Internal FBI Email re: Appraisal Objectives

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THOMAS, JULIE F. (OGC) (FBI)
From: THOMAS, JULIE F. (OGC) (FBI)
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:00 AM
To: .Caproni, Valerie E. (OGC) (FBI)
Subject: FW: Appraisal objectives
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Additional detail from) lif needed. Julie
Oriainal Messaa'
Faiml l(OGC) (FBI)
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:54 AM
To: THOMAS, JULIE F: (OGC) (FBI)
Subject: RE: Appraisal objectives
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NON-RECORD
Julie: Here is my response. Sorry for the delay (1 was conducting PARs). I have for :warded a copy of the'e-Mail b6
tcl lActing/UC for 'today so that he can add info for CTLU I. -b7C
2A.. The Counterterrorism Law Unit II (CTLU II) provides timely legal advice* and assistance to the four
operational units that comprise the Counterterrorism Division's International Terrorism Operations Section II
(ITOS II). These units include the Iraq/Syria/Libya Unit; the Palestinian Rejectionist Groups Unit; the Global •
Operations Unit; and the lran/Hizballah Unit. CTLU II also provides legal advice and assistance to the Terrorist
Financing Operations Section, and the analytical units that support ITOS II. Highlights from the last several •
months include the provision, of legal guidance and adviceon issues including interrogations' of detainees in
battlefield conditions; assistance to the Regime Crimes LiaiSon Office which is tasked with supporting the Iraqi
judicial system on the Saddam Hussein regime Prosecution; use of Miranda rights warnings to U.S. Persons
detained in war zones; examining the feasibility of first-time useof.U.S..Intelligence Community technology to
search property in the U.S. with FISA COurt authorization; the National Security Letter lawsuit; preparation for the
Holy Land Foundation litigation; and proper dissemination of U.S. analytical product's both inside and outside the
U.S. Intelligence Community.
2C. I believe this was a CTLU I. case. Ido not know the answer.
2D. NSLB's Counterterrorism Law Units I and IT moved tol 'simultaneously with b2
the move of operational and analytical components from the Counterterrorism Division's, International Terrorism
Operations Sections I and II. There was no decrease in•the level of legal advice and assistance provided. The
numbers of FISA's, National Security Letters, mail covers, and other basic legal documents reviewed remained
constant. Each of the operational and analytical components' of the ITOS sections has an NSLB attorney
assigned them. Co-location with client units and other elements of the Intelligence Community has allowed for
greater integration, with and support of, CTD's operational elements.
2G. To ensure that work is distributed equally among the attorneys in Counterterrorism Law Unit II (CTLU II), the
UC of the unit meets on a regular basis with each attorney to review workload, as well as number and quality of
assignments completed. The UC regularly reviews the project tracking database, and informally discusses
workload levels with each member of the unit. Since not each of the Counterterrorism Division operational units
supported by CTLU II generate work at equal levels, some attorneys are assigned to support of an operational
unit and support of analytical and financial analysis sections. Additionally, the Unit Chief has reached out to 'other
units in the Branch (namely the Policy and Training Unit) to solicit projects that can be completed from LX for
attorneys who may be having a temporary decline in the level of work generated by the units they support.
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