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Meeting with General David Petraeus

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January 29 , 2007

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You are invited to attend a roundtable meeting Wednesday, January31, 2006, at the Pentagon withGeneral Petraeus, the incoming Commanding General ofMulti-National Force- Iraq . The meetingwill start promptly at 8:45 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 10,'00 a.m.

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Consistent with Pentagon security procedures, ifyou require an escort, it will be necessary for you toarrive at the Pentagon Metro Entrance NLT 8:15 a.m. on January 31st with two forms ofI.D ., one witha picture. Those not requiring an escort should plan to arrive at the designated room by 8:30 a.m.If you are unable to attend in person, you will have the opportunity to participate via conference call.The room number and dial-in details will be provided as soon as we hear back from you regardingyour participation. Please be clear on your RSVP ifyou intend to participate in person or via phone .Please R.S.v,P, to r )(6) lat r )(6) lorcall r _(2_) _We hope you will be able to participate.

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Consistent with Pentagon security procedures, if you require an escort, it will be necessary foryou to arrive at the PentagonMetro EntranceNLT 8:15a.m. on January 31stwith two forms of10., one with a picture. Those not requiring an escort should plan to arrive at the designatedroom by 8:30 a.m.If you are unable to attend in person, you will have the opportunity to participate via conferencecall. The room number and dial-in details will be provided as soon as we hear back from youregarding your participation. Please be clear on your RSVP if you intend to participate in personor via phone.

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You are invited to attend a roundtable meeting Wednesday. January 31.2006, at the Pentagon withGeneral Petraeus, the incoming Commanding General ofMulti-National Force-I raq. The meeting willstart promptly at 8:45 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 10:00 a.m.

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The list of invitees is attached for your review.

The list of invitees is attached for your review.

aomuonar time tor him to stop in and say bello, or to si t down with them tor a questionand answer session. The analysts have repeatedly requested to meet with him.

Monday, January 29, 2007Retired Military Analysts meeting with General Petraeus

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General Petreaus has requested a roundtable meeting with the reti red military analysts onWednesday, Jan 31. The meeting will take place from 0845-1000 in the Deputy'sConference Room )(2) The analysts will have a question and answer session with theGeneral after he shares some prepared remarks. Those who are not local will be given acall-in number where they can participate via phone.If Secretary Gates is in town, please advise if you would like me to schedule someadditional time for him to stop in and say hello, or to si t down with them for a questionand answer session. The analysts have repeatedly requested to meet with him.


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Retired Military AnalystsColonel Ken Allard (USA, Retired) MSNBCMr. Jed Babbin (AF, Former JAG) American Spectator, Real Clear PoliticsAdmiral Dennis C. Blair (USN, Retired)Commander Peter Brookes (USN, Reserve) Heritage FoundationLieutenant General Frank B. Campbell (USAF, Retired)Dr. James Jay Carafano (LTC, USA, Retired) Heritage FoundationLieutenant Colonel Gordon CuculJu (USA, Retired) Fox NewsLieutenant General Michael P. DeLong (USMC, Retired) Fox NewsGeneral Wayne A.Downing (USA, Retired) MSNBCLieutenant Colonel Tim J. Eads (USA, Retired) Fox NewsGeneral Ronald Fogleman (USAF, Retired)Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona (USAF, Retired)NBCColonel John Garrett (USMC, Retired) - Fox NewsLieutenant General Buste r Glosson (USAF, Retired)Brigadier General David L.Grange (USA, Retired) CNNCommand Sergeant Majo r Steven Greer (USA, Retired) Fox NewsMajor General Timothy M. Haake (USAR, Retired)Admiral Thomas B. Hayward (USN, Retired) - Fonner Chiefof Naval OperationsColonel Jack Jacobs (USA, Retired) MSNBCAdmiral David E. Jeremiah (USN, Retired)General Jack Keane (USA, Retired) ABCGeneral William F. "Buck" Kernan (USA, Retired) Lehrer NewshourColonel Glenn Lackey (USA, Retired)Admiral Thomas Joseph Lopez (USN, Retired)Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA, Retired) Fox News, CNN, BBC, RadioMajor General James "Spider" Marks (USA, Retired ) CNNDr. JeffMcCausland (Colonel, USA, Retired) - CBS (mostly radio)Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney (USAF, Retired) - Fox NewsMajor Andy Messing Jr. (USAR. Retired) - Fox NewsMajor General Burton R. Moore (USAF, Retired )General Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. (USAF, Retired)Major General Michael J . Nardotti . Jr . (USA, Retired)Captain Chuck Nash (USN, Retired) - Fox NewsGeneral William L.Nash (USA, Retired) Council on Foreign RelationsGeneral Glenn K. Otis (VSA,Retired)General Joseph Ralston (USAF, Retired)Lieutenant General Erv Rokke (USAF, Retired) -Majo r General Robert H. Scales , Jr . (USA, Retired) - Fox NewsGeneral H. Hugh Shelton (USA, Retired)Major General Donald W. Shepperd (USAF, Retired) CNNLieutenant Colonel Carlton Sherwood (USMC, Retired)Mr. Wayne Simmons (USN, Retired) - Fox NewsMajor General Perry Smith (USAF, Retired)Captain Martin L. Strong (USN, Retired)

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Captain Robert R. Tirnberg (USMC, Retired) US Naval InstituteMajor General Paul E. Vallely (USA, Retired) - Fox NewsColonel John Warden (USAF, Retired)General Larry D. Welch (USAF, Retired)Mr. Bing West (USMC, Retired) - Atlantic Monthly, Freelance WriterGeneral Charles E. Wilhelm (USMC, Retired)General Torn Wilkerson (USMC, Retired) US Naval Institute

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rFrom: Gordon CuculJu f_)_6_ _Sent: Saturday. January 27, 2007 6:58 PMTo: b ) ( 6 ) oso PASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call next week

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Be sure to visit my web site at htm://www.colonelgordon.comSubscribe and Read the latest copy ofmy FREE Email Newsletter - The Right Approach"Order a Signed Copy, and read the latest reviews on my new bookSeparated at Birth: How North Korea became the Evil Twin; ; ~ ( 1 ; ; ; ~ { ( r---- ----. . - - - - . - - -- _ . - _ _ _. Subject: PossIble C o n ~ 011/ne.-=!Xt,..",..,-K--,e""'"'ek.,---- - ---.JDate: T1Iu, 2S.ltJn200715:48:05 -0500Gentlemen, Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to: arrange a conference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would beinterested in participating , please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are ableto get a time on the General's calendar.In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you have questions that you would Ii directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can bereached at: Steve.Bo IanHave a great afternoon .

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"We go by the law," Tracy said. "We have rules we follow."

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Tracy walked outside and escorted the compact and unsmiling police chief, Colonel Farouq, intohis office.

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by Bing Westtreetwise

VVhether we ultimately stay or go, we need to contain the burgeoning forces of chaos now-and that requires fixing Iraq's policing problems. An expert explains how.

On a hot day last fall , I climbed into a Humveewith a handful ofmarines at a combat outpost onthe outskirts ofHaditha, 140 miles northwest ofBaghdad. We were due to meet the local police chief,after a swing through the market by the river. "We get hit there every day ," Captain Matt Tracy, thecompany commander, told me. "So we go there every day."

On a hot day last fall , I climbed into a Humveewith a handful ofmarines at a combat outpost onthe outskirts ofHaditha, 140 miles northwest ofBaghdad. We were due to meet the local police chief,after a swing through the market by the river. "We get hit there every day ," Captain Matt Tracy, thecompany commander, told me. "So we go there every day."

We drove past storefronts whose owners hastily pulled down steel shutters as we passed by. Thestreet hadn't fully emptied of shoppers before the first shots cracked from the rear. With no room toturn, we drove on. A few seconds later, someone sho t at us from a palm grove to our right. CaptainTracy and his men jumped out of the Hwnvee and rushed of f in pursuit, darting f rom tree to tree toavoid snipers. Half an hour later they returned, dripping sweat. As usual, the shooters had escaped.

"Every American is asking how one terrorist died," he said angrily. "We questioned him, and hedied. That's all I say . He betrayed my police. [My police officers'] heads were tossed in the dirt in Baiji.And all you ask is how a terrorist died."

Back at the combat outpost, Tracy offered me a warm Coke. "Sorry we have no cold drinks," hesaid. "We had two freezers, but a prisoner died two nights ago under Iraqi police interrogation. So weshipped the body in our freezer to the States for autopsy and investigation. Then yesterday we shot aguy running a checkpoint. We put him in the other freezer until Battalion sends down an investigator.I'l l use Cloroxwhen we get our freezers back. Right now I have to deal with an angry police chief.We 've been asking him how his prisoner died, and he doesn ' t like it."

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"When?' Farouq demanded to know."Higher has to coordinate," Donnellan said. "Two or three days."

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"The bodies will be gone by then. You investigate a dead terrorist right away. But my brotherhas to wait," Farouq said. "Your rules? You won ' t see strong Iraqi police the American way for ahundred years."

"Baiji's a hundred kilometers from here," the battalion conunander, Lieutenant Colonel JamesDonnellan, said. "I' ll take a force there. You can come with me."

"Rules? What about nine bodies without heads? What about my brother's body?" Farouqraged. "My mother complains I have lost the family because I help Americans." Farouq's youngerbrother had been killed in the ambush , his body mutilated.

Is it too late to reverse this trend? Maybe not-ifwe make major tactical adjustments soon. Inexploring this question, I made two extended visits to Iraq last summer and fall, during which Iaccompanied ten American and eight Iraqi battalions on operations. I concentrated on Baghdad andAnbar province, the heart of the insurgency, and I talked to everyone I could-from soldiers on thefront line to Iraqi politicians and American military leaders at the highest levels , including Iraqi PrimeMinister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and General George Casey Jr., our top commander there.

We are all too familiar with the strategic blunders that have characterized our engagement inIraq. Still, some 500,000 American and Iraqi military and police personnel are confronting roughly25,000 Sunni insurgents and Shia militiamen-a twenty-to-one edge that should give us a clearadvantage. In terms of spending, the disparity is even greater: $320 billion versus less than $200million. Yet despite being exponentially outnwnbered and outspent, the forces of murder and chaosseem to be winning.

A hundred years would seem a harsh judgment, wereit not for our performance in Iraq to date.In thefourth year of war, America teeters on the verge of defeat. By the fourth year ofWorld War II,victory gleamed on the horizon. The Korean War was over inside four years. Even in Vietnam, the VietCong had been decimated by the fourth year, and the conflict had morphed from guerrilla warfare into aconventional slugfest against the orth.

Here 's one thing just about everyone told me: Iraq is not a military battlefield; it is a series ofintense police actions, centered in Baghdad and a dozen key cities to the west and north, where Sunniinsurgents and Shia militiamen, both sides dressed as civilians, control the streets. American and Iraqisoldiers have no idea who their enemies are. And in the rare instances when insurgents are actuallycaptured, American rules and a corrupt Iraqi judicial system have converged to ensure that most arereleased.A year ago, the abiding policy question was, How can the United States leave Iraq when there isno functioning army in place to keep the peace? The future of Iraq depends no less today than it did ayear ago on a viable Iraqi security force. But the issue may be less a military one-in the conventionalsense of clashing armies-than a policing one. If the insurgents are to be defeated, it will have to be by


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Beech had deployed one American company (140men) and an Iraqi police company for everytwo city blocks throughout Doura, an area comprising roughly 1,300 houses and 17,000 people. At that

In the Sunni district ofDoura, in southern Baghdad, I found row upon row ofmiddle-classhouses with Humvees parked at the end of every other street. "Our presence has cut down the murders,"Colonel Michael Beech told me with evident pride. "We can't do it for them forever, though. Thequestion is whether the Iraqi politicians want their own police to succeed."

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But the police are reticent for good reason: they are deathly afraid of the insurgents, whothreaten to kill them and their families for cooperating with the Americans or the Maliki government.Not long ago in Fallujah, the deputy police chiefwas executed. When the police arrested two men forthe murder, a local judge hurriedly dismissed the charges. Half the police force walked off the job inprotest, explaining to American troops that this was why they didn 't make arrests. Colonel LarryNicholson, the top marine in Fallujah, says he understands why the police weren ' t making morearrests . "First, they have to stay alive," he told me. "The new chiefhas told his men to live in thebarracks and have their families live out of town. You can 't be a decent cop in this city and expect to gohome at night."

Meanwhile, according to Ll.S. military sources, the Iraqi Interior Ministry permitted Shiamilitias to infiltrate the police throughoutBaghdad and southern Iraq and then let criminals and Shiadeath squads operate with impunity-and in some cases actively cooperated with them. (Prime MinisterMaliki, himselfa Shiite, told me that Bremer had caused the police failure by recruiting "bad elements"and providing poor training.)

In combating an insurgency, the police are a crucial force. After Baghdad fell in 2003 ,Ambassador Paul Bremer, the president's emissary to Iraq , tried ineffectually to tum sad-sack localcops into the primary force for establishing order. In 2004 and 2005, the insurgents, led by al-Qaedaextremists, carried out ruthless attacks that drove those police forces, poorly led and haphazardlytrained, to the sidelines. Torture, mass executions, and public beheadings were common. Throughoutthe Sunni Triangle, the police hid in their stations and refused to get involved, casting a bl ind eye to theinsurgents burrowed in like ticks among the population. Police forces in major Sunni cities like Fallujahand Ramadi made as few as ten arrests a month. "No police chief in the U.S. could keep his job withsuch performance," Ralph Morten, a senior detective in the Los Angeles Police Department on his sixthvisit to Iraq, told me .

local tough guys in town after town, as happened in the American West in the 1870s. Theseguys will likely be more ruthless than we would like. But i fwe don' t let them establish some controla n give them help in maintaining i t-any strategies for phased withdrawals or grand political bargainsor international constabularies will be irrelevant. To achieve some sort of stability, we must change theway we work with the Iraqi military and police at the local level.

As a result, the pol ice in Baghdad are among the most wretched in the world . New York Citycops send some 26,000 criminals to prison every year; in Baghdad,with twenty times the murder rate,that number is at best 2,000. (New York City's population is 8 million; Baghdad's is about 6 million.)During the month I spent in Iraq in the fall , U.S . forces in Baghdad killed 110 Iraqis and detained about1,100. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Winski, whose battalion guards the southern approach to the city , toldme that he knew of police chiefs who had been relieved of duty by the Maliki government for crackingdown on mili tia members.


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rate, it would take a force of about 100,000 to control the entire city. At the time ofmy visit,there were only 14,000 Americans and 40,000 Iraqi police in Baghdad.

This is the greatest technical failure of the war. For all of our efforts, we have ignored one of themost fundamental axioms of counterinsurgency warfare: an insurgency cannot be defeated if the enemycannot be identified.

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In Iraq, the police have no detective equipment; no reliable identification system has beenwidely fielded. As a resul t, American soldiers on patrol futilely call in the phonetic spelling of Iraqinames on whatever ID card they are handed. (Between 1966 and 1968, by contrast, the SouthVietnamese government implemented a labor-intensive census program to register every military-agemale in every hamlet.) A few enterprising American rifle companies have conducted their ownindependent censuses, employing rudimentary spreadsheets and personal digital cameras. But no centralinformation system exists.

American troops mockingly refer to arrests of insurgents as "catch and release." Some Iraqipolice are similarly frustrated. Colonel Sheban is a tough police chief in the restive town ofBaghdadion the upper Euphrates. He lost one brother to the insurgents a month before I met him, and a secondbrother a few days after I left. His message to me was simple : "I got Jamil Daham. He killed anAmerican. Insurgents go to jail for six, seven months and start again. I want American people to knowthey should stay in jail. I can recognize bad guys ."

In the United States, a cop who pulls you over calls up your record and finds out where andwhen you were last stopped, and what the charge was. The Chicago police carry a device that takesfingerprints and transmits them over the radio, with the results of a database search received in minutes.

Some senior American officers told me that the rearrest rate of released prisoners was only 6percent, compared with a recidivism rate of 65 percent in the United States. So either the Iraqiinsurgents were ten times as likely as American ex-convicts to see the error of their ways , or they foundit all too easy to evade justice.

Nor can it be defeated if those enemies who are successfully identified cannot be ef fectivelyimprisoned . Last May in south Baghdad, an American battalion proudly showed me photos of sixShiites captured with blood on their hands, weapons and shell casings in their car, and a dead Sunni afew blocks away. In September, a judge released all six.Iraqi police do not make arrests that stick . More than 80 percent of the Sunni insurgents andShia militiamen detained by American and Iraqi forces are set free. ln Fallujah, Major Vaughn Ward 'smen detained 120 suspects between March and September. Twenty-four were sent to prison. The restwalked free because judges deemed the evidence against them insufficient. (Prime Minister Malikicompounded matters when, in an effort to pave the way toward poli tical negotiations over the swnmer,

he released thousands of prisoners from jails in Baghdad.)

Acting on instinct, Sheban had indeed arrested an insurgent who later was linked to the killingof an American. Of course, to authorize an arrest based on instinct or suspicion is to invite abuse. Yet toinsist upon strict evidentiary rules in the midst of a civil war and under a government racked withcorruption is to guarantee failure. "Too many Iraqi judges let the terrorists go free ," General Casey toldme. Major General M. Roger Peterson, the American in charge of police training, agreed. "We're not


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"Follow the car or the man-dress?" Lewis asked.

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, Check that dude next to the white Nissan,' he said, speaking into a handset.

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In Iraq, the Americans' insistence upon strict rules of evidence in the midst of a shooting warhas given significant advantages to the insurgents. By posing as civilians, they make themselves hard toidentify among the populace. I f captured, they are guaranteed civil rights that make detaining them allbut impossible, whereas enemy soldiers in uniform would simply be held until hostilities ceased. InBaghdad, every 100 police make eight arrests a year that result in prison time. In New York City, every100 police make 120 such arrests. If seventy civilians were being murdered each day in Manhattan,ew Yorkers would be unlikely to call for stricter rules of evidence than those currently in place.

Every day , aerial cameras hover over Anbar; some are mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) and others on helicopters; some are infrared, others stream down video in sharp, brilliantcolors. I was in a company operations center in Haditha when Captain Bert Lewis, the air officer,pointed at a screen showing a video feed.

The U.S. Constitution provides for the suspension of habeas corpus in the event of rebellion.During the Civi l War, President Lincoln decreed that the police and the Army did not have to show ajudge evidence on which they had imprisoned someone. In subsequent wars, prisoners ofwar andcaptured guerrillas alike have been held until the cessation of hostilities.

Meticulous review procedures introduced after Abu attraib have proved favorable to theinsurgents. Any Iraqi detained is brought to an American lawyer at the battalion level; two Americansoldiers have to fill out sworn arrest affidavits; physical evidence is bagged, and pictures of the "crime"scene are taken. The battalion then has eighteen hours to decide whether the evidence is sufficient tosend the detainee to the brigade level. The brigade can hold the detainee for up to eighteen days, atwhich point it must release him or send him on to a detention facility where a committee reviews theevidence for the third time. If all of these hurdles are passed, the detainee is kept in j ail until an Iraq ijudge hears the case (giving it a fourth review).

"Nail that sucker," Lieutenant Joshua Booth said. (Booth was shot and killed the followingweek, leading his platoon down a city street.)

imprisoning the way the situation demands," he said.

The man looked up and down the street, and then ran south. The picture tilted, then zoomed in,holding him in the center of the frame. A series of black numbers scrolled along the right edge,

"FedEx delivery," Lewis said, to general laughter. "I don't believe this dude." The Nissan droveaway as the man finished packing dirt around the improvised explosive device, or lED.

An operator several miles away zoomed in the VAV camera.On the screen, we watched a manin awhite dishdasha hastily scooping dirt over a boxy package, while cars passed by without slowingdown.

When U.S . military manpower and technology work hand in hand with local Iraqi police, thecombination can be effective. I have seen several successful joint efforts.


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Casey , who has been in command for two and a halfyears, guards his counsel, reflects carefully

"Sucking wind. Get the coordinates to the QRF."

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As aQuick Reaction Force patrol closed on the GPS coordinates, the fugitive sat down in theshade of a palm tree, beckoning to someone on the river. Just as a square-nosed wooden skiffpunted upto the man, the QRF , mounted in two Humvees, converged on the riverbank. The man scrambled to hisfeet, saw he had no place to run, and half-raised his arms to show he had no weapon.

updating the GPS coordinates. The target, solidly built and in his mid-thirties, had left the roadand was now running along the riverbank.At this point, a half-dozen marines bad clustered around the screen to watch. The man wasrunning hard, back rigid , chest out. "Look, he's doubling back." He kept looking over his shoulder tosee ifhe was being followed. He must have heard the UAV 's high-pitched whine-i t 's like the drone ofa monster mosquito-s-but he didn 't look up.He ran down a path between houses, across a field , and

back to the riverbank. After fifteen minutes, he slowed to a walk, then stopped and stood with his handson his knees.

"A twofer! All right! Send a squad to pick those guys up and bring them here."

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I asked Austin how the police should go about using local knowledge to defeat aninsurgency. "First," he said, "develop sources on the streets. Understand the social networks, who liveswhere. Second, grill one insurgent until he betrays another. Then move fast to make the next arrest.Third, impose fines for criminal offenses. The foot soldiers are in this for money. One hundred bucks toemplace an lED is not worth having your car or house confiscated."

The chase was an impressive demonstration ofAmerican gear. But technology alone cannot winthe war; we need the police. "The cops match names and faces ," Kevin Austin, thirty-five, anInternational Police Liaison Officer who is a member of the California Highway Patrol, told me. "Wecould never do that It's based on local knowledge."

The Iraqis on duty as liaisons in the op center watched the video; looked at the computerscreens, and hopped into their tinny pickups to follow the heavily armored American Humvees roaringoff to pick up the two prisoners.

But carrying out these steps is not easy . In Baghdad, the police are disloyal; in Fallujah, they arestruggling to stay alive ; and in Haditha, they are starved for resources. So how can the war be won?Once last summer and once in the fall, General Casey sat down with me and laid out hisstrategy . He was well aware of the litany of problems. "Look," he said, "we're only 75 percent of theway to standing up the Iraqi units as a counterinsurgency force . Then they need a year of seasoningbefore being on their own. " That pointed toward operational readiness at the end of 2007.Last year was supposed to have been when the American military turned its attention to the Iraqipolice. Casey'5 plan was derailed by the eruption of the Shia death squads. He had to rush Americanforces into Baghdad to prevent its collapse, leaving fewer American units in Anbar, the heart of theSunni insurgency.


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"My microfinance [small loan] projects took off in Qaim," Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Robertosaid. "We use Qaim as an example to other city councils. They even have soccer matches in Qaim."

"I get it from all s ides ," Casey joked recently. "Washington, the prime minister, the Sunnis, theShiites. Hell, people even complained to me when the pope said something about Muslims. I neverexpected the pope to add to my problems!"

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The Corps had provided a Marine squad for every police patrol. When police and other tribalmembers pointed out al-Qaeda hideouts, the marines attacked. The insurgents, strippedofanonymity,were driven from the city. The combination of aggressive Marine grunts with Iraqi forces who

There are striking parallels between Casey and General Creighton Abrams, the four-star Armygeneral who was sent to Vietnam in 1967 to rescue a failing effort there. Abrams changed the strategyfrom search-and-destroy to counterinsurgency. Casey too switched from offensive operations tocounterinsurgency. I hope it will not bewritten ofCasey what history wrote ofAbrams: that hedeserved a better war. But time isn't on Casey's side. U.S. politics won't allow another year to see howthe Iraqi forces develop.

Alford then broke his battalion down into smaller units to live alongside Iraqi soldiers, operatingfrom austere combat outposts. He struck a bargain with the Abu Mahal, a local tribe that was feudingwith al-Qaeda, and the tribespeople agreed to form a police force.

before issuing orders, and projects composure. He prowls the battlefields to assess for himselfwhat's going on. I first saw him in 2004, inside the shell-pocked city ofRamadi. He was si tting in acorner, l istening to a squad leader. He meets often with battalion commanders to discuss the campaignplan.

So how, I asked Casey, could you do more with less? Casey urged me to visi tAl Qaim, a city of100,000 on the Syrian border, 200 miles northwest of Baghdad. "Look at what [Lieutenant] Colonel[Julian] Alford accomplished [there]," Casey told me. "He was one ofmy best battalion commanders.He showed how to turn a city around." .

For two years, the Americans had fought al-Qaeda inside AI Qaim, a transit point for foreignfighters who followed the Euphrates Valley to Ramadi and Fallujah. By the summer of2005, membersof the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Sunni force, AI Qaeda in Iraq, had taken control ofAl Qaim, whilethe locals stood on the sidelines. In the late fall , Alford's battalion swept into the city from the west,battled the insurgents block by block, and drove most of them from the town.

When I visited in October, the streets were teeming with shoppers. It was the only city in Anbarprovince where I could walk through a bustling market and listen to merchants complain aboutcommerce, not security. The local bank, with $100,000 in dinars, had no armed guards. The Abu Mahaltribe was expanding its influence, providing recruits for the police in Rawah, the town to the east. TheAmerican civil-affairs colonel told me he had five times more projects in AI Qaim than in any other cityin Anbar.

When I accompanied a foot patrol downtown, I noticed that none of the police wore masks tohide their identities. We walked together down a side street, where several policemen proudly pointedout their houses. On one street comer, the balcony of a house had been demolished and the wattsgouged by bullets. I asked the police whether they had done that. "No," they laughed. "Irahibeen[terrorists] were hiding there, so we brought marines."


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possessed local knowledge had worked. Ifthere is a way forward in Iraq, Al Qaim and cities likeit are the model. Farther to the north, in Tal Afar, Army Colonel H. R.McMaster successfullyemployed a similar technique.

In the Study Group meetings, Robb proposed that the number of advisers be increased to20,000. James Baker and the rest of the group agreed. (The report actually calls for 10,000 to 20,000advisers.) Such a large increase in advisers would be offset by a drawdown of some of the 140,000Americans currently serving in combat battalions and base-support units. It won't be hard to reduce thepresent force dramatically. Our 40,000 front-line troops are supported by 100,000 support personnel

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One ofthe keys to success in both Al Qaim and Tal Afar was the effective partnership betweenthe U.S. military and the local police. Both Alford and McMaster had actively cultivated thispartnership by breaking down their forces into smaller units so that American leaders worked with raqiarmy platoons and police stations. And both commanders were convinced that lasting progressdepended on Iraqi soldiers and police walking the streets , believing that they would win the ten-secondfirefights against insurgents.

Alford wrote an article in the Marine Corps Gazette, proposing to break down an infantrybattalion into an "Iraq American Advisor Group ." The basic idea was to have combat-seasonedAmerican military leaders present in sufficient numbers amid the local police and Iraqi army forces toensure they would always prevail in clashes with insurgents. Officers and NCOs ''would live, eat, andwork with their Iraqi counterparts, donning Iraqi uniforms," and advise them on all aspects of combat.Alford also recommends matching a Quick Reaction Force with each Iraq American Advisor Group.Alford 's idea, which I advocated to the members of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group I consultedwith last fall, was one of the recommendations of the report issued inDecember.

The CAP program was successful, as far as it went. In February of 1968, several thousand NorthVietnamese tried to sneak through the hamlets to assault the northern city ofDa Nang. They nevermade it, as they were ambushed time and again by the.tiny CAP units stretched across the paddy lands.ot one CAP village was ever retaken by the Viet Congo The program's advocates argued that it was aforce multiplier, because each marine gained four Vietnamese riflemen who knew the area and spokethe language. (1nRarnadi, a battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel William Jurney, used the sameargument, telling me that "true partnering with the jundi [Iraqi soldiers] increases effectivenessfourfold.")

In order to rapidly increase the nwnber of advisers we've got deployed in the field, we'll need totake platoons out of our infantry battalions and team them up with Iraqi soldiers and police. Suchcombined platoons are the first part of a workable solution-away for us to increase stability whilereducing troop levels-and they might become the beginnings of an exit strategy for the long term. Theprecedent for this is the Combined Action Platoon program in Vietnam, in which a Marine divisiondeployed more than 100 squads (thirteen marines in each) to live in remote hamlets with militias madeup of farmers. The average CAP patrolled nine square kilometers holding 5,000 villagers. Many CAPshad no fixed bases, and they kept moving around the hamlets at night so the Viet Cong could not findthem.

Fonner Senator Chuck Robb, a member of the Iraq Study Group, visited Camp Fallujah while Iwas in Iraq. When we returned to the States, we compared notes and discussed the applicability of theCAPs program to Iraq. Robb had served as a Marine company commander in Vietnam and, like me, hadbeen impressed with the performance of the CAPs. We did the rough math and concluded that thecurrent number ofAmerican advisers-3,50o-was completely inadequate to advise the more than 500Iraqi companies and police units.


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living in Forward Operating Bases, or FOBs. FOBs devour manpower and they sprout staffs.Many on these staffs-the grunts call them "fobbits"- spend their entire tours inside the base gates .

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The Iraq Study Group's report is just one piece of evidence that a strong consensus finallyseems to be emerging in support of a more muscular advisory effort. Anny Lieutenant Colonel JohnNagl, who commanded a company in Anbar, recently published an article in the Armed Forces Journalcalling for an advisory program based on CAPs. In the Fallujah area, Colonel Nicholson has alreadydoubled the number of advisers. And Lieutenant General James N. Mattis has long been an ardentproponent of embedding advisory units with each Iraqi battalion. As far back as the spring of 2004,when he was commanding the Marine division in Anbar province, Mattis intended to combine Marineplatoons with Iraqi forces, but the eruption of the extended battle for Fallujah precluded that.

Iraqis need combat advisers out on the streets at the point of battle , but advisers alone won't turnthe tide. Iraq is being lost because American forces have a detailed program for protecting civil rights,but none for winning a war . Thus the second part o f any workable solution must be the Iraqigovernment's determination to disarm the militias and imprison insurgents and murderers. (The thirdpart of any solution is technical: establishing an effective fingerprint-identification system.) GeneralJohn Abizaid, who has emerged as Maliki 's staunchest supporter, assured Congress in mid-Novemberthat the Iraqi prime minister "will take on the militias," and lead. Abizaid, who compares Iraq's leadersto our Founding Fathers, was betting the wa r on a feckless politician with a poor track record. PresidentBush seemed to be doing the same when he met with Maliki in Jordan in late November. "One of hisfrustrations with me is that he believes we 'v e been slow in giving him the tools necessary to protect theIraqi people," the president said. ' And today we had a meeting that will accelerate [the transfer ofmilitary authority] ' " I appreciate his courage."

But the generals and advisers I spoke with told me that Maliki has not supported his ownmilitary . Maliki shielded Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army from dismantlement, they said, and Maliki'sministries failed to provide the necessary financial and logistical support to the Iraqi army and police.American advisers in Anbar province had to drive to Baghdad each month to wheedle Iraqi police andsoldiers ' pay and food allowances from sclerotic ministries. Maliki had not cracked down on the Shiamilitias, and had done nothing to offer terms for reconciliation with the Sunnis.

In 1979, President Carter dispatched a U.S. Army general to Tehran to tell the Iranian army notto interfere as Ayatollah Ruhollab Khorneini swept into power on a tide o f popular support. Khomeinireturned the favor by seizing the U.S. embassy and establishing an anti-Americantheocracy.

Yet Maliki was insisting that the United States give him operational control o f all Iraqi forces, astep that could lead to an army commanded by sectarian loyalists. To insure against that , we shouldinsist on a U.S.-Iraqi joint review board empowered to relieve from duty any Iraqi military or policeofficers found guilty ofmalfeasance. If ou r advisers have no effect on indigenous leaders, there is nosense in advising. Th e Iraqi army cannot survive without American advisers, and we need a hedgeagainst sectarian politics.Abizaid's deadline for Malili to take on the militias runs out between February and April. Whathappens, I asked a senior American general in Iraq, ifMaliki doesn' t exert leadership? "Then," thegeneral said, "we continue muddling through."


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has failed or signal that military rule behind a rubber-stamp assembly is preferable to collapse.Muddling through is not a strategy.

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F.J. "Bing" West, who served as amarine in Vietnam and as an assistant secretary of defense underPresident Reagan, is the author ofThe Village and No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battlefor Fallujah.


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From: Gordon CucuJlu r _)(_) _Sent: Friday, January 26,20079:12 PMTo: ~ ) 6 10 8 0 PASubject: Re: Possible Conference Call next week

I'd like to be in on the call , thanks, GordonF ; ~ r ~ 1 Messaae jQ$O PASent: Thursday , January 25, 2007 3:48 PMSubject: Possible Conference Call next weekGentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's StrategicCommunications, is hoping toarrange a conference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would beinterested in participating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and ifwe are ableto get a time on the Genera l's calendar.In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you havequestions that you would ~ to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can bereached at: Steve. B o y l a n ~ ( JHave a great afternoon,b)(

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From: Glenn G. Lackey b _ _ 1Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:55 PMTo: f)(6) IosDASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call next week

I'm interested.

Gentlemen ,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strateg ic Communications , is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested inparticipating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on theGeneral's calendar.In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you have questionsthat you would like to co ec irectly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can be reached at:v 0 Ian b)(6)Have a great afternoon,


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r)() iFrom: Tim Haakefb)(6) ISent: Friday, January26. 2007 3:49 PMTo: ~ ) 6 p SD PASUbJect: RE: Possible Conference Call nextweek

fb)(6) IIwould be pleased to participate ina callwithGen. Petraeus nextweek.Thanks ,TimHaake

From: p (6) oso PA[mailtor-::)(-:-:6) --- ------'sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:48PMTo: undisclosed-recipients:Subject: Possible Conference Call next weekGentlemen .Colonel SteveBoylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's StrategicCommunications. is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with GeneralPetraeus sometime nextweek. If youwould be interested in participating.please let meknow. I will keepyou postedon whenand if weareable to get a timeon the Generals calendar.In addition. Colonel Boylan wanted to makehis emailaddressavailable to you in case you have questions thatyouwould like to conn irectly to General Petraeus to get answered . Hecan be reached at:St v . I n )(6)

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Thanks . . . . how many of them are i n the l o c a l area? Would they be w illin g to do t h i s inperson for those t h a t can? Looking a t Wed r i g h t now.

STEVEN A. BOYLANCOL, AVChief , Strategic CommunicationCombined Arms Center

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do you have a room t h a t we co uld u se for a roundtable, or i s t h a t something you'd l ike met o help out with?? i don 't know what your accomodations are i n th e b ui ld in g , so j u s t l e tme know what yOU ' d need and i can see i f we can work with protocol to make it happen. i fyou have access to meeting rooms, though , then we wouldn't have t o work around seedef anddepsec schedules.

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s i r , i 'm sure some of them wouldn't mind coming in . we g e n e r a ~ l y do not i n v i t e them intoth e b uildin g u nle ss the secre tary i s going to meet with them, but i th ink t h i s could be anexception. we 've done it one other t ime with general casey . we provided a c a l l - i n numberfor those t h a t aren 't l o c a l . of those i sent you, eight of them are l o c a l . plus one morewho rsvp 'd t h i s morning (wayne simmons ) . the r e s t are out of toweers , but a few of themmi ght be wil l ing t o f l y or drive i n . . .

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here are the rsvp ' s so fa r . i' 11 keep you posted if/when i get more.

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h i . so f a r , i 'v e had ten re t i red mil i t a ry ana lys t s t e l l me t h a t they would be veryin te res ted i n a conference ca l l with your b oss nex t week .L' ve had one reques t not to do it on tuesday , but otherw is e they have sa id they 'd l ikelybe able to make the t ime. so , wheneve r you get a good sense of w hich d ay , l e t me know andi 'm happy to se t it up !thanks

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f ) (6) Ithanks, but I have been speaking to him on a regular basis.All the best,Jack Keane

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Can you send me the names of those tha t have expressed interest? Boss wil l want to know .

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Gentlemen,ColonelSteveBoylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, Is hoping to arrange aconferencecall for youwith General Petraeussometimenext week. If you would be interested in participating,pleaseletme know. I will keep you postedon when and if we are able to get a time on the Generars calenda .

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In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you havequestions that you would Ii irectly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can bereached at: Steve.Bo Ian

; ; ~ ~ ( ) Original m i ~ ~ ~ e p ~ ~ - { ( ) - - -Gentlemen, --------Colonel Steve Boylan. the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested inparticipating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on theGeneral's calendar .

I'd love to participate. I'd call your attention to CNN running my quote on Petraeus.

AU the best.I return from Germany tomorrow and plan to be in the Pentagon Monday.

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ABSOLUTELY. Pis count me in as possible. Also, would like to talk about sending oneof my reporters to Gitmo. Lemme know, pal. Best, Jed.

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From: RobertH. Scalesr_)_6_ _Sent: Thursday, January25,20077:38 PMTo: b ) 6 10 50 PASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call nextweek

I'm interestedScales

F r o m : ~ ( bSD PA [mailtofb_(6) ----'sent: Thursday , January 25,20073:48 PMTo: undisclosed-recipientsSubject: Possible Conference Call nextweekGentlemen ,Colonel SteveBoylan , the Chief of General Petraeuss StrategicCommunications. is hoping to arrangeaconference callfor youwith GeneralPetraeus sometime nextweek. If youwould be interested in participating,please letme know. I will keepyou posted onwhen andif weare ableto get a timeon the General'scalenda.In addition.ColonelBoylanwanted to makehis email addressavailableto you in caseyou havequestions thatyouwould like to connectdirectlr to GeneralPetraeusto get answered . Hecan be reached at:Steve.Boylanat_b)_6_ --l1Havea great afternoon,)(6

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From: Boylan, Steven A COL CAC STRATCOM fb)(6)Sent: Thursday, January 25, 20076:58 PM ------------'To: ~ ) 6 PSD PASUbject: RE: analysts

r _)(6_)__Can you send me the names of those that have expressed interest? Boss will want to know.ThxSteve

STEVEN A. BOYLANCOL,AVChief. Strategic Commun icationCombined Arms CenterFt. Leavenworth . Kansas 66027C o m m~ ( ?DSN: )(2)_ . . , . . - -_-- - -Jhttp:/www.leavenworth.armv.mil /From b)(6) SO PA [mailto r )(6)Sent: Thursday, January 25,20074:29 =M-:--- - - - - ---J

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From )(6) SO PA [mailto r )(6)Sent: Thursday, January 25, 20074:29=PM-:--- - - - - To: Boyan, Steven A COL CAC srRATCOMSubject: analystshi. so far, j've had ten retired military analysts tell me that they would be very interested in a conference call withyour boss next week. j've had one request not to do it on tuesday, but otherwise they have said they'd likely beable to make the time. so, whenever you get a good sense of which day, let me know and j'm happy to set it up!thanks)(

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Gentlemen ,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping toarrange a conference call for youwith General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would beinterested in participating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and ifwe are able to

Gentlemen ,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping toarrange a conference call for youwith General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would beinterested in participating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and ifwe are able toget a time on the General's calendar.

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Gentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chiefof General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to arrange a conference call foryouwith General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested in participating, please let me know. Iwill keepyou posted on when and if we are able to get a time on the General's calendar. .

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Gentlemen,ColonelSteveBoylan, theChiefofGeneralPetraeus's StrategicCommunications, is hoping to arrange a conferencecall foryouwithGeneral Petraeus sometime nextweek.. If youwould be interested in participating, please let me know. I will keepyou postedon whenand ifwe areable to get a time on the General'scalendar.In addition, ColonelBoylanwantedto make his email address available to you incase you have questions that you wouldliketo connectdirectly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can be reached at: Steve.Boylan@fb)(6) IHavea great afternoon,

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From: _Sent: Thursday , January 25, 20074:53 PMTo: f) (6) 10 SD PASubject: Re: Possible Conference Call next week

Signme up. If you can tell me what day I might even be down in DC and would come over to thebuildingfor this.Jeff

JeffrevD. McCausland,rhOTe':r )(6)Cell ______ ---Jssage m_fFrom: Lb_(6) ----lOSD PAil 1b)(6)Gentlemen, 1-----------

Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strateg ic Communications , is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested inparticipating, please let me know. Iwill keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on theGeneral's calendar.In addition. Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you havequestions that you would like to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can bereached at: v . I n b)(6)participating, please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on theGeneral's calendar.In addition. Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you havequestions that you would like to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can bereached at: v . I n b)(6)

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Rick FranconaThat would be really helpful.

From: Rick Francona r ) (6)Sent: Thursday, Janua-ry--:2""5-,2:":O=O=7--:4--:2=7--:P":"M"""-- -To: ~ ) 6 loso PASUbject: Re: PossibleConferenceCall next week

Gentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's StrategicCommunications, is hoping to arrangeaconference call for you with General Petraeussometime nextweek. If you would be interested inparticipating, please letme know. I willkeep you posted on when and If we are able to get a time on theGeneral'scalendar.

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Inaddition, Colonel Boylanwanted to makehis email address availableto you in case you havequestionsthatyouwould like to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can be reachedatSteve. So I n )(6)petrUl;IpClung, pease le l me Know. Will Keep you posteaon wnenana If we are able to get a time on theGeneral'scalendar.In addition, Colonel Boylanwanted to makehis email address available to you in case you havequestionsthatyouwould like to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can be reachedatSteve. SoYlanC9fb)(6) I

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e(6)From: Grange, David f_b)_6_ _Sent: Thursday , January 25, 20074:28 PMTo: P(6) 10 80 PASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call next week

Gentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested in participating,please let me know. I wilt keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on the General's calendar.In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you have questions thatyou would like to connect directly to General Petraeus to get answered. He can be reached at:Stev .B I n b)(6)

a great afternoon.

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Page 1of 1r IFrom: Chuck Nash rb)(6) ISent: Thursday, January 25,20074:08 PMTo: r ) (6) pSD PASubject: Re: Possible Conference Call next week

~ ) 6 IAm on travel all day Tuesday the 30th but avail most any time that week.All the best,Chuck

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Gentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan , the Chief of General Petraeus 's Stra tegic Communications, i s hopingto arrange a conference ca l l for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. I f youwould be i n t e r e s t e d in par t ic ipat ing , please le t me know. I wil l keep you posted on whenand i f we are able to get a time on the General's calendar .

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From: Steven J. Greer CSM (Ret) _ ) _ _Sent: Thursday, January 25,20073:59 PMTo: ~ ) 6 10 80 PASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call next week

I'm in... thanks!S

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Gentlemen.Colonel Steve Boylan. the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week.. If you would be interested in participating,please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on the General 's calendar.

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L)(6)From: Caratano , James _ ) 6 - - ,sent: Thursday. January 25, 2007 3:54 PMTo: ~ ) 6 10 SD PASubject: RE: Possible Conference Call next week

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Dr. James Jay CarafanoSenior FellowThe Allison Institute for International StudiesThe Heritage Foundation214 Massachusetts Ave, NEWashington, DC 20002P h o n e ( 2 0 2 ) 6 0 8 ~ 1 6 1Fax (202) 675-1758Email:r )(6) IBio: http://www.heritage .orgiabouVstaff/jamescarafano.ctm

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From: b)(6) SOPA [mallto {b)(6)Sent: ursday, January 25,2007 3:4S"PM----- - - - Subject: Poss ible COnferencecall next weekGentlemen,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strategic Communications, is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested in participating,please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and ifwe are able to get a time on the General 's calendar.In addition, Colonel Boylan wanted to make his email address available to you in case you have questions thatyou would like to connect di ctly to General Petraeus to get answered . He can be reached at:Steve.Bo Ian )(6)ve a great afternoon ,)(


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From: Garrett, Johnf_)_6_ _Sent: Thursday, January25 ,20073 :52 PMTo: f) (6) IosD PASUbJect: RE: Possible ConferenceCallnextweek

Thankyou this is very helpful.

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Gentlemen ,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strateg ic Communications , is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week . If you would be interested in participating ,please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on the General's caJendLlr.

Gentlemen ,Colonel Steve Boylan, the Chief of General Petraeus's Strateg ic Communications, is hoping to arrange aconference call for you with General Petraeus sometime next week. If you would be interested in participating ,please let me know. I will keep you posted on when and if we are able to get a time on the General's calendLlr.

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From: f_)_6_) _Sent: Thursday , January 18,2007 4:13 PMTo: fb)(6) 10 50 PASubject: Re: FW: Conference Call Invite

rb)(6) I was having lunch with Eric! Can you send me a transcript if there is one?jeff

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F ~ ; ; ; : OriojnaJ ) - _> Gentlemen,> Please jo in us ifyou're available.> Have a great day ,i b)(61>>>MEMORANDUM>i b)(61>>>MEMORANDUM>> To: Civilian Defense Experts and Retired Military Analysts>> FromJ b)(6) I> Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary ofDefense>> Date: January 17, 2007>> Re: Conference Call with Senior 000 Officials>>We invite you to participate in a conference call, TOMORROW, January 18,> 2006, from 12:30- 1:00 p.m.>>Mr . Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Principal Deputy General Counsel, and Brig.>Gen. Thomas L. Hemingway, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority in> the Department of Defense Office ofMilitary Commissions, will briefyou> on the Military Commissions Manual.>> Thiscall will beOn Background.>> For your convenience, Mr. Dell'Orto's Biography can be found at:> http://www.defenselink.mil//BioslBiographyDetail.aspx?BiographyID=42

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~ ~ jand ask the operator to connect you to the Analysts> co erence call.; late (6) lorcalla':>L - -- J:>We hope you are able to participate.:>

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From: fb)(6) IMaj OSO PASent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:54 PMTo: fb)(6) 1000 OGCCc: Hemingway, Thomas, BG, 000 OGCSubject: Media Availability ISOCommissions Roll-OutAttachments: MilitaryCommissions Rules QA doc 16 JAN 07.docrb)(6) I

I support of the Roll-Out Comm Plan, what is General Hemingway's schedule tor tomorrow?I havea interview request trom Fed NewsRadio for a 10-15minute interview at either 0705 or 0725?And I will spend the evening filling holes in his schedule with (preferably) TV then radio interview.Thanks.VR

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Military Commissions Manual Roll-Out Communications PlanJanuary .7. 2007

Background: OnOct. 17,2006. the President signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The MCA provided statutory authority to try unlawfulenemy combatants for violations of the law of war. The MCA authorized the Sec Def to promulgate procedures for MilitaryCommissions and report those procedures to Congress.

"The Secretary ofDefense shall submitto theCommittees onArmed Services ofthe Senateand theHouse ofRepresentatives a reportsettingforth theprocedures/or militarycomm issionsprescribedunderchapter47A oftitle 10, U s. Code." On JaD. 18, 2007, DoD will submit a report to Congress containing the Military Commissions procedures. These procedures includethe Rules for Military Commissions, the Military Commission Rules ofEvidence, and the Crimes and Elements.

Assumptions: The roll-out of the Military Commission rules will result in a major intemational and domestic news story for 24-48 hours. The publication of the procedural rules will be well accepted initially as progress in the right direction, but immediately followed upwith questions asking when the detainees will be charged and when trials will begin . NGOs and critics of the system will tie the release of the rules with the January] ] Ih "5-year anniversary" of the detainees at GTMO andhighlight the length of time the detainees have been held without trial and emphasize how long it has taken the USG to get a "legal"system in place. Aspects of the procedural rules that appear disadvantageous to the defense will be highly criticized, resulting in the overall criticism thathe rules are unfair. Hardcopies and electronic copies of the procedural rules will be of great interest to the media and NGOs. Defense attorneys will immediately begin working on ways within the Federal Court system to file motions alleging unfair procedures.

Goals: Achieve balanced media coverage of the Military Commissions procedures. Coordinate and deliver a strong message emphasizing the goal to conduct fair trials while protecting national security. Demonstrate that Military Commissions provide a full and fair trial to try unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against theUnited States for violations of the law of war.


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Brief a Congressional member who serves in both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee who can serve aa strong proponent for the Military Commissions process on Capitol Hill. The rules and trial procedures delivered to Congress establish extensive, comprehensive guidance for the conduct ofMilitaryCommissions. Move forward with charges after the implementing rules have been promulgated. Re-charge prior cases with trials anticipated to begin in summer of2007. Prosecution to begin building new cases on 14 high value detainees. Improve courthouse facilities on GTMO in order to provide safe and secure trials with maximum transparency.

TalkingPoints - Manual for Military Commissions:Top Line Messages:

.. . The Secretary of Defense is submitting to Congress a comprehensive Manual for the full and fair prosecution of alleged alien unlawfulenemy combatants by military commissions, in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of2006.

... The overriding consideration reflected in the Manual for Military Commissions is fairness. The draft Manual will ensure that alienunlawful enemy combatants who are suspected ofwar crimes and certain other offenses are prosecuted before regularly constitutedcourts affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized people.

... This Manual for Military Commissions closely follows the Manual for Courts-Martial and applies the laws and rules of evidenceapplicable to general courts-martial with only limited exceptions necessary to comport with the careful balancing of interests reflectedin the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

... It is critically important that the United States ensure that alien unlawful enemy combatants face justice under procedures and rules ofevidence that promote respect for the rule of law, and draw a stark and compelling distinction between societies that afford judicialrights and procedural safeguards to even the worst of alleged criminals, and those bent on terrorism who intentionally target theinnocent and defenseless in violation of all normative rules of decency, honor, and respect for humanity.

Manual for Military Commissions:... Implements the Military Commissions Act of2006 (MCA), in which the Congress and President, acting together, established the mostcomprehensive legal framework for the prosecution ofwar criminals in U.S. history.

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