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From: "Brennan, John B"

To: "Gabrielle Anderson1
Date: 8/16/02 10:50 AM
Subject: RE: CLASS Numbers

Here is the data I have gathered. As I have explained the .looking backward
for a comparison is difficult. The statistics we compile on a regular
periodic basis are not compatible with this task. \s for Data Sources the following list is accurate

of CLASS. The pass'port side of CLASS has HHS data on deadbeat dadsi and U.S.
Marshals data. The HHS data check has a legislative basis linked with
passport issuance. We now get NCIC Wanted Persons data which should cover
the same population as the Marshals Service data.

Current CLASS datasources:

FBI ..-7 9/11 Personal Privacy

INS
DEA
DOJ Office of Special Investigations
-TIPOFF
Interpol
-Customs
Intelligence Sources other than TIPOFF

—Original Message-
From: Gabrielle Anderson [mailtol
Sent: Tuesday. August 13.2002 1:21 PM
To:[
Subject: t-wd: ULASS Numbers

John,

Many thanks for your help over the phone last week. I wanted to check
if you had been able to pull some approximate CLASS numbers together for
us, as we'd discussed. We would like to incorporate them somehow into
our report, which we are finishing up by the end of this week. Please
let me know how it's coming along. Once acjain, I appreciate all your
assistance!

Many thanks!

Best,
Gabrielle

Gabrielle Anderson, Analyst

U.S. General Accounting Office
International Affairs & Trade
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Total CLASS Subject 12,111,160
Records ^rHD 5,846,000 £/£) v^

Total Searchable 18,788,373 N/A

items (Primes,
Aliases, multiple
DOBs and COBs)
Department of State 4,281,524 4,647,886 ff-^ v-r-
Visa Refusal Records
Lost/Stolen PPT 250,000 230,000 p/^A *•
Records ( includes
individual and
blocks of passports)
Terrorism Records •
TIPOFF 63,000 48,000 f-(t>) f
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3B 1,581 1,356 p_g) (
P3B 7,135 5,590 C-(8t \y
VGTOF 6,391 0 V-T'O
Law Enforcement
Records
r NCIC Wanted
NCIC Deported Felon
359,166
64,715
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S*\ {^ NCIC III 6,047,876 — -6— fL \\ ^
I r-k. ) DBA 170,567 N/A ^-'
Customs Serious 20,198 N/A
Violator
| INS Records 1,329,566 1,200,000 f-fy] \S

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From: "erennan, JoTJn B'

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"Gabrielle Anderson
8/16/02 3:32PM \I NCIC data is of cours
Subject: RE: CLASS Numbers

records from the FBI. National security lookouts based on FBI requests were
added on a case-by-case basis prior to 9/1 1 . This are found amongst other
"national security* lookouts coded DPT 00 in CLASS and cannot be \. The new FBI records are law enforcement/cr

records which we did not have before 9/1 1 .

The Customs "serious violator" data from TECS is also post 9/1 1
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\l of the other data sources were used pre 9/1

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The U.S. Marshals Service data is only in the passport database and was
never in the visa database. I don't know when it was added by passport, but
I think it was post 9/11.

—Original Message-— i-
From: Gabrielle Anderson [mailtq. J
Sent: Friday. August 16,2002 2:30 PM
ToL_ I
Subject: HE: ULASS Numbers
//9/11 Personal Privacy
John,

Thanks very much for getting us those figures! I understand that the
pre-9/11 numbers are estimates because you're unable to go back and pull
any exact numbers. But thank you for getting us some ballpark figures.

I have one additional question though. You gave us a list of current

CLASS data sources. Are these the same data sources that CLASS had
pre-9/11 ? I know that the NCIC records werenl in CLASS - but thfere was
a relatively small number of FBI records of some sort in CLASS, correct?
Also, was the Marshals Service data included in the visa lookout side
of CLASS pre-9/11? (I know it was included in the passport side but I
can't recall if you said it was in the visa side prior to 9/11.)

Again, many thanks!

Best, /
Gabrielle

Gabrielle Anderson, Analyst

U.S. General Accounting Office
International Affairs & Trade

>» "Brennan, John B" \2 10:49AM »>

Here is the data I have gathered. AS i nave explained the looking
backward
for a comparison is difficult. The statistics we compile on a regular
periodic basis are not compatible with this task.
"Gabrielle Anderson - RE: CLASS Numbers

As for Data Sources the following list is accurate for the visa lookout
side
of CLASS. The passport side of CLASS has HHS data on deadbeat dads and
U.S.
Marshals data. The HHS data check has a legislative basjs linked with
passport issuance. We now get NCIC Wanted Persons data which should
cover
the same population as the Marshals Service data.

Current CLASS datasources:

FBI
INS
DBA
DOJ Office of Special Investigations
TIPOFF
Interpol
Customs
Intelligence Sources other than TIPOFF

—Original Message—- r
From: Gabrielle Anderson [mailtoL
Sent; Tuesday. August 13. 2002 1:21 PM
To:l """J~l
Subject: Fwd: CLASS Numbers

John, \y thanks for your help over the phone last week. I wanted

if you had been able to pull some approximate CLASS numbers^together

for \, as we'd discussed. We would like to incorporate them
our report, which we are finishing up by the «nd of this week. Please
let me know how it's coming along. Once again, I appreciate all yipur
assistance!
Many thanks! \,

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—Original Message—-
From* Gabrielle Anderson [mail
Sent-. Wadnesriav. August 21 2002 10:27 AM
To:L \:::::::^
Subject: B^5 ' / 9/11 Personal Privacy

John, \e noticed a February 2002 cable in which Sta

have a Backup Namecheck System (BNS) out to all posts within 6 months. \e cable itself was to instruct consular officer

backup system if CLASS was offline.) We just wanted to inquire about \e status of BNS. What stage of developme

As always, many thanks for your assistance!

Best, \e

U.S. General Accounting Office

International Affairs & Trade

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