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SUBJECT CIA SUPPORT TO LAM ESFORCEMESTISITSTIGATIOSOF OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBISG
Purpose To describe the measures CIA took io assisi US law enforcement agencies in their investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing.
though i; now appears that ilie terrorists responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing were
domestic in origin, it may be useful to review CIA's support to the Jaw enforcement investigation before that determination was made, as an example of how the Agency can assist, and is improving its capacity to assist, in such cases
the longer term, the Agency has committed itself to expand the Count en erronst Center to strengthen its ability to perform its mission, including its role of supporting US law enforcement
CIA KfTorts to Support the FBI Investigation of Oklahoma City
At FBI request. CIA provided pre- and post-blast imagery to facilitate forensic examination of the blast site
FBI requested, and CIA stood ready to provide. language assistance for the investigation
The Coumenerronsi Centeressage to all Agency Stations and Bases providing basic information and tasking these elements for responses
CTC followed up preliminary leads from CIA Field Stations with name traces and file reviews as appropriate
In its efforts to support the investigation. CTC coordinated closely with FBI and kept in touch with other law enforcement agencies as the case developed
CTC placed an officerhour basis at the FBI's operations center
The CTC Communications Center was also placedour duty io coordinate communications between FBI and HQS elements logging in all repons and communications from our representative at FBI
CTC searched its data archives for members of any Islamic extremist or terrorist groups known to have spent time in Oklahoma
CIA provided information on the explosives used in3 bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut for comparison to results with the Oklahoma City borno analysis
set up an Agency-wide Task Force io focus foreign intelligence resources on the Oklahoma City case (This effort was disestablished in light of the domestic background of the apparent perpetrators)
The Longer Term: Expanding CTC's Capabilities
This event has servedatalyst to CIA's ongoing program to strengthen the Couniertenorist Center over the longer term, in recognition of the growing need. Personnel will be added and the Center's activities will be expanded
CTC istrategy totanding structure that willuick and effective Agencv response to terrorism-related emergencies and the associated need for support to law enforcement
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