QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN PETERMAN

HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL

April 1, 2004

What is the role of the Homeland Security Council in shaping border security and
immigration policy, including international cooperation;
o What are your issue areas?
o Who do you work with primarily on each of the following:
• NSC
• OMB
• DPC
• DHS
• DOS
• FBI/TTIC/TSC
• CIA
o In other words, who leads in policy development, HSC or the various
components on immigration and border security spread throughout DHS and
DOS?
o What are the biggest issues you and your staff are dealing with right now? What
solution do you see for these issues? What obstacles?
o Who leads policy on international cooperation?
o What are the biggest issues you and your staff are dealing with right now? What
solution do you see for these issues? What obstacles?
o Do you have access to the President on issues within your perview?
o What are your biggest accomplishments to date?

What is the role of the Homeland Security Council in assessing terrorist threats; -^-~ * t ,
o At what point do you get involved in assessing those threats? .'*<££* <* X< 0*
o What agencies are asked to participate in assessing terrorist threats?
o What is your role in assessing those threats?
o Who does this work for the White House primarily?

• Does there now exist a command and control operational plan at the border in case of
another national emergency, something beyond SOPs for the threat level one still in

• What is the allocation of responsibilities on border security between the Homeland a n c i ^ .

National Security Councils? Do you see a future time when border security will be * '•* ^ •
folded back into the NSC?

• What are your views on the pros and cons of the current governmental framework
supporting border security, immigration policy and terrorist mobility intelligence?
o DHS organization on border security: does it work to split up the three entities,
call two of them enforcement, say immigration benefits are not, have them report
directing to the secretary, have no policy integration shop between benefits and
"enforcement"?
o DOS: does it work to have consular affairs in a separate entity from the
inspectors?
 o How do we facilitate terrorist mobility intelligence to the border so it is
operationally useful without endangering source and methods? (watchlist and
special software issues here)
o Should the border security functions be combined in its own entity that has a seat
at the table with other cabinet officials?

/ What do you see as the role of border security and migration, immigration, and visitor
j policy in the war on terror? Do others on the HSC, NSC, DPC, and OMB agree with
GOU? DHS? DOS?

• What is the role of terrorist mobility and facilitator intelligence in border security and law
enforcement? In the war on terror? Where does that work best live?

• What role do you have in working to assure the integration of immigration/border

security information systems, and the security of that information?

• Views on the following:

o the proposed guest worker program, and its affect on border security
o visa waiver program
o U.S. Visit
o Office of visa enforcement.

•/ Were you involved, or anyone you are familiar with involved at the White House, in the
t. decision to let the six bin Ladin family flights leave the country from various points of
/ departure, (4 from Las Vegas, 1 from Providence, 1 from Kentucky) from September 14-
/ 24, 2001.
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Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Rear Admiral Brian Peterman, USCG

Admiral Peterman is Deputy Senior Director for Protection and Prevention, Office of

assignments during his twenty-nine year Coast Guard career including command of two
ships, the cutter Woodrush out of Sitka, Alaska and the cutter Campbell out of New
Bedford, Massachusetts. His ashore assignments include command of the Coast Guard
Integrated Support Command, Ketchikan, Alaska. In addition, he served at
Headquarters, U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany and in 1998 he was
assigned to the Defense Policy Directorate, the National Security Council. Admiral
Peterman holds a BS from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the
U.S. Naval War College. His military awards include a Defense Distinguished Service
Medal, Legion of Merit, Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Cutterman's Insignia, and
Presidential Service Insignia.

Mr. Thomas Powers

Mr. Powers is Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Boston Division, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, a position he assumed in August, 2001. In this capacity, he manages
Boston's Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, Special Operations, Tecnical, and
Administrative programs. Mr. Powers has been with the FBI since 1979 and served in a
number of positions including: the Pittsburg Division SWAT team; the FBI's Hostage
Rescue Team; the Extraterritorial International Terrorism Squad in Washington, D.C.
where he was directly involved in several high profile extraterritorial terrorism
investigations and traveled extensively abroad; Supervisory Special Agent in the
Counterterrorism Section at FBI Headquarters working in the Strategic Information and
Operations Center during the Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1991, Mr. Powers was
transferred to the Boston Division and served as the Supervisor of the New England
Financial Institution Fraud Task Force (1991 to 1995), the Bank Robbery Task Force
0995 to 1997), and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (1997 to 2001). Prior to joining the
FBI, Mr. Powers, a Certified Public Accountant, was a staff accountant with a public
accounting firm. He is a graduate of Merrimack College.

Dr. Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.

Dr. Pfaltzgraff is President, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and Shelby Cullom
Davis Professor of International Security Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has held a visiting appointment as George C. Marshall
Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, and as Professor at the National
Defense College, Tokyo, Japan. He has advised key Administration officials on military
strategy, modernization, consequence management and counterproliferation issues, the

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Office of Homeland Security

Fact Sheet
Table of Contents:

Date Established
Authority
Management
Budget
Actions Taken to Date
References

DATE ESTABLISHED

September 20, 2001: President Bush announces the establishment of the Office
of Homeland Security, and the appointment of Pennsylvania Governor Tom
Ridge in his Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People.

"Today, dozens of federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local
governments, have responsibilities affecting homeland security. These efforts
must be coordinated at the highest level. So tonight I announce the creation of a
Cabinet-level position reporting directly to me ~ the Office of Homeland
Security. And tonight I also announce a distinguished American to lead this
effort, to strengthen American security: a military veteran, an effective
governor, a true patriot, a trusted friend - Pennsylvania's Tom Ridge.
(Applause.) He will lead, oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national
strategy to safeguard our country against terrorism, and respond to any attacks
that may come."

October 8, 2001: President Bush issues Executive Order 13228 Establishing

the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council.

October 8, 2001: Tom Ridge sworn in as the first Director of the Office of
Homeland Security.

March 21, 2002: Executive Order Establishing the President's Homeland

Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland
Security.

AUTHORITY

• Executive Order 13228 Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland
Security Council enumerates the mission and functions of the Office of Homeland Security.

• A summary of the President's Executive Order.

The President's mission for the Office of Homeland Security is "to develop and

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