<< GX50801 >> MENT I EXHIBIT Isesi OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT I~~ID) WAS H IN GTD N • (Unclassified When Separated from Classified Enclosures) March 5, 2004 Inspector Jobn C. Eckenrode Federal Bureau of Investigatioi~ 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW - Room 7847 Washington, D.C. 20535 Tel Dear Inspector Eckenrode: Re: Letter from Deputy Assistant Attorney General iBruce C. Swartz to David Addington, Counsel to The Vice President, dated December 16, 2003 This letter forwards documents numbered 007261 through 007267 that m~y be responsiye to the above-cited letter. The above-cited letter requested “[t]o the ~extent not already produced, all handwritten notes of I. Lewis Libby and Catherine 1. Martin for the following dates: May 6 tbrough.May 10, 2003; June 1 through June 15, 2003;July4 through July25, 2003; July28 through July 29, 2003; and September 27 through October 13, 2003;” among other things. The enclosed documents are from the files of Lewis Libby and were given to me today. In my judgment, the enclosed documents contain national security information classified or • classifiable under Executive Order 12958, as amended on March 25, 2003, and may include information concerning intelligence sources and methods protected by law (50 U.S.C. 403- 3(c)(7)). I request that you handle the enclosed documents in the same manner as classified national security information and that you ask an a~encv with the appropriate subject matter interest and classification authority to determine the classification of the information (see section • 1.3(e) of Executive Order 12958). The enclosed documents include materials that reflect communications to or from the Vice President or the ~‘resident. To preserve the effective functioning of the Presidency and the Vice • Presidency, the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Presidential Records Act, afford substantial protection for the confidentiality of such.materials. In the context of responding to the Department of Justice letter cited above, I am producing the full text of such materials to you. I ask that you restrict access to pages with items that reflect communications to - or from the Vice President or the President to the maximum extent practicable consisteht with LLOO5-09487 << GX50802 >> 2 your judgment of the needs of your inyestigation, so as to minimize the intrusion into the effective functioning of the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. The enclosed documents are ftrrnished for the limited purpose ofassisting in the investigation you are conducting and on condition of confidentiality. They remain Vice Presidential executive records under the Presidential Records Act, and I request that you retum them when the purpose for which they are furnished is satisfied. The documents are furnished reserving all legal authorities and privileges that apply, including with respect to other governmental entities or private parties. David S. Addmgto Counsel to th8 Vice President LLOO5-09488