Douglas N. Greenburg to Gordon & Simmons, LLC:

Roger C. Simmons, Esq.
Gordon & Simmons, LLC

Dear Mr. Simmons:

I am writing on behalf of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the U.S., which is the independent government body charged with
investigating the facts and circumstances of the 9/11 attacks and making
recommendations to prevent similar attacks on this country.  I am part
of the team working on terrorist financing, including evaluating the
U.S. government's post-9/11 strategy to combat the financing of Al Qaeda
and other terrorist groups.  In this regard, we have looked at the
government efforts against your client, the Global Relief Foundation.
If you or any representative of GRF would like to raise any issues you
think would be relevant to the Commission's consideration of the U.S.
government's approach to combating terrorist financing, we would welcome
the opportunity to speak to you.


If you would be interested in speaking with us, please email or call me
to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

Douglas N. Greenburg
Counsel
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States





Gordon & Simmons, LLC to Douglas N. Greenburg:

Dear Mr. Greenburg:

    I am in receipt of your e-mail of yesterday's date pertaining to Global
Relief Foundation, Inc. ("GRF") and its experiences in the wake of the 9-11
tragedy.  I am certainly grateful for an opportunity to present GRF's point
of view and to relate my own personal experiences in representing this
Muslim charity in the wake of 9-11.  I believe that GRF has a unique story
to tell and can provide some insight that would be highly relevant to any
future efforts by our country to deal with terror or financing of terror
that should be considered.

    More than two years ago, GRF was put out of business and the organization
destroyed in its entirety without any public evidence of wrongdoing other
than having raised money for and delivering aid to Muslim populations in
dire need around the world.

    As we have discussed, I will appear at your office next Tuesday and
spend approximately an hour and a half with your representatives.
After you and your staff hear what I have to say, perhaps the whole
Commission will be interested in GRF's experiences.  Again, I appreciate
your personal willingness to hear the experiences of my client.  This comes at a
propitious time as we will soon be filing the latest round of briefs in the
Federal Court in Chicago in our efforts to finally get a day in court.

    If GRF were to be given an opportunity to be heard, the Commission would
hear of a wonderfully good-hearted organization that operated efficiently
and effectively to deliver benefits to needy populations in more than 20
countries around the world.  Because this organization was operated here in
the US, it created uniquely good public relations for the US in Muslim
populations around the world.  Conversely, the arbitrary destruction of GRF
in December 2001, sent a message to tens of thousands of US Muslims that
their monetary help in troubled areas around the world was not wanted, not
appreciated and was actually illegal.
 
    This tragedy for our country has been compounded by the fact that tens of
thousands of hours of FBI, Treasury, Justice and State Department personnel
time has been invested in sifting, unaided by GRF personnel, through thousands
of pages of documents which proved to be wholly wasted efforts because GRF
was never involved in aiding or financing terror in any form.

Sincerely,

Roger C. Simmons
 
 
 
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