Special Press Briefing and Release: Country Reports on Terrorism 2006

This briefing is open for press coverage, on camera and on the record.

Advance Copies of the Embargoed Report: Embargoed copies of the publication will be available on Monday, April 30, at 2:15 p.m. in the State Department's Press Office (Room 2109). The entire report is EMBARGOED until press briefing ends, at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Electronic Access to the Report via Internet: The full text of the report will be available for downloading from the State Department web site at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct  as soon as possible after the briefing on Monday, April 30.

Press who attend this briefing must present either (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport).

Attendees who do not have a State Department building pass should arrive before 3:55 p.m. at the 23^rd Street entrance of the Department of State. They also must be escorted by Press Office personnel from the briefing room to the C Street exit following the press briefing. Attendees without a State Department building pass who arrive after the 4:00 p.m. closing of the 23^rd Street Lobby must register in the C Street lobby for escort to the briefing room:

Final Press Pick-Up From Inside C Street Lobby: 4:05 p.m.

Attendees who have a State Department press building pass may use the 23^rd Street entrance of the Department of State if they arrive before 3:55 p.m., or the C Street entrance (2201 C Street, NW) if they arrive after 4:00 p.m.

PRESS CONTACT:
Rhonda Shore, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
(202) 647-1845

Office of Press Relations
(202) 647-2492