Fauci Intelligence Community Release — page 4

Ww y to From: @nic.odci.gov> To: AFauci@niaid.nih.gov, @cdc.gov, @mail.rockefeller.edu Cc: @niaid.nih.gov, @nic.odci.gov Subject: NIC paper on SARS published Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:13:30 -0400 Importance: Normal Attachments: 56797book.pdf; ICA_SARS_FORMATTED_20_Aug.doc Dr. Fauci, Dr. , and Dr. : I would like to thank all three of you for reviewing the National Intelligence Council (NIC) paper on SARS, which just has been published. Each of you provided insightful comments which we incorporated into our final draft, and it is an honor to have folks of your stature and experience provide feedback on our work. The NIC has put increasing emphasis over the years on incorporating outside expertise to ensure that our analysis is as broad and relevant as possible, and we greatly appreciate the extra effort you take to help us cover such a tough issue as SARS. You should know that the paper was posted today on the NIC's public internet website at www.odci.gov/nic. Moreover, we are giving a simple head's up to a handful of journalists who work on health issues as to the existence of the SARS paper. As a result, we want to alert you to the possibility that some journalist may contact you with questions about the paper. The electronic version of the paper is attached below in both PDF and Microsoft Word formats. We are also mailing you the paper in hardcopy as well. FYI: no classified version of this paper was done. The NIC decided that, given the nature of the SARS threat and the efforts to respond, an open discussion of the dynamics and prospects was the most constructive way to go. Thank you again for your assistance. Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Global Issues National Intelligence Council PDF format version Microsoft word version (without 2 overside fold out graphics)