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National Joint Terrorism Task Force oe Immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, an ad hoc group of representatives ao. from federal agencies began meeting, sharing information, and working together in the a FB!s Strategic Information Operations Center (SIOC) at Headquarters. On July 18,2002, @ we formally created the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) to act as a liaison and condurt for information on threats and leads from FBI Headquarters to the local JTTFs 4 and to 38 participating agencies. The NJTTF now includes representatives from members q = of the Intelligence Community; components of the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, Treasury, Transportation, Commerce, Energy, State, and the Interior; : ae the City of New York Police Department: the Nuclear Regulatory Cammuission; Railroad Police, U.S. Capitol Police: and others. ee Be c oye All members are provided with access to the FBI intranet, including its interna! e-mail system, and to the FBI's investigative database for purposes of counterterrorism investigations. in turn, members provide access to their organizations’ respective databases. In addition, Daily Secure Video Conferences, coordinated by the National Security Council, are held within SIOC and attended by NJTTF members, ensuring that all member agencies of the NJTTF receive the latest threat briefings. The NJITTF also works with the FBI's Office of intelligence to coordinate inter-agency intelligence-gathering initiatives, such as the following: Foreign Flight Crew Vetting In September 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested assistance in vetting certain foreign flight crew members who have access to commercial aircraft cockpits while in U.S. airspace. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provided 6,200 names and dates of birth to the National Joint Terrorism Task Force. The NJTTF tan the names against a number of FBI and Intelligence Community databases and identified 184 possible matches The NJTTF then assembled members from several federal agencies to review the findings and to determine if any possible matches posed a threat to aviation using the TSA’s baseline for a “No Fly List" candidate. After a thorough review, 25 names were placed on the "No Fly" list. Maritime Initiatives The NJTTF is spearheading the Maritime Threat Project - a multi-agency, cooperative effort to prevent or disrupt potential maritime attacks The Maritime Threat Project consolidates information on suspicious activities — such as persons conducting surveillance around ports — and forwards appropriate leads to local JTTFs and other agencies for additional investigation. As a part of this Maritime Threat Project, for example, the NJTTF sent leads to all JTTFs with instructions for them to canvass diving schools in their areas to identify suspicious activity and potential leads. A related effort is “Operation Drydock,” in which the Coast Guard Investigative Service and the NJTTF collaborated to identify and appropriately respond to national security concerns related to merchant marine documents and licenses This initiative addresses the use of fraudulent credentials by individuals seeking to work aboard commercial Ships, and recently identified 11 individuals with ties to terrorist erganizations. 14 - Misc boc. #5