Office of the Attorney General Washington, DC 20530 March 5, 2002 |
MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS
OF DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS |
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FROM: | THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL |
SUBJECT: | Establishment
of the National Security Coordination Council |
(1) Centralize and coordinate policy, resource allocation, operations, and long-term planning of DOJ components regarding counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, and other major national security issues;
(2) Monitor the implementation of Department policy to ensure that components are taking all necessary and appropriate actions to prevent and disrupt the occurrence of terrorist attacks on the United States;
(3) Provide an institutionalized Department forum for crisis management;
(4) Promote coordination and information-sharing within the Department, between DOJ and other federal agencies and interagency bodies, and between DOJ and state and local law enforcement authorities, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to terrorist attacks within the United States;
(5) Frame national security issues for resolution by the Deputy Attorney General or the Attorney General; and
(6) Ensure that positions advanced by the Deputy Attorney General on behalf of DOJ at interagency meetings of the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and other interagency forums reflect input from DOJ national security components.
Chief of Staff to the Attorney General;
FBI Director (with appropriate participation by the Executive Assistant Director for Counter-Terrorism/Counter-Intelligence);
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division (with appropriate participation by the Terrorism and Violent Crime Section, the Office of International Affairs, and other Division components);
Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service;
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs; and
Counsel, Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.
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