<< GX05201 >> OCT—03—2003 13:53 OVP P .01 GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT w 52 05 Cr. 394(ID) OFFICE OF TILE VJCE PRESIDENT Wasbington, D.C. 20501 FACSTh’IILE TPA~SMIS SION TO: The Honorable Bruce Swartz, Criminal Division, Department of Justice a: fax FROM: David S. Addington, Counsel tc~ the Vice President Tel. Fax DATE: October 3,2003 PAGES: 3 pages (including this page) NOTE: Mr. Swaiiz: Attached for your records is a copy of the e-mail I sent out on September 30, 2003 to the heads of components in the Office of the Vice President oonc~ming the preservation of documents. ocT ~ - - -  << GX05202 >> OCT—03-2003 13:53 017? P.02 AddingtOfl~ David S. Prom: Addington, David S. $ent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:37 PM To: Libby,Lewis; McGreth, Charles D.; Patel, Neil S.; Nuland, Victoria J.; Kuntz Carol R.: Martin, Catherine J.; O’Donnell, Claire M.; Wilmot, Daniel K; Kieppa, Elizabeth W.; Morris. Manson 0.; WoWI, Candida P.; Heiden, Debra; Field, Jennifer N. Subject: FW: IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP MESSAGE FROM THE COUNSEL. TO THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Please ensure that your staffs comply with the Instructions set forth below regarding preservation of documents and consult Courtney Etwood or me if you have any questions. —-—Original Message— From: POStrT~Ster Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:15 PM To: All EOP tisers@EOP Subjecb IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP ME~AGE FROM THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENTS OFFiCE IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP MESSAGE FROM COUNSEL’S OFFICE This comlnunicatlon is a follow-up to the directive I sent you this morning regarding the preservation of certain materials in the possession of the W:bite House, its staff, or its employees. ?ursuant to a request from the Department of Justice, I am instructing yew to preserve and maintain the following: “[Fbi the time period February 1, 2002 to the present, all documents, including without limitation all electronic records, telephone records of any kind (including but not limited to any records that memorialize telephone call; haying been made), correspondence, computer records, storage devices, notes, memoranda, and diary and calendar entries, that relate in any way to: 1. Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, his trip to Niger in February 2002, and/or his wife’s p~irported relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency 2. Contacts with any member or representative of the news media about Joseph C. Wilson, his trip to Niger in February 2002, and/or his wife’s purported relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency; and 3. Contacts with reporters Knut Royce, Tim6thy M. Phelps, or Robert D. Novak, or any individual(s) acting directly or indirectly, on behalf of these• teporters.” You must preserve all documents relating, in any way, directly or indirectly, to these subjects, even if there would be a question whether the document would.be a presidential or federal record or even if its destruction might otherwise be permitted. If you have any questions regarding any of the foregoing, please contact Associate Counsels Ted Ullyot or Raul Yanes in the Counsel to the President’s O±~ee. Alberto R. Gonzales 1  << GX05203 >> OCT—03—2003 13:53 OVP ~. 03 • Counsel to the President I.,’ I 2 TOTAL P.03