired ) S M . Je d Babbin (AF, For mer JAG) Amer i can Specta tor , nat i onal radioLieutenant Colonel Gordon Cucu l lu (USA. Ret i re d ) Fox NewsLi eu t enant Gene ra l M chae l P . DeLong (USMC, Ret i red ) Pox NewsGene ra l Wayne A. Downing (USA, Re t ired} MSNBCLieu tenan t Colone l Tim J . Eads (USA, Ret i red l Fox NewsL i e u e a n Colone l ~ Fran co na (USAF, Ret i re d ) NBCCol one l J ohn Garre t t (USMC, Re t i red )

r i e Gene ra l David L. Gr ange (USA, Ret ired) CNNCommand Sergeant Ma jo r Stev en Gre e r (USA, Re t i r ed ) Fox NewsCol one l J a J acoba (USA, Ret i r eq) MSNBCGenera l Jack Keane (USA, Re t i r e d) ABCLi eu t e nant Colone l Rober t L . Mag innis (USA. Ret i r ed) Fox NewsMajo r Genera l James Sp ider " Mar ks (USA, Ret i red ) CNNDr . J e f f HcCausland (Colonel , qSA . Ret ired ) . CBSLi eutena nt General Thomas McInerney (USAP, Ret i r ed ) - Fox NewsMa jor Genera l Michael J . Nardot ti , Jr . (uSA, Ret i red)c a p t ~ Chuck Nash (USN, Re t i red ) . Pox NewsMa jo r General Robert H. Sca les . J r : (USA. Ret i red l - Fox New sMa jor Gen e ra l Donald W. Shepperd (USAF , Re t i red) - CNN

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r i . . , . t a CIV, OASD-PATuesday, June 27,2006 5:49 PMLawrence, Dallas Mr OSD PARE : Bio request

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From: Major F. Andy Messing, Jr. (Ret)! NDCF [mallto :NDsent: u e s d June 27, 2006 12:54 PMT O : f ov. OASD-PACc: Lawrence.DallasMr OSD PASubject: Re: Blo request

ThlWlk You.againBestANDY

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To : Maior F. Andy Messing, .Jr. (Ren! NDCFSen t: Tuesday. une 27, 2006 8:00 PMSubject : RE:: Sio request

. . .hi i think you shou ld plan on metro or a cab . metro might be tricky. so you may wan t to check online it they areexperiencingdelays blc o f theweathe ... and j have noideawhere the kids center used to be. so rrn nohelp there!south parking IS outside of corridors 2 and 3. row 8 '5 at the bottom of the stairs to corridor 3. if you come up metroand you're lOOking at the bu ding. walk around to the eft keep going unlil the second set of stairs .if coming by cab, have the driver enter south parking anddrop you by the set of stairs on Ihe left.hope you.have a great glad you're finally getting 10 go.

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I'm gonnakeep it simple... spend the nighc in 'VA{ in Ole TownAlex}chen zip to the: Pentagon in the moming...... should I lakeit Metro?? .. or drive my car ( will I be able to park there for the day inSPIlthParking ??) in row8 south pan-ing ? Is that over bythe Flag Pole area used to be.. ? If I comeby Metro... can I walk over there ? Call meat my Foundation if it. . nd ( " IS easierto respo .n ' ~ ' : : $ i . < ; " " f ! . ! . + , .~ " " ' " " " . . . . ; . ; : ; - " ' " '

What is the uniform.:. up-scale casual ?I excited about going...again, ThankYou !BestA DY

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To ; Ma'or F. A dy Messing. Jr. (Renl NDCFSent : Tuesday, June 27,2006 3:26 PM.Subj ect : RE: Bio request

hi. ifyou are certain you can get to e navy side dv unge at andrews NLT 0630, yo may meet the delegatiothere. brc of weather i am concerned aoou toks getti g t ere on Ii e. the s uttle is probably going to leave extraearly from t e pen agon to make su e t ey can get t re... rve attached directions to the dv side. please send meyour celt phone number in case of any problems.thanks

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I'll be there... but, since I 'm coming from Annapolis ( and I don'l wanna be a pa in)... can I meet you ar Ops at Andrews at0600hrs or wheneveriwhereever...?..lf not... I' ll zip over to the Pent agon. .Again , Than You. ..and convey that 10 Dallas 10 0.BestANDY

To : Major F. Andy Messing, Jr . (ReW NOCFSent: Tuesday, June 27, 20062:53 PMSubject: RE: Bio request

hi. as j'm sure you gathered... you made the tr p man ilest. sorry t took me a minu te to respond. j'm out or mymind this morning!!w ew. welcome aboard. we I be in touch this af emoon with deta ils. you should plan to beat the pentagon at 5:45 tomorrow mom i 9 row 8, so lh park ing is w ere you wi I meet the shuttle to andrews.mere to follow, and thanks for your pat enee! :)

From : Majo r F. Andy Messing, ) . (Ret)! NOCF ( allto:NDCFSent: Tuesday, June 27, 20066 :54 AM70 :11') ;) " !" " "' ; ' ' ' '" "-,ICORUSSOUTHCO moCc:fbl ii." ; ' h ! ' ~ OASD-PASubject : Re: Blo requestDear Commander...hope thisdoes the trick....BestA DY

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Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 20062:44 PMSubject: Bio request

Dear Major Mess ing,Thank you for yourassistancewith thebiography . I knowRearAdmiral Harrisappreciatesgetting theseinadvance!Very respectfully,

Commander,U.S. NavyDirectoror Public AffairsJoint Task Force- Guantanamo"Honor Bound toDefend Freedom"NIPR.S I P R : L . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @ i l i . 1 ~ ~

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Barber, A llison Ms OSD PATuesday, June 27. 2006 4:51 PMlawrence, Dallas Mr OSD PARe: TripShoot . We we r e so c l ose t o beat ing dor ran ce to t he punch o f ask i ng for i t .I am l ear ning tha t he needs mor e i nf o sooner than l a r ry did.So we should s tar t pu t t i ng 1n more memo s a nd number t hem. Fo r i aota nce , a memo on who weare i nvi t ing , a memo at the end of yest e rday with s tatu s , a memo today with update and amemo ton ight 'wi th f i na l .The morn in g o f the t r i p j us t won' t work fo r him . Too ba d .Th i s i s more work for us but i t wil l pay off in sp ades over the l ong t e rm.t omor row I want to meet wi th speake rs bu reau fo lk s t o l ook a t ou r da t ab ase . I need tof i gure ou t a bet te r repo r t i ng s t ructu r e on th a t too. Wan t t o ge t t h i s is sue or f my backso we can focus on bigger i ss ue s . Please te l l col barnes to get on my schedu l e .ThxAll

Mes saqe - - - From: Lawr ence . Da l l a s M OSD PATo : Barber , i Me OSD PASent: Tue Jun 27 16 :38 :30 2006SUbj eo t : RE : Tr ipCal l wen t great . Dor ra nce does not have th e f in a l . Ifor you befor you r mo rn i ng mee t in g so you can r evi wconf i rmed l i s t i f yo u l i ke t or dor ra nce . Or hav e ~ i ndepe ndent of you .

a sked f I ! l t to have m I am happy to sendsend t he s chedule t o

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- - ' - -Or i gi na l Message_ _ From: Barb er . Al l ison Ns OSD FASent : Tuesday . Ju ne 27 , 2006 4 :34 PMTo : Lawrence , Dallas Mr OSD PASub j ec t : Re : Tr ipGrea t . ThanksDoes dor r ance have 't h i s ?How d id th e ca l l go today?Ab

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Sent : Tue Jun 21 16: 29:24 2006SUbj ec t : RE : Tr ipPar t i,c i p ant s :Mr . Jo e Reeder. Def ense AnalystMaj or Gene ra l Robert H. Sca le s , USA. Ret i r e d Cap t ain Chuck Nash. USN, Ret i red Capta inMar t i n L. Strong, USN, Reti red Ma j o r Andy Messin g , USAR . Re t i r e d Command Sergeanc MajorS te ve Gr eer, USA, Ret i red

Dal las B. LawrenceDirecto r , Office of Commun i ty Re la t ions Publ ic Liai son Uni ted Sta tes Depa rtmen t ofDe f ens e

- - - - -Or ig i nal ~ e s s a g e - ' From: Barber, Al l ison M OSD PASent : Tuesday. June 2 7 , 2006 4 :21 PMTo : Lawrence , Dal la s Mr OSO PASubjec t : Tr ipHiWho ' s goi ng t o gtrno ??ThxAD

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Lawrence. Dallas Mr OSD PATuesday, June 27, 2006 3:46PMBarber, Allison Ms OSD p A i l ; : 1 l l l ! " ; ; . . " , 1 ' f , ; : ; ; t ; ; \ r . C l v OASDPARE: Don Sheppard on GITMO

Prom: ahepdcna ld (ma i 1 to : s hepdonald '!:fSent : Friday , June 23 , 2 006 1:29 PMTo : Lawrence , Dall as Mr OSP PASubject : Gitmo t r ip reportGitmo Trip Repor cI t wac my second t r i p to Gua n t a n a mo. t he l a s t being a year ago . A co l l e c t i on of med iaana l ys ts , ICNN and Fox ) , rad io cont r ibuters , l awye r s . wr i t e r s . DoD deputy a s s i s t a n tsecre tarie s , i t was a no t he r whirlw i nd adventu re - ou t of t h e chocks a t Andrews AFB as aguest of 000 on Navy mi -a i r a t 7 : 30 AM ; 3:15 en route to Cuba; land a t Gitmo Ai r f ie ld ,Nav y l aunch to the windward s ide , v i s i t t he det ent ion f a c i l i t y all day; r ece i v e br i e fs ,long wa t e r - t a x i back co the a i r f i e ld , Wheel s up at 5: 00 PH a nd bac k to Andrews by 8:15 whew! I wish a l l of America , in f ac t a l l of t he concer.r.ed wor d , would go be cause t hey coulddraw the i r own 'conc l u s ion s ar.d stop asking me . The wor ld . a t l e a s e Ame rica ,. wou ld be pr o u dof Rear Admi r a l Ha r r y Har r i s , th e J o i n t Tas k Porce Commande r -GTMO and his t roops .Thoughtfu l , ~ i u l a t e pro fe s s iona l , .concerned , ser ious, bu t with p anache , a ' 78 USNAgrad , Har r i s stayed wi th us a l l day g i v ing and pa r t i c ipat ing in th e br ie f ings andanswer i ng questions , s o e very hard ones . Army Col . M ke Bumgarner , i n charge of de taineeopera t ions and 3S years as a n MP, wa s th e hos t o f ou r tour through a l l th e faCi l it i es ,i nc lUdi ng i ndividual ce l l s , ce l l b l ocks , r ecrea t io n a reas , med ica l f a c i l i c i e s andi n t er r og a t.i on ops where we v i ewed an INT (hi gh va ue t a r ge t) in t errogation. .. .and then t he reweee ot her pa r t i c i p an ts - br i e fs from the oth er * agencies . l aw enforcement andi n t e l l i gence . B a ~ e cou ld be a po p u l a r co un t y sher i f f - he i s home t own America - hecould g et e le cte d ~ y w h e r - may happen as he i s near i ng t h e end o f h i s ca r eer - he care sabout his t roops and th e d e t a ine es - even t he ones tha t hav e t hr ea te n ed t o ki ll hi m a ndhis fami ly .We s tart .ed wi t h b r i e f ing s over a ha a l mea l a t t he Camp Del t a me s s ha l l . Th e meal wast a s ty and one o f t h r ee composing th e 4200 daily ca lor i e s o f f e red each de t a in e e . Spec ia lmea ls a r e al so offe r ed t or vegeta r ians . d iabe t i c s , e t c . The f ood i s good.A p r o f e s s i onal me di ca l eeaf f wi t h a f ul ly - equipped bos p i t a . i c majo r s urg ica lc p a b ~ l i t i e s men t al ' hea l t h and den ta l _ooks a f t e r the d e ~ e e The doc s and nurses wear"stab .v es t s " as ~ e provide c are...bnlmm,The fac i l i t ies are mode rn . r e semb ing any modern high secu r i t y u. s . pr ison - and expens i ve- and ge t t i ng more expensive , new ones be i ng cons t ruc ted to r e duce manpower requir ementsand provid e f or an ex tended s tay , or a n expanded CWOT .S o ~ e impor t an t ques t ions :

Did we d r i nk t he government kool - a id ? - of cou rse - that was the purpose of the t r ip , t ohea r t he u.s. government s ide of t h e s t ory . the o th e r s ide i p rov i ded d a i l y i n th e media ,s o ~ e informed , mOst by t hos e who ha ve neve r be en to Git.mo . A v t o i s a t th e mer c y o floca l of f i c i a ls . bu t one a lso has l o t s of t ime to a rgue , i nqui re . ques t ion , d isagree .exehange ide a s , prov id e a l t e rna te ~ e w s s ugges t i ons . I t i s a he a thy env ironment t or ani nt e l l ec t ua l ex chan ge . One has f e access t o t a lk to any of the s t a f f .Did you se e a ny evidence o f m i s t a e - of cours e n o t . nor would o expe c t t o on ana rranged v i s i t , but there i s anOt her impor tant reason - no mis treatmen t i s goiog 00 . The r e

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may have be en some .mi s s t ep s and po l icy confu s ions . t the old Camp x-ray (l ong closed ) ,GITMO ha s known fo r a long tim e tha t the eye s of the wor ld are on t h em. The r e i s s i mplyt oo much s upervi s i on , too much p rofess ionalism , too much pr ide t o maKe any th i ng badt n l happen . Add i t ional l y, a l l i nt er r oga t o r s will te l l you that mist reatmen t i scounte r - produc t ive. The on l y t h i ng that works , t hey i nsi s t , i s t o es tab l i sh r appor t over al ong period of t ime a nd even tua l l y a l mos t everyon e t a lk s , provid i ng sma l l pi e ce s o f bige tha t caD even t ua l l y amalg amate i nto a usefu l por tra i t .

Why don 't we avo id a l l th i s controver sy and s i mp y dec lare the det a inees as pows andcomply wi t h th e Gene,a Conventions? - bec au se i t i s n' t tha t s imple - tbe de ta i nees are notso l diers of a nation s t a te . are not aD or ganized a rmy and are no t s i 9nator ies toi n t e r n at i ona l convent ions , no r do t hey comply wi th t he Laws o f r Con f l i c t . Thi s mayr equ i r e some new l eg i s la t i on . This 1s a dif fe r en t Bo r t of war in w ~ c h th e o ld rUles andl aws are not adequa te , many do not app l y; t hus , we are crea t i ng new proce s s e s ar.d t ryi ngto in su re jus t i ce and human r ight s i n the process - i t i s ha rd, re a l ha r d-and inc identa l lywe comply wi t h most of prov i s i ons of th e Genev a Convent ion, the one e tha t make sense ,e sp ec ia l l y humane t r eatmen t . I n a l l prev ious war s we have de t ained POWS and released th ema t the end of the war . and t r i ed th ose suspected he inous cr i mes - t he same th ing i sat tempted i n th i s wa r .But you must admi t t ha t the pr i sone r s have no "due p roc es s " - wrong. One may no t l ik !:! thepr oces s (and the Supreme Cour t wi l l l ike y ru le i i nent ly on i t s l ega l i t y ) , bu t there i sa wel l ordered due p rocess, one that was sugges t ed by Supreme Cour t Ju s t ice Sandra DayO'Connor who encouraged the U. S. to des ig n c h a n i that comply wi t h Ar t ic le V o f theGeneva Convent i on . 1Uot ic le v s ta t e s i f th ere i s p l a.us ib l e doubt of a deta i ne e 's s t atus are they , or a re t hey not , e m c - a pr ocess mus t be estab i shed to de t e rmi ne .t hat fa c t . Thus , t he admi n i s t r a t ion es tab l i shed t he COlllba t Stat uI> Rev iew Tr ib una ls' (CSR'ts Iand Admini s t r a t i ve Rev iew Boa rd s (ARBs - year l y ca se re -exam ina t io Ds ) t ha t review al lava i la ble fac ts and informa t i on to de t e rmine : i s t he de ta inee an enemy co rrbatant ,deeerv ing detention , or no t ?Why don ' t we j us t app ly th e a . s. ju s t ic e sys t em - lawyers , grand j urie s , charges . t r ia ls?- s ound s great , bu t i t does no t in w_r n that ha s be e n long e o g e There ar eabout 1. 000 fore ign ter rori s t s incarcera t e d i n the u.s. j us t ic e sy s tem. ThOBe people havebeen a r res ted and t r ied tor i ndiv i dual a c of t e r ror i sm de emed crimina ac t s , mos t l y inth e U.S . - i t f i t s t he way we do bu s i n e s s - dai Y po ice wor k i n an o rgan izedi nfra s truc t ure . War s imply does not f i t tha t mold . The no rma l i nve s t i g a t i v e processes us e din u.s . cr i mina t r ia l s - M ra nda g h t s , chain or custody of ev idenc e , e tc . i s s implyi mprac t ica l when app l ied . t o a combat s i t ua t i o n . Crime i s f r om Mars , warfare from venus- t he tw o s imp ly do n ' t mat e. Those who cry fo r criminal r o c n d the O.S , jus t icesy s t em shoul d read about the n a tu r e of wa r and how ju et i c e has be en applied over the ye a r s- th e t wo sys t em s a r e simply des i

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Many deca inees h ~ v e b e ~ n c he r e since 2002 . Sure ly we have exhausted t hei r in te l l i genceva lue? - not so , according t o i n t e l l i gence Of f ic ia l s and i n c e r rcga tor s , In te r r oga ti onscontinue 'and i mpo r t ant i nfo r ma t i on on natioDd and int e r n ac ional cel l s continue to emergetha t ,have uncovered and prevented s ig n i f icant at tacks and t ake n d o dangerous networks .especia l ly in fo re ign coun t r ies . Addi t i ona l l y , many deta i nees are coopera t ing . The ma inweapon of U.S. in t e r r o g a t o r s i s t i me. The deta inees a l l want to get ou t . Most figure i ft hey cooperate , they wi ll eventual y be released - i t i s a good guess . As new charactersemerge when o t h e ~ s are kil led or deta ined i n t he cwor

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spread in the med ia i s wrong and wr i t ten or re layed by people 'who a r e m isinformed . Gi t moi s a modern , w ~ r u n prison where deta inees are wel l t r ea t ed . wel l - fed. a nd medica l lycar ed f or - BOT - what ever happens - we mus t have a me th od o f handl ing deta i nee s i n t hewar on t e r ror ism - Cong re ss may hav e t o a c t t hi s i s a d i f f er e n t war a nd ol d m d e don ' tf i t . Many of the de ta inees are dangerous , VERY dangerous, and wi l l k i l l you , me and otherstomor row if r e l ease d . 'l'hey shou l d no t he put b l i thely ba ck on the st ree t s i n an emot iona lque a t f or j u a t i ce - as an i n t e r na t i onal communi t y we MUST f i nd a way o f ha ndling thesep eopl e - AND - ! fu l l y SUBpect t ha t i f de tainee s a re t ran s f e r red back to t heir homecoun t r i es , or o t he r f a c i l i t i e s cons t ruc t ed in f f lands, t hey wi l l so on wish they werebac k a t Gitmo .

Dal la s B. LawrenceDi r ec tor , Of f ice of c ommun i ty Re la t ions & Publ ic Lia i son Uni ted St a t es Department of .

I f someone t e l l s you Gi tmo i s a gu lag - t ha t i s nons ense - they haven' t 'be en t he r e .Our solde rs , sa i lor s and a i r men and women at Guantanamo ~ r do ing a s uperb j o b aroundvery dangerous people i n a l ong and diff icul t war - you can be proud o f them.

Be wrot e i t i n h i s t r i p repor t . Dal l a s , p lease send to'I'hx

Ma t t hew, CIV, OASD-PA

All i son,

Do you ha ppen to kn ow whe r e Mr . Dorranc e Smi th go t the fol lowing quo t e :

CNN ana l yst Don Sheppard l a s t wee k :" I f someone t e l l s you Gitmo i s a gu l ag-tha t i s no nse n s e-th ey ha ven' t been the r e . Ours old i e r s , sa i lor s and a i r men are doing a s uperb j ob around very dangerous peopl e i n al ong, and di f ficu l t war-you ca n be proud o f them."

We can 't l ocat e a CNN t ransc r i p t wit h t h i s quote . X bel ieve you were wi t h Mr . Smi t h andperhaps me t wi th Don Sheppard? Did he say t ha t to you tOlKS? Thanks to r your he lp !

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From:'Sent;To:Cc:Subject:Washington Times (Saturday)- Eastern Shore waterman makes 16 tt. boat for SECOEFParade Magazine - "Intelligence Report" columnsay U.S., U.K. unhappy with Austria's sniper rif le sale to IranNY Times - Bob Herbert column on U.S. politics , IraqNewsweek- Jonathan Alter COlumn says Democrats shouldstand/ fight on IraqTime - Retired Armyz-star says flag-burning debate hurts troopsNY nmes - editorial on response plans to N. KoreaWash ington Time sJune 24. 2006Pg.9Waterman Builds Catboats Good Enough For RumsfeldBy David Everman. Easton Star DemocratTILGHMAN ISLAND,Md. -- The waterman who buill and sold Donald H. Rumsfeld a sailboat on the EasternShore had no clue the potential buyer would be the countr y 's defense secretary."He said bis namewas Don, and 1told him he could come out Saturday to look at it," said MaynardLowery, alongtime Tilghman Island boat builder.He soon learned the man who called was Mr. Rumsfeld when he arrived in van carrying Secret Service agents,which Mr. Lowery at first assumedwere just "Dan's" pals.Mr. Lowerey, 86 has been building boats full time sincethe 1950s, a few yearsafter returning to TilghmanIsland afterWorld War n.He served in the Coast Guard,mostly stationed in Norfolk, anawas discharged out ofFort McHenry, where he was a chief carpenter.He said "catboats," such as the 16-footer he sold Mr. Rumsfeld, are time-consuming to build because only 16inches to 18 inches separate the frames.

Thereare severaj variations on the catboat, but the one basic characteristic is the single sail on a mastpositionedin the front. .They are usually 16to 26 feet long and are most suitablefor day sailing or camp cruising. Most have acenterboard , thoughsome have a keel.Mr. Lowery said the boat besold Mr. Rumsfeld was named "Terrapin," but Mrs.Rumsfeld renamed it

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"Snowflake.'"I don't like the name,but 1guess it's as good as what thenamewas," be said.Mr. Lowery builtthe boat 10 years ago for a Massachusetts manand was repa iring it when the owner called tosayhewanted to sell.Mr. Lowery has built six such boats including bis firstin 19110,whichhe sailed for) 0 years before somebodyboughtit"So J built me anotherone, and some guy came along and bought that, " he said . "I became knownas a catboatman ."Mr. Lowery startedbuildingboatsas a child., and got this first lessonfroma neighbor, a waterpolicecaptainknown as Jake."1wentto the store and got anold orangecrate," Mr. Lowery recalled. "Jake livednext door, and hesaid, 'Boy,whatyoubuilding?' "Upon learning theyoungMr. Lowerywas building a boat,Jakevolunteered (0 help."Hesaid, 'I'll bringyou some lumber,' and he brough t mesomecypress boardsand nails," Mr.Lowery said. "Ibuill an 8-tooter called 'Bullet.'Years later, I saw Jake ona hot daywhen Jwas workingon a boatand I said,'You gotme into this stuff.".....ParadeJune25, 2006Pg. 16[ntel1il!ence ReportU.S. Troops Face A Deadly New Weapon. .ByLyric Wallwork WinikWhen it comes to Iran, there's more to fear than a nuclear bomb. TheU.S. and Britainhave gone ballistic overIran's purchase of 800 high-caliber sniper rifles that can penetratea Humveeor bodyarmor from a mileawayand even shoot downa helicopter . Iran says the rifles made by StcyrMannlicher, an Austrian firm . are foruseagainst drugsmugglers, but U.S. officials fearthey'llend up being tired at our troops in nearby Iraq. Iranalready is implicated in sendingdeadlybombcomponents to the Iraqi insurgents battling our forces . Why arethe'Austrians selling to Iran?StcyrMannlicher offeredthisexcuse: "Halfof Europeis supplyingweapons toIran ."New York TimesJune 26,2006Playing Politics With Iraq

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ByBob HerbertIfheJl didn't exist, we'd have to invent it. We"d need a place to send the public officials who are playingpoliticswith the livesof the men and women sent off to fight GeorgeW. Bush's calamitouswar in Iraq.The administrationand its allies have beenmercilessly bashingDemocrats who argued that the U.S. shouldbegin developing a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces. Republicans stood up on the Senate floorlast week, one after another, to chant like cultists from the Karl Roveplaybook : Were tough. You're not.Cutand-run. Nyah-nyah-nyahl"Withdrawal is not anoption,"declaredthe Senate majority leader, BillFrist, who sounded likean actor tryingon personas that ranged fromBarry Goldwater toGeneralPatton. "Surrender," said the bellicose Mr. Frist, "isnot a solution."Any talk about bringing nome the troops, in the Senatemajority leader's view, was "dangerous, reckless andshameless."But then on Sundaywe learned that the president'sown point man in Iraq, Ge'1. George'Casey, had fashionedthe very thing that 01 blood-and-guts Frist and his C-Span brigade had rantedagainst: a. withdrawal plan.AreKarlRoveand his liege lord, the bait-and-switchking, trying to have it both ways? You bet. And that oughtto bea crime, because thereare real lives at stake.The first significant cutunder General Casey'splan, according to an article byMichael Gordon in yesterday'sTimes, would occur in September.That, of course, would be perfect timing for Republicans campaigning for reelection inNovember. How's that for a coincidence?As Mr. Gordonwrote:"Ifexecuted. the plan could have considerable political significance. The first reductions would take placebefore this fall's Congressional elections, while evenbigger cuts might come before the 2008 presidentialelection."The general 's proposal does not call for a complete withdrawalofAmerican troops,and itmakes clear that anywithdrawals are contingent on progress in the war (which is going horribly at themoment) and improvements in.(hequalityof the fledgling Iraqi government and its security forces.The one thing you can be sureof is that the administration will milk as much political advantage as it can fromthis vague and open-ended proposal. If tbe election is looking uglyfor the G.O.P., a certain number of troopswill find themselves waking up stateside instead of in the desert in September and October.I wonder whether Americans will ever become fed up with the loathsome politicking, the fear-mongering, thedissembling and the gruesome incompetence of this crowd. From the Bush-Rove perspective, GeneralCasey'splan is not a serious strategic proposal. It's a straw in the political wind.Howmanycasualties will be enough? More than 2,500 American troops who dutifully answered PresidentBush's call to wagewar in Iraq have already perished, and thousands more are struggling in agony with bodiesthat have been torn or blownapart and psyches that have been permanently wounded.Has tbe war beenworth their sacrifice?

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Howmany still have to die before we reach a consensus thatwe've overpaid for Mr. Bush's mad adventure?Will 5,000 American deathsbe enough? Ten thousand?. .The killing continued unabated last week. Iraq is a sinkhole of destruction, and ifAmericans could see it closeup, the way we sawNew Orleans in {he immediate aftermath of Katrina, theywould be stupefied.

Americans need to understand that Mr. Bush's invasionof Iraqwas a strategic blunder of the highest magnitude.It has resulted in mind-boggling levels of bloodshed, chaos and misery in Iraq, and it certainly hasn't made theU.S. any safer. . 'We've had enoughclownish debates on the Senate floorandelsewhere. We've had enoughmuscle-flexing in theWhite House and on Capitol Hill by guys who ran and hid when they were young and their countrywas at war.And it's time to stop using generals and their forces under firein the field for cheap partisan political purposes ,

, .The question that needs to beanswered, honestly and urgently (arid without regard to partisan politics), is howbest to extricate overstretched American troops - someof them serving their third or fourth tours- from theflaming quicksand of an unwinnable war........NewsweekJuly 3, 2006How To Beat 'CutAndRun'I fRove can successfully con Democrats into ignoring Iraq and reciting their laundry listofother priorities, Republicans win.ByJonathanAlterFor more tha n a quarter century, Karl Rove has employed a simple.brilliant, counterintuitive campaign tactic:instead of attacking his opponents at their weakest point, the conventional approach, he attacks their strength.He neutralizes that strength to the point thet it begins to look like weakness.When JohnMcCain was winning in2000 because of his character, Rove attacked his character.When'JohnKerry was nominated in 2004 becauseohis Vietnam combat experience, the Republicans Swift.Boated him.'This year's midterm electionswill turnonwhether Rove can somehow transform the Democrats' greatest political asset-the Iraq fiasco-into a liability.After escaping indictment, Rove is focused again on what he does best: ginning up the slime machine. Anyonewhodares criticize PresidentBush's Iraq policy is a "cut-and-run" Democrat. The White House's object here isnot to engage in a real debate about an exit strategy from iraq; that would require acknowledging somecomplications, like !.he fact that Gen. George Casey, commanderof themultinational forces in Iraq, believes it'stime to start bringing some troops home. The object is instead to either getthe Democrats tangled up inKerryesque complexities on Iraq- o r intimidate them into changing the subject toother, less-potent issues forfear of looking like unpatriotic pansies.These are the stakes: i f Rove can successfully con Democratsinto ignoring Iraq and reciting their laundry listofother priorities, Republicans win, It 's shameful that the minimumwage hasn't been raised in nine years and thatthousands of ailing Americans will ultimately die becauseof Bushs position on stem-cell research. But thoseissues won't get the Congress back .for Democrats. Iraq can. . .You would think it would be the GOr running away from the war. Instead, in gamb lers' parlance,Republicans

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. "doubled down" on Iraq. After the good newsabout Zarqawi's death, they bet that by uniting behind Bush, theywould shift the blame to the squabbling Democrats, even though the Democrats have no power at all tochange-or even affect-s-policy on the ground.Rove's notion is thatstrong and wrong beatsmeek andweak.It almost worked. It looked recently as if Democrats were so fearful of being cast as war weenies that theywould changemesubject. Nancy Pelosi, HarryReid & Co. held a press conference on the Democratic issues forthe fall thatbarely mentioned Iraq. Hillary Clinton tried to focus on a lengthy list of worthy issues that, exceptfor the mistreatmentof veterans, had little 10 do with thewar.Why areDemocrats having somuch difficulty'holdingBush accountable for his myriad failures? I think it'sbecause they've lost touch with the basic merits of accountability, particutarly on education, where they letinterest-group politics trump tough judgments on performance.But then, some Senate Democrats got smart for a change. They recognized that the party out of the White Housedoesn't need a detailed strategy for ending a war, just a general sense of direction, When DwightEisenhower ranfor president in 1952, his plan wasn't any more specific than "1will go to Korea." When Richard ixon wasasked how he would end the Vietnam War in 1968, he said he had a "secret plan"-and got away with it. Sonow80 percent of Senate Democrats are united behindsomething called the "Levin-Reed Amendment.II Thedetails of it (beginwithdrawal without a finn timetable for getting out completely; diplomacy with the Sunnis;purging the Iraqi military and police of bad guys) are less important than that they finally came up withsomething.Of course parrying "cut and run" with "Levin-Reed" won't suffice. But Sen. Joe Biden's riposte to theGOP'ssymbolic roll-call votes-''The Republicans are now totally united in a failed policy'---js a start. This isn'trocketscience. Unless things improve dramatically on the ground in Iraq, Democrats have-apowerful argument:I f you believe the Iraq war is a success, vote Republican . i f you believe it is a failure, vote Democratic.Isn't that irresponsible? Not in the slightest. It's only under Bush that criticizing the conduct of a war has beendepictedas somehow unpatriotic. Lincoln was lambasted by opponents during the Civil War as was FORduringWorldWarI l .To take a lesser example, some of the sameSean Hannitys of the world who slam antiwar criticswere blastingBill Clinton's Bosnia policy in 1999whenU.S. planes were in the air over Belgrade.We'll see this summer i fDemocrats begin to getup in lhe morning, look in the mirror and say, "This isn't aboutus. It's about them." We'll see if, when Karl Rove wan ts to talk about Iraq, the Democrats respondwith threefamiliar words: "Bring it on."TimeJuly 3,2 006Forget Flag BurningDebating a ban during war is a waste of lime and sends troops the wrong messageByMaj. Gen. RobertScales (Ret.)Some in Congress appear to be taking a sabbatical from the long war on terrorism to introduce a constitutionalamendment banning the burning of the flag. The debateover suchan amendmentmayor may not beworthhaving, but one thing is clear: at a time when the country is at war, now is not the time for such tertiaryconsiderations.

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J understand reverence for the flag. It comes naturally to soldiers. We commit our lives to serving intangibles.swearing oaths to a piece of parchmentor saluting an expanse of cloth decoratedwith stars and stripes. Weunderstand symbolism because symbolism is what in largemeasure compels us to do a job thatmight result inour demise.The American flag symbolizes freedom. TheConstitutionwe soldiers are pledged to defend guarantees freedomof expression even when freedom of expression includes the right to deface the flag, however obnoxious that acimaybe.Ofcourse, I'm old enough to remember flag burningwhen flag burning was "cool."I was inHawaii, onR. and R., halfway through mytour in Vietnam. Mywife and [were watching television when student warprotesters in California-none of whom had the slightest chance of facing violent death in combat-villuminatedtheir campusby torching Old Glory. I was appalled by the sight Ashort time later, Walter Cronkite informedtheworld that my unit, the 101st Airborne, was beginningan offensivein the A Shau Va lley.L left for Vietnamthe next day to confrontan enemy that undoubtedly wou ldhavepunished those protesters had they burned theNorthVietnamese flag in Hanoi.But that was then.The image of the flag that soldiers see today is different. Instead of flags aflame, wesee flagscovering coffins of soldiers and Marines returning the hardway fromIraqandAfghanistan. Pushing forward aconstitutional amendment is labor-intensive work. I'm concerned how such a diversion during wartimemightappear to those who are still serving in harm's way.Please don't get mewrong. I havemany friends in Congress, patriots all. Each one of them has been to Iraq andAfghanistan many times. Althoughhe refuses to advertise the fact, onewas wounded there during an inspectiontour last year.Myconcern relates not to the sincerityof Congress but to tbe perceptions among our young menand women that their overseersare suddenly distractedat a time when attention (0 their needs has never beenmore necessary.Our soldiers want to beassured that Congress is doing all it can to reduce losses in what Lincolnruefully termedthe "terrible arithmetic" ofwar. They want to knowthat Congress is doing all it can to give them the weaponsthey need tomaintainthe fighting advantageover the enemy.Theyare concerned that their equipment iswearing out under constant use. They and their families are worried that not enough soldiersare in the pipelineto replace them.We know from letters and conversations that our young soldiers returning from combat are concerned about thefuture of their institutions. They want to know who is focusedon reshaping OUT Army and Marine Corps so thatboth services will be better able to fight the long fight against radical Islam. Howwill Congress fund the future?.Where will the newweapons and equipment come from? They are also worried about more personal issues likehousingand health care for themselves and heir families.Dan Brown was myFirst Sergeant in Vietnam. I was new to war. He had served in two. He gave me a pieceofadvice then thaICongressmen intent on changing the subject should heed: "In combat the main thing is to keepthemain thing the main thing. Otherwise, you die." The main thing today forCongress and the nation should bethe war in Iraq. Soldiers are sworn to defend the right to free speechwith their lives even if "speech" isexpressed in despicable ways. What they want in return is the assurance that our lawmakers will hold theirinterests dear.So themessage from most of us soldiers is clear: Debatea flag-burningamendment if you wish. But don'tcreatethe perceptionamong our youngmen and women in combat that there are more important issues than theirwelfare at the moment. Wait a while. At least for their sake, wait until the last flag-d rapedcoffin comes horne.Scales, who commanded two units in Vietnam an was awarded a Silver Star, served 34 years in the Army.

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NewYork TimesJune 26, 2006Really Bad Ideas On KoreaNorth Korea hesn't yet tested its new long-range missile, but some bizarre ideas have al ready startedflying around Washington about the best way for America to respond - including a proposal by two.Democratic defense 'experts to launc h apre-emptive Ame rican attack on the'missile.While that isn'tlikely to inspire greater sobriety in Pyongyang. it has made the Bush adm inistration's less stridentpreparations for a possible military response look statesmanlike by comparison.What would be better still would be for the White House to heed yesterday's call by senior Republicanson theSenate Foreign Relations Committee for direct talks with North Korea on the issue.Pyongyang is unpredictable. It cla ims to have nuclearweapons already. And a successful long-rangemissile test would mark a sign ificant step down a road that might even tually give it the capacity todeliver nuclear weapons as far as the United States. But the danger, for now at least, is scarcelyimminent enough to justify a pre -emptive military response. An American overreaction would do moreharm than good.There aremanygood reasons why North Korea should not test an intercontinental ballistic missile. But it hasevery legal right to do so. Washington. on the other hand, has no obvious legal right to blow up orth Koreasmissile onthe launching pad. Doing so would forfeit the diplomatic high ground on anissue that in the end willhave to be resolved by diplomatic means, and with active Chinese support.Washington needs to keep two fundamen tal qoa ls in s ight. The first. obviously. is to convince NorthKorea to give lip its nuclear wea pons and long-range missile .programs. The second is to make surethat neither Pyongyang's fe ints nor Wash ington 's responses touch off a nuclear arms race inNortheast Asia .Formost of its tenure, the administration has refused to engage in serious nuclear diplomacywithNorth Korea.The exception came during a brief period last summer whenAmericandiplomats were actually allowed toengage in substantive talks, which led fairly quickly to II broad agreement in principle. Progress cameto II sharphalt after Washington abruptly imposed unre lated banking sanctions and declared them nonnegotiable.NorthKorea then responded in a veryNorth Korean way by walkingaway from the nuclear talks.This is all very symmetrical, except that time is clearly not onAmerica'sside. Now North Korea is renouncingits missile test moratorium, which it had agreed to in the hope of negotiations on that issue.This gathering cr isis is dangerous enoughon its own terms.But if mishandled byWash ington, it could havepotentially disastrous regional consequences, drivinga furtherwedge between Japan and.China.

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Wnil'lI you see tomorrow's column in Spectator Online . King isn' t serious. Isaid on BillO'Rei lly's show onFriday that Sulzberger and Kellershould bemarched out in handcuffs. By abusingit, NYT andWaPo aredestroying the FirstAmendment.

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Classification: UNCLASS IFIEDIIFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCmdrAs you can see from the email trailbelow. i t is our understanding that LTe r- : '; was suppose to have the data to yoolast nighl byCOB Tampa time . I'm keeping my fingers crossed that youhad anemail trem her. If you havenot,' can wepleasehave until Monday ~ n i n g to resolve?

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From: Lawrence, Dallas Mr OSD PA [mallto:Dallas.LawrenSent: Frida , June 23 2006 11:07 PMTo: .Cc:

ISthere anything your amazing team cant do? Thank you for such !I rapid turnaround .

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Subject: RE: mil analyst trip

Sir, I jut spokewith LTCVR

She will input the dataon the correct formand transmit It toMNFI byCOB.

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Folks,

I hope this note finds everyoneweilihis Friday, First. I would like to apologizein advance for the short fusednatureof thisrequest. I, andmyentire team, knowthat you all havemultiplevisits , coeets. godals, etc, in addition to fighting a war andthesekinds of requests eat aW

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Qur proposed mlln!f8ft \. as followl:Mr. JeaBabbn, forme r DUSD andAF JAG. radio hostand tvcommentatorGeneralWayneDowning, USA.Ret with MSNBCBrigadier General David Grange. USA, Ret. With CNNColonelJack Jacobs, USA,Retwith MSNBCl ieutenant Colone RobertMaginnis. USA. Ret. freelancenational radioand tvMajor General James"Spider"Marks, USA, Ret.with CNNl ieutenantGenera Thomas Mcinerney, USAF, Ret with Fox NewsMajorGeneralRobert Scales, USA. Ret. withFoxNewsMajor GeneralDonShepperd, USAF, Ret. with CNNMr. Wayne Simmons, CIA, Ret. with Fa/< NewsOr.JeffMcCausland , Cotonel, USA, Ret. with CBS

OSDStaffDeputyAssistant secretaryof DefenseAllison Barber

Understanding the need for speed for approval and Theatre Clearance and Country Clearance. I am hoping we can pullthe right folks togethe r to help get thi$ ball rolling this weekend. ProPOSed .dates are as touows :

Arrive Kvwait July 7. transit through customs and overnightKuwaitJ 89 full dayIraq

u 10 afternoon departure for Kuwait

Thank you agan to everyonewho is helping tobri'lg this together. I know from past trips that themedIaeamed fromthiswill be excepuona t ancwill truly he lp to rocusAmerica's attention on trieamazIngwork being doneby ourmilitary menandwomen.

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All thebest,

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otes on meeting with Gen. Casey

These notes are from an on-the-record Thursda PM meeting with General George Casey , commander ofMultiNational Forces, Iraq - in the Pentagon - about 10 media analysts and writers before his press conferenceaccompanied by tbe SECDEF - it was good to see him again , I had dinner with him on my last trip to Iraq. I likeand respect him immensely. He is a statesman as well as warrior and a though tful and caring commander. He isstill quickto smile and has a sense of humor - I don' t blow bow:

The overall situation in Iraqa the completion of tbe government with tbe appointment of the defense and interior ministers and thenational security advisor makes a huge di fference. Until that happened, nothing could move forwardo the new go emment was digging out of a deeper hole than the old, but is moving out of the box fastero he is extremely impressed with PM ouri al- aliki - dedicated, srnart., courageous, decisiveo al- aliki 's priorities are unity, security, prosperityo in addition the PM is trying to craft a framework fOT national reconc iliationo the Speaker of the Parliament and one of the Ps, both Sunni truly want to see this government succeed

The security environment in Iraqo extremely complex - more so than it has ever beeno the insurgency is only one of the major problemso political, economic maneuvering and crime are huge factors in the iolenceo Zarqawi's death hurt the ins.urgency, but they are still a viable forceo current captured documents show the diffi culty anddespondency of the insurgents - they see themselves. losing, the government getting stron ger and time not on their sideo a HUGE fight is coming up - 'how to handle the various militias

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o this will be an Iraqi Army figh t (with US he lp) as the police will no t be strong enough, but the police willhave to be stron g enough to surv ive when the fight is over - this is a BIG problemo the m ilitias are out of con trol an d focused on politica l advantage, revenge and kidnapping and intimidationfor profit - this is no longer about security. Muqtada al-Sadr may have lost control of bis ow n militiao this is a dicey poli t ical as well as mi itary pro blem - al-Maliki will use politics as we ll as force and mustbe careful not to lose support of an y political faction or th e po pulation in ge ner alo the res istance again st US occupation is weakening . The Sun ni insu rgency is beginning to seek anhonorable way outand methods to ins ure relevancy and participationo . Iran is becoming a serious factor - they ar e arm ing, instructing and supplying Shia militias - some of thisis coming from Lebanon (Hezbollah) th rough Syriao vio lence is not widespread. 80% of the seriou s violence is within 30 m iles of Baghdad. 14 of 18 provinceshave less than 9 majo r incidents a m onth

Iraqi security forceso the Iraqi securi ty forces are coming uptosp eed rap idly. Theywillneed ou r help fo r a long time, but they areincreasingly capable of taking th e lead - they don't have to be "US good ," only " Iraqi goo d".and the insurgentsaren't ten feettall .o we will be providing advisors, logistics and quick reaction forces for an extended peri odo the Iraqi forces have 3 divisions, 18 brigades and 69 battalions - six months ago the numbers were 1,4 and23 - about 80% are no w ca pable of lak ing the leado the Iraq is are paying lots of attention to the appointment of commanders above the battalion levelo police performance is spotty'< not bad in the E and southo the Army comes first and must b.e strong enough to support thc po licc in a regiono a big problem 's restoring confidence of the SUMi s in theMinistry of the Interio r (hand les the pol ice ) - seenas a pro-Shia forceo the governor ofMuthanaprovince in the south ha s assumed responsibility for securi tyo when a provincial governor certifies that the Ar my and po lice are capab le o f provid in g security in hisprovince - we release tha t responsibility to him - we retain right s of passage and the right to co nduct counterterrorism with coord ination and we continue to provide quick-reaction forceso he sees the Sun ni insurgency as s lowly tapering of f nex t yearo even though Iraq is will be in the lead, we will.support them with transport , med-evac , com, intell andoccasional fire su pport for QI l extended periodo expect rap id Iraqi security force progress in 07

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o we are creating a light-infantry, counter-terrori sm force initially within tbe security forces. Later they willbecome something else in the nature of a more-capab le ariny as they develop a 5-yr. plano the odd-numbered divisi ons ha e been recruited as a national armywith a mix of Shi a Sunni Kurd. Evennumbered are more like National Gua rd - recruited locally and reflecting the ethnic make-up of the provinceo Fallujah is doing "OK'o the Fallujah model is being introduced to Ramadi - cordon off, control access, conduct targeted err ops.This wi ll take months

The fo llowing are my remarks, not Gen . Casey' s:

A suggested measure ofprogress is to watch the Iraq i security forces and how quickly they take over completeprovinces - this will permit a gradual withdrawal ofAmerican forces - this will be done bynot replacing forcesthat have reached the end of hei r deployment. Expect some lower level of US forces in 06, acce lerating rapidlyin 07 - Don Shepperd, CNNMilitaryAnalyst

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W " ' ; - OASDPAFriday, June 23 .20062:34 PMLawrence , Dallas Mr OSD PAFW : ana lyst trip

this is w at i sent her earlierthanks..'",,11:'.....""

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r thought you both might find 1hs of interestI !hought you both might l ike to see this report filed by cnn senior military analyst Don Sheppard whOwas part of theanalyst trip we took down to GITMO this week. Deo's reports are practically required read ing by the entire CNN leadership.If nothing else. this will at least take away their abi.ity to claim aed ib y that they "did not know" what was really going ondown there. Their own paid analyst has d early reported in.

Hope you bothhave a good weekend.

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Gitmo Tr ip Report

It was my second trip to Guantanamo, the last being a year ago. A collection of medi a anal ysts, (CNN and Fox) .radio comributers, lawyers , writers, DoD deputy assistant secretaries, it was another whirlwind adventure - outof the chocks at Andrews AFB as a guest ofDoD on avy mil-air at 7:30 AM; 3:J5 en route to Cuba; land atGitmo Airfield, avy launch to the windward side, visit the detention facility all day; receive briefs, long watertaxi back to the airfield, wheels up at 5:00 PM and back (0 Andrews by 8: I5 - whewl.

I wish all ofAmerica, in fact all of the concerned world, would go because they could draw their ownconclusions and stop ask ing me . Theworld at least America, would be proud ofRear Admiral HarryHarris, theJoint Task Force Commander-GTMO and his troops . Thoughtful, articulate, professional, concerned, serious.

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but with panache , a '78 USNA grad, Harris stayed with usall day giving and participating in the briefingsandanswer ing questions, some very hard ones. ArmyCol.Mike Bumgarner, in charge of detainee operations and35years as anMP ,was the hostof our tour through all the faci l ities, including individual cells, cellblocks,recreation areas, medical facil itiesand in terrogation ops where we viewed anHVT (high value target)interrogation... .and then there were other participants - briefs from the " other" agencies. law enforcement andintelligence . Bumgarner could be a popular county sheri f f - be is hometown America - hecould getelectedanywhere - may happen as lie is nearing the end of his career - he cares about his troops and the detaineeseven the ones that have threatened to kil l him and his family.

We started with briefings over a halal meal at the CampDelta messhall. The meal was tasty and oneof threecomposing the4200 daily calories offered each detainee. Special meals are also of fered for vegetarians,diabetics,etc. The food is good.

A professonal medical staff with a fully-equipped hospital. including majo r surgical capabil ities.mental healthand dental looksafter the detainees. The docsand nurseswear "stab vests" as they provide care... hmmm.

The facilitiesaremodem, resembling any modemhigh security U.S. prison - and expensive - and getting moreexpensive, new one being constructed to reducemanpower requirements and provide for an extended stay, oran expanded GWOT. '

SO J1le important questions:

Did we rink the ovemment kool-aid? - of course - that was the purpose of the trip , to hear the U.S.government side of the story . the other side is provided da ily in the media . some informed . most bythose who have never been to Gitmo . A visitor is at the mercy of local officials , but one also has lotsof time to argue . inquire , question, disagree, exchange ideas, provide alternate views , suggestions . Itis a healthy environment for an inte llectual exchange. One has free access to talk to any of the staff.

Did you see anyevidenceofmistreatment? - of cou rse not , nor wou ld one expect to on an arranged visit ,but there is anothe r important reason - no mistreatment is going on. There may have been somemissteps and policy confus ions at the old Camp X-ray (long closed) , but GITMO has known for a longt ime that the eyes of the world are on them. There is simply too much supervision, too muchprofessionalism, too much pride to make anything bad intentionally happen. Add itionally, allinterrogators will tell you that mistreatment is counter-productive. The only th ing that works, theyinsist. is to establish rapport over a long per iod of time and eventually almost everyone talks .providing sma ll pieces of big puzzles that.can eventually amalgamate into a useful portrait.

Why don' t we avoid all thiscontroversy and simply declare the detainees as POWs and comply wi th theGeneva9

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Conventions? - because it isn't that simple - the detainees are not soldiers of a nation state, are notan organized army and are not si