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. -' .: '!' • ~·· .._ • - ·- • •• n . L:--~---=-_, CIV, OSD-POLICY; CIV, OSD-POLICY Subject: issues for this lovely Wednesday afternoon Greetings from Washington, where it's a beautiful 75 degrees only 48 hours after it snowed. The weather in Washington is as screwy as the politicians. :.· Here are the issues of the day: I. We plan to bring three people on contract with SAIC in support of the democracy and governance team (Liz Cheney/Scott Carpenter group, which will work with Ryan He. nry on develop. ing lol')g-term political institutions). They will remain in Washington until Garner releases Ryan Henry and the people who will form his policy staff in ORHA Forward to come to Iraq. TheE-ring is screamiri to brin them on now and the statement of work is oeing held up due to an email sent by b><e> <b><7> c . Please confirm for us · ·,:that you have no objections to this group, which DepSecDef Wolfowitz wants to ·start work immediately, from coming on board and beginning its in Washington. Again, we will not send them to you until you give us the go. 2. We understandl(b)(:5) I ~5) 3. At the direction of Under Secretary for Intelligence Steve Cam bone, USAF Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) will provide Cl support to ORHA. An AFOSI Operations assessment team is planning to arrive in Kuwait City on 4 April conduct an on-site Cl needs assessment. They have already scheduled meetings with ORHA, CENTCOM, and Embassy Kuwait officials. No info~-m. ) Be aware that these guys are on their way in your direction. POC is 6 ~er-(b)(~DOD Counterintel Field Activity Directorate of Operations, b)(2) ,__ ____ __, 4. We understand the issue of getting NGOs badges that are accepted by coalition forces is becoming hot, as NGOs don't want to accept badges issued by the HOC yet are frustrated that they have to wait at coalition checkpoints because no one knows who they are or what they are doing. The president of NGO the umbrella group Interaction went on CNN to gripe about this earlier today, asserting that the military is trying to assert too much control over food aid. Do you see this as a hot issue for you? It seems as if this will have to be worked in DC (USAID/State/NGOs) as well as in Kuwait (HOC, ORHA Humanitarian Assistance staff, and NGOs). 5. At the suggestion of Zakheim and Feith we are oin to work a cable with OSD Stat, e. and JCS to encourage (b)(5 i<b)(S) I Abizaid gave his"" o -K - to t h -is a _ _ _ _p _p _ r o- ac - h - vi a e _ _ _ m a - il- . _ _ _ _ -S -ta - y - tu n e d- _ _ _ . _____ __. 6. Received your memo on declassifying HA information. ~b)(S) (b)(7)(C) lhas for action. Stay tuned. . _ 7. Just sent you drafts of tomorrow's ORHA update and top ten slides on the high side. Please review and get back to me before 0530 DC time so we can incorporate any changes, additions, or expletives into the documents before we meet with Ryan at 0615. W,.;J. __ ___. that the black suitcase of his that went missing on the way back from the NBC training has appeared in our new office i < 6 (2) Shall we try to figure out a way to get it to him? That's all for now. Hope all is well. .:... ,, .. .; . . ' . . . ..