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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. 20535
October 2, 2018
MR. JOHN GREENEWALD JR. SUITE 1203 27305 WEST LIVE OAK ROAD CASTAIC, CA 91384
FOIPA Request No.: 1353931-000 Subject: WIESEL, ELIEZER
Dear Mr. Greenewald:
The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA), Title 5, United States Code, Section 552/552a. Below you will find check boxes under the appropriate statue headings which indicate the types of exemptions asserted to protect information which is exempt from disclosure. The appropriate exemptions are noted on the enclosed pages next to redacted information. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted to indicate where pages were withheld entirely and identify which exemptions were applied. The checked exemptions used to withhold information are further explained in the enclosed Explanation of Exemptions:
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59 preprocessed pages are enclosed. To expedite requests, preprocessed packages are released the same way they were originally processed. Documents or information originating with other Government agencies that were originally referred to that agency were not referred as part of this release.
In accordance with standard FBI practice and pursuant to FOIA exemption (b)(7)(E) and Privacy Act exemption (j)(2) [5 U.S.C. § 552/552a (b)(7)(E)/(j)(2)], this response neither confirms nor denies the existence of your subject's name on any watch lists.
For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). See 5 U.S. C. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the Explanation of Exemptions.
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David M. Hardy Section Chief Record/Information Dissemination Section Information Management Division
Enclosures
For your information, a search of the indices to our Central Records System reflected there were additional records potentially responsive to your /Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request. We have attempted to obtain this material so it could be reviewed to determine whether it was responsive to your request. We were advised that the potentially responsive records were not in their expected location and could not be located after a reasonable search. Following a reasonable waiting period, another attempt was made to obtain this material. This search for the missing records also met with unsuccessful results.
Enclosed are 2 main files and 5 cross-references which are identifiable with the subject of your request. Cross-references are defined as mentions of the subject of your request in files to other individuals, organizations, events, or activities. In processing the cross-references, the pages considered for possible release included only those pages which mention the subject of your request and any additional pages showing the context in which the subject of your request was mentioned. The cross-reference pages were processed pursuant to the provisions of the FOIA and are being released to you in redacted form.
A search of the FBI Headquarters electronic surveillance indices has been conducted, and no responsive record which indicates that Eliezer Wiesel has ever been the target of electronic surveillance was located.
Release of responsive records will be made to the FBI’s FOIA Library (The Vault), http:/vault.fbi.gov, in the near future.
The enclosed documents represent the final release of information responsive to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request.
This material is being provided to you at no charge.
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ladvised that approximately two years ago, he was advised as thel lfor WPP, that WPP had received a letter from the Committee of Jewish Remembrance in regards to WPP, DeBeers Diamonds and the Holocaust. A few of WPP's clients through J Walter Thompson, including Pfizer Inc., had also recieved letters. I lbelieves the first correspondence is a letter dated November 3, 1998. I lactvised that security advisors, ired to investigate. I I advised that WPP d not resyon~ tf the commjttee of Jewish b6 stated that he believes b7C pon ed to the Comm1ttee and sent a letter to ~~~~~~~~~~~I ladvised that a response to the letter was received in the form of a response typed in the corner of the original letter sent by Pfizer. At this time in the interview, ~~--~lproduced a copy of this letter/response dated May 2, 2001 and numerous other copies of documents maintained byl lin regards to this matter. (Copies are being maintained in a FD-340 within this file.)
advised told an acquaintance of his at his synagogue, who is a friend of ELIE WIESEL, that W SEL's na e g used in a letter and on a complaint against allegedly filed in California.
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WIESEL was c::J s sequently shown a copy of a letter from the Committee of Jewish Remembrance allegedly signed by "ELIE WIESEL" and a copy of a complaint against DeBeers allegedly filed by WIESEL, by I I and stated that the documents and his signature were forgeries. WIESEL advised that he had no affiliation with the Committee of Jewish Remembrance and had never heard of this b6 Committee untill ~brought it to his attention. WIESEL b7C stated that he had not filed a law suit against DeBeers Diamonds. At this time in the interview, WIESEL was shown a copy of a letter addressed tol ldated January 20, 2001 and signed from "ELIE WIESEL." WIESEL advised that the signature was not his and that the letterhead on which the letter was typed on was not his letterhead. WIESEL was asked if he was familiar with the addresses WIESEL advised that he b6 WIESEL was asked if he was familiar with an b7C individuals named WIESEL advised that he was unfamiliar a o the names until they were brought to his attention regarding the above mentioned letters. At this time, JIESEL was shown a black and white photographl and asked if he recognized the individual in the photograph. WIESEL Invcstiption on __...;..:....;~~;;;.._6/11/01 __ _;at New York, New York File# 9B-SD-63470 -5C\ Date dictated b6 by SA b7C This doc:umeot comains neitber recommendations nor collclusions of die FBI. It is lbe property of lbe FBI and is loaned to your aaency; it and ill C0111C11D are not to be: cliiCribumd OUIIide your 8JeDCY • C\ ~ ,.... " n ~ lU....X ,.~C.~'4~'f t11 ------·· · --~· - FD·302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 9B-SD-63470 Continuation of PD-302 of Elie Wiesel :On 6/11/01 ,Page __2__ ------advised that he did not recognize the photograph. WIESEL advised that he could also be reached through his office at Boston University where he is a professor. His b6 b7C secretary isl Land the telephone number there is I ------··- ·-··· 0-93 (Rev. 4-26-78) 19X~Mrl~i:..~r:1~17 O:t .D\1J$7E:b~ ~~l $F1072~PP B_S NY~~-~ _HQ rl1072 0762130~YU~P 1_42129Z_ MA_R 86 b6 ;· s·;::l:ri ;-1 ::r.:: ~--v·------~ b7C FM FM DIRECTOR FBI {161-18248} TO TO FBI BOSTON PRIORITY I r:BI NEW YORK PRIORITY ~~tV~ 14• BT p~ ~.>---- UNCLAS SPECIAL INQUIRY-EXPANDED NAME CHECK; BUDED: '"Jf:.--1'-'"----- FAIL. {B} :,, ~~ 10. BUREAU HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONDUCT EXPEDITE EXPANDED I '-' I ::: ~A.ME CHECK OF WIESEL FOR PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER, sLU.N.IJED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL. BORN SEPTEMBER 30, 1928, IN SIGHET, ROMANIA, RESIDES 200 64TH. STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IS EMPLOYED ANDREW w. MELLON PROFESSOR OF THE HUMANITIES, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 4 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND HAS SSAN 116-32-1398. . RECEIVING OFFICES CHECK INDICES AND ELSUR FILES BASED UPON ~ :f.A_V_A.I.LAB.L.E_lN.E...O_~.tlAli.O_N_CO_N_C.EB.NI.N.G __ A.F.le..O_I N.IE.E_,_If_U_T..I lJ.Z lN_G_f:1AJ_ 0_1~"-. ~ I ''"""' . '"1'" . .,, .. "' .. . ,. • . "'" ''""" .., ., .• , .. . •. . ·. t '--<:~.... J \..: ,<; __ ;,._,;;o;~_.::,.j\':._'/.~ _;,j_;:.."·:-.. ..-. :-:; ~<.--: r ! A~'~-:.- ,~ ~------· 1 . ______. 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I SPIN I I : I ,1- ' 0 :_ I I ' / . ..- 4-22 (Rev. 5-2-85) •. . -.y • FEDERAL BUREAU O.VESTIGATION Records/Operatio s Sections 3/!f '19~ Typ~f Search Requested: (Check One) rn' All References (Security & Criminal) 0 Security Search fl. A 0 "' 4 "gSf"'" 0 Criminal Search ~~! · \,;\ .1. \ 0 0 Main References Only Scope of Search: (Check One) 0 Restricted Search (Active Index- "5 & 20) 0 /Restricted Search (Active & Inactive Index - 5 & 30) ~ Unrestricted (Active & Inactive Index) Special Instructions: (Check One) 0 Exact Name Only (On the Vose) 0 Buildup ~ Variation 0 Restricted to of .., .....-oA'7 SERIAL ;;l">\l~ flo - .. ~·. l;jlH! Ill :.J r~~ bH J30. /J./J A .. -·~/'( ·1 A "; 18BR· ""-';;.., 1 I l /11) J ~f -.;~/ . ,·; .. .. r I' THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 12, 1986 (Date) TO: 1 rB1 liAISON ,•, ~ t b6 I"!!IH: b7C L....------..!~ . ~~q SUBJECr: ni IDveatigatiOII.S }lfl t..L J/11/\ ~~ ~ ~6 \) (? dlj\ ) ~-\ WIESEL, ELIE (SS#: 116-32-1398) Subject's Name ------9/30/28 Place of Birth Sighet, Romania Date of Birth ------Present Address 200 East 64th St., New York, NY 10021 We request: ------Copy of Porevioua lleport: ____X _,_ .Expanded Nane Oledt ------Name. Check ---...... ----- Full Field Inveatigatioa NO IllS TO l'BI ------IJmited Update The peraoa named above is being considered for: ------White House Staff Poa1tioa X ------Presidential Appobtmn.t BAS£0 UPON INFORMATION FUnNISHiftt Atcachments: ASEARCH OF THE IDENTIFICATION . DIVISION FilES FAilf.D TO DIS~LOSI ., 2 ------SF 86 .! ' ANY lDEUTIF!ABl..E lHfOm,~ATIOU, ------~ ~? 87 • Fingerprint Card MAR 1 7 1986 ·~~ aemarks/Special Instructions: EXPANDED N,AME CHECK Business address: Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Boston University 745 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Phone numbers: 617-353-4566 business 212-371-7018 home United States Holocaust Memorial Council Af(L .. , ~I s fa<6 b6 THE WHITE HOUSE b7C WASHINGTON March 12·, 1986 (Date) TO: rBI, LIAISON b6 b7C SUBJEC'r: PBI IDveat~aatioaa ~~ WIESEL, ELIE N'' \ (SS#: 116-32.,-1398) Subject's Name------~------9/30/28 Place of Birth Sighet, Romania Date of Birth ------Present Address 200 East 64th St., New York, NY 10021 We request: ------Copy of Previous Report ___x___ Expanded Nane 01edt ------Name Cheek -----....----Pull Field Investigation NO IllS TO FBI ------Lfmited Update The peraoa named above ia being coua~dered for: ------White House Staff Poaitioa X ------Presidential Appointment Attachments: ------SF 86 .! 2 ------S? 87 • Fingezt>riut Carel SF 86, Sut:-"'Pleirent Remarks/Special Instructions: EXPANDED NAME CHECK Business address: Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Boston University 745 Commonwealth Ave. Bosto~, MA 02215 ...... ; Phone numbers: 617-353~4566 business 212-371-7018 home United States Hdlocaus.t~·Memorial Council • , : MAR 14 198~ r ELIE WIESEL ~ -... --. · Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities University Professor, and Professor of Religion Boston University 745 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Personal: Biith Date, September 30, 1928. Married,~ I b6 I II I b7C Until 1944: Sighet, Transylvania. 1944-1 45: Birkenau, Auschwitz, Monowitz, Buchenwald. 1945-1946: Paris. 1956-present: New York City. Education: the Sorbonne. Journalist: Israeli, French and American newspapers. 1972-1976: Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, City Co~lege, City University of New York. 1982-83: Henry Luce Visiting Scholar in the Humanities and Social Thought, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University. Public Service: - Chairman, United States President's Commission on the Holocaust - Chairman, United States Holocaust Memorial Council - Member, Board of Directors: National Committee on American Foreign Policy Member, Board of Governors : · ' Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies Ben-Gurion University _of the Negev Haifa University Tel-Aviv University Bar-Ilan University -Member, Board of Trustees: Yeshiva University - _Member, Board of Directors: Hebrew Arts School, HUMANITAS - Honorary Chairman: National Jewish Resource Center - Colleague, Cathed-::-al of St. John the Divine - Member of the Jury, 1984 Neustadt International Prize for Lite~ature Acader.1ic and Professional Honors: Jewish Theological Seminary: Doctor of Letters honoris causa Hebrew Union College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris ca~sa Yeshiva University: Doctor of. Humane Letters honoris causa Manhattanville College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Spertus College of Judaica: Doctor of Hebrew Letters honoris causa Bar-Ilan University: Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa Boston University: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Hofstra Uriiversity: Doctor of La~s honoris causa Talmudic University of Florida: Doctor of La~s honoris causa Marquette University: Doctor of Letters honoris causa Yale University: Doctor of Letters honoris causa Kenyon College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Hobart/William Smith Colleges: Doctor of Letters honoris causa Emory University: Do~91~· ~ H~?-P~.fLe~ters h<:>noris ::a;Jsa Sirmnons College: 1 I ,..j....do)f M " ~ ..Wt;,e,r!cttz~rv~ honor 1 s c a,_; s a Wesleyan University: / ~ ~~6~~~ bf HUba~e~tetters honoris ::ausa ~uf(ft-~~11 P\051 '~- Florida International r,'S{\·~~~V.;)IWI ~~lk . Doctor of Humane Letters honor1s causa ! .. _..-- 1 •• ELIE IO:IESEL Page 2 Academic and Professional Honors (continued) : Siena Heights College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa College of St. Scholasti.ca: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Anna Maria College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Brandeis University: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris caus·a University of Notre Dame: Doctor of Laws honoris causa Fairfield University: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Dropsie College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Moravian College: Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa Colgate University: Doctor of Humane Letters Fionoris causa Awards: Eleanor Roosevelt Award, New York UJA American Liberties Medallion, American Jewish Committee Martin Luther King Medallion, City College of New York Faculty Distinguished Scholar Award, Hofstra University Phi Beta Kappa Scopus Award, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jewish Heritage Award, Haifa University Prix Bordin de l'Academie Fran£aise First Herzl Literary Award First International Remembrance Award First Jewish Heritage Award, B'nai B'rith Two National Jewish Book Council Awards First David Ben-Gurion Award, National UJA Governor's Award, Shaarei Tzedek Avoda Award, Jewish Teachers' Association Rambam Award Prix Medicis of France Memorial Award, New York Society of Clinical Psychologists Citation, Religious Education Association Myrtle Wreath Award, Hadassah Humanitarian Award, B'rith Sholom First Spertus International Award Ingram Merrill Award Liberty.Award, HIAS Joseph Prize for Human Rights, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai s·~:~~ Presidential Citation, New York University Inaugural Award for Literature, Israel Bonds Prime Minister's Concittee Shazar Award of the State of Israel International Kaplun Foundation Award, Hebrew University of Jer~salem American-Israeli Friendship Award Fellow, Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences Jabotinsky Medal, State of Israel Prix Livre-Inter 1980 (France) for Le Testament d'un poete iu1: 3ssassin Bourse Goncourt 1980 (France) for Le Testament d un poete jui: assassine Prix des Bibliothequaires (France) for Le Testanent d 'un poete j·...:~: assassine International Literary Prize for Peace, 1983, Royal Academy of 3e:~ium First Jordan Davidson Humanitarian Award, Florida International ~':". ~ ·..rersi Literary Lions Award, New York Public Library Fellow, Timothy Dwight College, Yale University Le Grand Prix de la Litterature de la ville de Paris for Le Cinguierne Fi ···;:·.. ·ee r ELIE WIESEL _.. ?. .;_ge 3 Awards (continued) : Anatoly Scharansky Humanitarian Award Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur, France Congressional Gold Medal, awarded unanimously by.~he Senate and the. House of Representatives, on April 16, ~984 Distinguished Writers Award, Lincolnwood Library First Chancellor Joseph H. Lookstein Award, Bar-Ilan University Books Published: Night, a memoir (1960). ( Dawn, a novel (1961) The Accident, a novel (1962) The Town Beyond the Wall, a novel (1964) The Gates of the Forest, a novel (1966) The Jews of Silence, a personal testimony (1966) Legends of Our Time, essays and stories (1968) A Beggar in Jerusalem, a novel (1970) One Generation After, essays and stories (1971) Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of the Hasidic Masters (1972) The Oath, a novel (1973) Ani Maamin, a cantata (1973) Zalmen, or the Madness of God, a play (l975) Messengers of God: Portraits and Legends of Biblical Heroes (1976) Four Hasidic Masters, more portraits and legends (19782 A Jew Today, essays, stories and dialogues (19782 The Trial of God, a play (1979) . ' The Testament, a novel.(l980) Images from the Bible (1980) Five Biblical Portraits (1981) Somewhere a Master, more Hasidic tales (19822 Paroles d'etranger, essays, stories and dialogues (19.82} The Golem, the retelling of a legend (19.831 Le Cinguierne Fils, a novel (1983) Writings Performed: Ani Maamin (Music by Darius Milhaud) was performed at Carneg:..e :-a ••. 197 Zalmen was produced by Hab imah Theatre, Israel; Nouvelle Cor:e.: ~e. ? .:.xis; Arena State Theatre, Washington, D.C.; in Boston, Phi:a=e:::-:ia, Montreal, Toronto and Germany. It was broadcast over ::-:e :~a tiona Educational Television Network. •.•"!o~ ' : ·' .. ~~ '· .: .. , ELIE WIES£t, · Page 4 Writings Performed (continued) : The Trial of God was performed in 1981 in Paris, Avignon, Aix-en Provence, Creil, Verdun, and in a Norwegian production at the ·National Theatre, Oslo . . In August 1983: San Miniato International Theater Festival, Italy; in May 1984: Rome Books on Elie Wiesel: Elie Wiesel, A Bibliography, Molly Abramowitz (Scarecrow Press : 1974) Conversations with Elie Wiesel, Harry James Cargas (Paulist Press: 197 Confronting the Holocaust: The Impact of Elie Wiesel, editors Alvin Rosenfeld and Irving Greenberg (Indiana University .Press: 1979) Wiesel and the Holocaust. John Responses to Elie Wiesel, editor Harry James Cargas (Persea Books:l979 The Vision of the Void, Theological Reflections on the Works of Elie . Wiesel, Michael Berenbaum (Wesleyan University Press: 1979) Face to Face, Robert McAfee Brown, Harry James Cargas (Anti-Defamatior. League Publications, pp. 22-37: 1978) Elie Wiesel, Ted L . Estess (Ungar: 1980) Le Rire dans l'univers tragi ue d'Elie Wiesel , Joe Friedemann Liorairie Nizet , Paris: Elie Wiesel: Witness for Life, Ellen N. Stern (Ktav Publishing : 1982) of Ni ht: The Literar Universe of Elie Wiesel, .Ellen S . Fine . tate University o New Press: El ie Wiese 1 : Messenger to a 11 Humanity, Rob ere McAfee Brown ( l:~ i ·.·er:s it o! Notre Dame Press: AprTT 19.83) (. ' F' OIIM "xJ IO 110/801 qiP~~ TO: ¥'?\' Room 3050 TL 23r b7E Room 4166 TL 232 Room 4997 TL ·"114 Room . 7233 TL 243 Wanted & CCH Files Attn: NADDIS b6 b7C FROM: SPECIAL INQUIRY Room 5161 TL 233 ~ • I SUBJECT: £!-;~ .~LI.t: ~£ L I , SPIN, BUDED: . :5/;{D [?b The Bureau has been ·'requested to conduct an expedite investigation of the above-captioned subject, who is being · considered for an unspecified Presidential appointment. The indicated unit is requested to check appropriate indices based upon available information concerning subject, emplo}rment, and all clos~ relatives. It is requested that the results of your checks, positive or negative., be indicated in the spaces provided below, and r~layed to the Special Inquiry Unit (SPIN), Room 5161, 'i'L 233, via routing ~Hip - marked- "URGENT", on or before BUDED. SUbject is desctib•d as follows: ¢~- . ·: - (' Name: DOB: POB: SSAN: Current Employment: Result Relationship Name DOB Residence Check conducted by~~~~ r te · · .~ ~ +. TO: OCIS Room 3050 TL 231 ·4~6.6 g;:;( b7E 4997 TL 1!4 ::::> c:Sa~ :;:oom 7233 TL T2 3 Wanted & CCH Files Attn: I I b6 NADDIS b7C FROM: SPECIAL INQUIRY Room 5161 TL 233 _ SUBJECT: £ "--!k ULI.{' ~£ L , SPIN, ·BUDED: .5/,;~'tl [?b The Bureau has been requested to conduct an expedite investigation of the above-captioned subject, who is being considered for an unspecified Presidential appointment. The indicated unit is requested to check appropriate indices based upon available information concerning subject, emplo¥rnent, and all close relatives. It is requested that the results of your checks, positive or negative, be indicated in the spaces provided below, and relayed to the Special Inquiry Unit (SPIN), Room 5161, TL 233, via routing slip marked "URGENT", on or before BUDED. Result Name: DOB: POB: SSAN: Current Employment: Result Relationship Name DOB Residence I b6 Check condudted by b7C -~ .) .. . . r TO: Room 3050 TL 231·- Room 4166 TL 232 b7E Room 4997 TL 114 Room-7•2.... 3<3 'l\E.-2.4.3 .)~'Iii Wanted & CCH Files NADDIS b6 b7C FROM: SPECIAL INQUIRY Room 5161 TL 233 1. SUBJECT: £l-/k ULL/(S£ L I SPIN, The Bureau has been requested to conduct an expedite investigation of the above-captioned subject, who is being considered for an unspecified Presidential appointment. The indicated unit is requested to check appropriate indices based upon available information concerning subject, emplo¥rnent, and all close relatives. It is requested that the results of your checks~ positive or negative, be indicated in the spaces provided below, and relayed to the Special Inquiry Unit (SPIN), Room 5161, TL 233, ~\ routing slip marked "URGEN. T", on or before BUDED. ~-Subject is described as follows: ~'~- Name: 0-.ti; riGS~}.__ ;VC.:£C.. --~4"- ~\~ gg:~ JIJSj!i;iJia \'r SSAN: C,_(_/J--- - Current Employment: Result Relationship Name DOB Residence Check conducted by ~ - I; . '. • · I •f: 't ...... ~- '"" ISP THE WHITE HOUSE • cLASS~SRC•D- = WASHINGTON SF.a ? ~-- _ .. March 6 1991 (Date) '1'0: FBI, LIAISON FROM: b6 b7C SUlUEC!': FBI Investigations Subject 1 s Hlllll.eA.SEL, ELIE (NMN) SSN: 116-32-1398 Dat:.e of Birth 09/30/28 Place of Birth__ ....:;;:;S.-i,Qg..,.h""'e.:;;.t~, .... R~ ·o::;.:m~a::.:n.:.;1::;.:;.a~--- Present:. Address 200 East 64th Street, New York, NY . 10021 We request: Copy of Previous Repo~ ------Name Check X Expanded Name Check Full Field Investigation Level I Level II Level I I I ------Limited Update ------Other The person named above is being considered for: ------White House Staff Position X* Presidential Appointment ------*PA - NOT FOR SENATE CONFIRHATION Attachments: SF 86 SF 87, Fingerprint Card SF 86, Supplement ---- ... ) .,, .. ---. Remarks/Special Instructions: PA US Holocaust Memorial Council (REAPPOINTMENT) ·• • INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO, 1990-91 WIESEL. Elic: American author. b. 30 Sept. 1928, Sighet. Romania; s. of Shlomo Wiesel and Sarah (Feig) Wiesel: m. Marion E. Rose 1969; one s.; <·d. Surbonne. Paris: Distinguished Prof. Col!. of City of New York 1972-76; Andrf:'w Mellon Prof. in Humanities. Boston Univ. 1976-: Prix Rivarol l~lfl-4. JP\\ish Heri~ge Award 1965. Remembrance Award 1965, Prix Medicis 1968. Prix Bardin (Acad. Fran~aise) 1972, Eleanor Roosevelt !\lcmorial Award 1972. American Liberties Medallion. American Jewish Comm. 1H72. !\1artin Luther King Jr. Award (Call. of City of New York) 1~73. faculty Distinguished Scholar Award, Hofstr-.1 Univ. 1973-74, Nobel l't•acl· Prize 198fi; recipient of numerous hon. degrees. Publications: Night 1! 1!>0. 0<1\\'Tl 1961. The Accident 1962, The Town Bevond the Wall 1964, Tiw Gates of th~ forest 1966. The Jews of Silence 1966, Legends of Our Time 1968. A Beggar in Jerusalem 1970, One Generation After 1971, Souls on fire 1972. The Oath 1973, Ani Ma.amin, Cantata 1973. Zalmen or the :\ladness of God (play) 1975, Messengers of God 1966, A Jew Today 1978, Four Hasidic :\la...;tcrs 1978, The Trial of God 1979, Le Testament d'un Po~:te Juif A:o:o:assine 1980 (Prix Line-Inter 1980. Prix des Bibliothequaires H15ll. fin.• Biblical Portraits 1981, Somewhere a Master: Further Tales of tht:- Hasidic ~l Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. 20535-0001 March 29, 2006 ELIE WIESEL Captioned individual, who you advised was born September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Transylvania, with Social Security Account Number 116-32-1398, was the subject of favorable expanded name checks conducted by the FBI in 1986 and 1991. The records of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division were not searched regarding Wiesel, as anyone born before 192-9 will no longer be searched in CJIS. FBI files and appropriate computer data bases contain no additional pertinent information identifiable with captioned individual based upon background information furnished in connection with this name check request. b6 ~ :1 I mt/b b7C NOTE:. Per request froml White House Counsel's Office (PAS) . ~------~ DELIVERED BY LIAISON ·~~006 V)-/ol,I/UIJ Tllh lO:Zl FAX 212 838 4149 FEB 0 2 2006 THE WHITE HOUSB •• • Washington Date 02/01/06 (Fof White House;: usc;: only) T.o: Pede~ Bureau oflnve~5tlgntion Attn: ~ Nattunnl No.me Check Program Unit (Room 63S7) 0 Contractor and Other Government Agency Procllssing Unit (Rootn l 0861) From: The Office ofthe Counsel to the President Subject's full name Elie Wiesel ------~------Other names used (in~luding blrtb, prior mllrried, ~nd nicknames}------ Social Security Number 116-32.~1398 Date of binh 09/30/28 Place of birth Slghat. Transylvania Permanent addr Current employer(s) Boston University SUB.JECT'S CONSl£NT: I hereby authorize the FBI to provide tile information Spllcified below to the White llouse- • a.r y}~) 4 ¢.It/()~r 1 · (Bob,loot'• Si~;n.w"') (Dlltc) Request of FBI (Use ofthis form to request information developed by the FBI or contamed in FBI files requires the subject's consent. Exceptions will only be permitted as authorized by the Attorney General/Deputy Attomey General.) · ~Name check (NNCPU) 0 Copy of previous report (NNCPU) D Expanded name check (COGAPU) D Full field investigation (COGAFU) D Levell 0 Level 2 0 Level 3 0 Level 4 0 S~yeaT reinvestigation (COGAPU) D Level 2 D Level 3 0 Limjted update investigation (COGAPU) In responeto ycurl~uett'i~ .... * D Other (~;pecify) ------,----~----_:_--:---~tr~.-:.~~=.. ~~*'~·~h~edQ,~J~m~~~~:v--::".- ~Fe which may re~. , The.... ayplicant is being considered for: w the subject of your mquuy ~ Presidential appointment D Position requiring Senate confirmation 0 White House staff position 0 Access: 0 Detailee/other government employee 0 Contractor D Intern D Volunteer 0 Presidential recognition 0 Othet(~ecuy) ______~-~~------~ Attacbm~nts: 0 SF-H6 0 SF-86 Supplement 0 Fingerprint Card 0 Other ______ ~;::i~ructions: !Y/tf!lbtr., Ufliftd f1Pfts /tDJOt(lUJI D'ltmoti/11 {Otl11til · I certifY, subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, that the above is soughtfor official purposes only and I understand that obtaining this information under false pretenses or any unauthorized disclosure may be a violatio~ ofthe Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a. Requested by: b6 b7C This request has been reviewed aud approv~d by the e. Approved by~ .•,. • . .. ··.·· · •· • ******************************************************************************* ** 02/03/06 NAME CHECK Run 1 Page 1 ** ** 08:54:08 * * * s p E c I A L * * * User # ** ** Subject: ** ** Search: WIESEL,ELIE ** ** Agency: WHITE HOUSE/OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION ** ** CIDN TFH1106684 ** ** ** ** RETURN TO .. : ** ** SUPERVISOR ROOM EXT ** ** ** ** FILE REVIEW: R# PROD UTD ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * r*': ~;* l*i *:* *r*·t·*·* * * * * * * SEARCH DOB : 0 9-3 0 -19 2 8 SEARCH soc : . t u tJ J ZUUb * * **RULES ...... : SP,N,A,N,Y,N,A,N,N REASON CODE: ** ******************************************************************************* WEISEL, ELIE NO TEXT ?J/9-f)tJ.pP{:J ,rl_ ~~~~~~/-;E9/2001 /''!--- '( 58A7NY-278417-302,. ._.;_ R SERIAL: 110;193P4 \ ~-Cl-a·~~~---~~:-~~t be zero. * ;,------·----- ...... _ Entry date: 05/02/2002~- ~58A-NY-278440-302 __ -~ R SERIAL: 76P4;77P8 * Class may not be zero.. --- * ,'--...... --~-- ... _.,.___ ,. _, ... -- ..... -~-~-~ y;:::Ene:ty date: 08/2\3/2002 1 I) R SERIAL: D .-----*-Class mayyot be zero. l • ' * " l~t ry..-dafe-r io-!1072oo3~ U~[ I __ / R SERIAL: b3 b7E '\1: Ci-a·s-s-ma1-r_no_t_l:;l_e_ze-r-o . ',_ WIESEL, ELIE NO TEXT 1 ( [:ntry date : 12/15/1997 y~s 100-o R SERIAL: 46215 * Class may not be zero. * Entry date: 03/19/1986 BS 161B-7206 * Class may not be zero. * Entry date: 03/08/1991 ~ ~\JJ 161B-HQ-23964 (BS) .\ Entry date: 11/19/1997 174C-BS-C81750 R SERIAL: 2 t.Entry date: 10/02/1998 ~·yHQ 44-0 R SERIAL: 94683 Entry date: 05/20/1997 62F-HQ-1077231 R SERIAL: 11715 ***** *********************************************************************** ** ** ******************************************************************************* 0 • ****************************~************************~********************* ** 02/03/06 NAME CHECK Run 1 Page 2 ** ** 08:54:08 * * * S P E C I A L * * * User # ** ** Subject: ** ** Search: WIESEL,ELIE ** ** Agency: WHITE HOUSE/OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION ** ** CIDN TFH1106684 ** ** ** ********l************************~********************************************** "'~~]Entry date: 07 i14/1987 \vYHQI _ R SERIAL:_1 1_ . \~/Entry date: 11/23/1966 ~~ HQ 100-3-104-5 R SERIAL: 218 HQ ~Entry date; 01/05/1973 J)1 I R SERIAL: ~ * MORE THAN 1 SECTION/SERIAL FOUND FOR CASE. *· * SECTION 1 OF FILE CHARGED OUT TO ON 0 b3 b7E * * PHONE: ROOM: BLDG: * ~ Entrv ctate, ojl11 /1975 R SERIAL: ._I______. Entry date: 10/31/1986 (r#J HQ 161-18248 R SERIAL: 2466;2009 HQ * FILE IS CHARGED OUT TOI I oN 20060201 * * PHONE: I I ROOM: 6387 BLDG: JEH b6 * * FILE IS CHARGED OUT TO ON 20060201 b7C * * PHONE: I I ROOM: 6387 BLDG: JEH * t~) Entry date: 03/07/1991 ~ HQ 161-23964 ~Y- Entry date: 10/03/1995 ~-ME 44-0 ----· ..... ------· ·----~ .. ~ .. R.. S.E~L: 1575P1; ME ~ ~ -- ~0 ~------~try date: 04/24/2001 ~w 58A-NY-278417-3_0_2 R SERIAL: BOPB;B~-~:-;2~ ~Entry date: 10/21/2005 R SERIAL: ~~I I b3 _{.Entry. date: 01/29/1987 b7E rvYoc 1oo-o . R SERIAL: 6113; OC / Entry~--- ~~- 9B-SD-63470 1 R SERIAL: 24P2;25;59 / r ./' *****'************************************************************************** ** ** ******************************************************************************* FD-36 (Rev. 8-29-85) ·-/"·• FBI f (' TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: cLicATION• 0 Teletype \ 0 Immediate 0 TOP SECRET 0 Facsimile 0 Priority 0 SECRET XKl Aj rte 1 0 Routine 0 CONFIDENTIAL 0 UNCLAS E F T 0 0 UNCLAS Date 3/1 5 I 91 TO: DIRECTOR, ~F~B~I------~ 2 (ATTNIL.. ______J SPIN UNIT, ROOM 4371) b6 b7C 3 FROM: ADIC, NEW L1RK (161B-HQ-R23964) (RUC) (A-6) 4 SUBJECT: ELIE (NMN) WIESEl, EXPANDED NAME CHECK (B) 5 BUDED: 3/18/91 6 Reference Bureau teletype to New York, dated 3/8/91. 7 On 3/15/91, a check of records with the United St~tes 8 Attorney's Office for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, criminal and civil divisions, both current and closed - 9 files, revealed no prosecutive actions concerning aooointee.{ 10 On 3/13/91, a review of New York Office General Indices by I I, CIFU Indices by I I ELSUR 11 Indices byj I all met ~ith negative results in und~te investigation (3/86 to the present) regarding appointee. b6 12 b7C 13 14 15 16 h)-Bureau (Attn: L..l______. Room 4371) ~-New York DP/dp ( 4) 18 19 CC OESrdel{b 20 21 Approved: Q/~ Transmitted (Number) (Time) • ' 4 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD BOSTON BUREAU 3/15/91 3/14/91 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY E LIE (NMN} WIESEL SAl I tje b6 CHARACTER OF CASE b7C EXPANDED NAME CHECK (B) REFERENCE: Bureau airtel to SAC, Boston, et al dated 3/8/91. -RUC- SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED /f1J JA- /1P ('v IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW COPIES MADE: GlBUREAU {161B-/r23~ (ATTN: I I SPIN UNIT RM 4371, FBIHQ)/ 1-BOSTON (161B-HQ-23946) JJB/~(3) CC DESll DISSEMINATION RECORD OF ATTACHED REPORT Notations Agency Request Reed. Date Fwd. How Fwd. By COVER PAGE ~ ~ A* UNITED• STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE• Federal Bureau of Investigation Copy to: Report of: SA .______. Office: Boston, Massachusetts b6 Date: 3/15/91 b7C Field Office File #: 161-HQ-23964 Bureau File #: 161-23964 Title: ELIE (NMN) WIESEL Character: EXPANDED NAME CHECK (B) Synopsis: Records of the United States Attorney's Office negative. -RUC- DETAILS: MISCELLANEOUS On 3/14/91, I J Docketing Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, Massac usetts, advised their files reflect no record of any past or present, civil or criminal proceedings against ELIE WIESEL. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 FD-36 (Rev. 8-26-82) FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE:• CLASSIFICATION: 0 Teletype 0 Immediate 0 TOP SECRET 0 Facsimile 0 Priority 0 SECRET [X] AIRTEL 0 Routine 0 CONFIDENTIAL 0 UNCLAS E F T 0 0 UNCLAS Date 3/11/91 TO DIRECTOR, FBI FROM SAC, BOSTON (161B-HQ-23964) (P) SUBJECT: ELIE NMN WIESEL EXPANDED NAME CHECK On 3/11/91 Boston General Indices was manually searched bv Clerkl !computer indices searched by Clerk b6 I lelsur indices searched by Clerk! I b7C I land con:fl.dential indices searched by Clerk I I I !regarding appointee. BS File 161B-7206 listed appointee, it was non-derogatory. All other results were negative. G)-BUREAU 2-BOSTON JAM/jam (4~~ (;l;DESTR+- Approved: Transmitted Per ----1------(Number) (Time) -.~.: ~ - .; _ .,\'..,.. t; · _:~ ~ ; ' -~~ I 4 1 3 ··: C: ,_.. ;, . ~. ~· .· ~ .. ·, ·r -. 'c· 'PRIORITY .. FM DIRECTOR FBI {161-23964} 1 I .' ~ TO FBI BOSTON/PRIORITY/ FBI NEW YORK/PRIORITY/ BT ';/. - - : UNCLAS CITE: //0632// . SUBJECT: ELIE {NO MIDDLE NAME} WIESEL; EXPANDED NAME CHECK · {8}; BUDED: MARCH 18, 1991, WITHOUT FAIL. BUREAU HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONDUCT EXPANDED NAME CHECK ; Of APPOINTEE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL REAPPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER Of -- . THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL. 6 FIELD OffiCES ARE REMINDED THAT THE INVESTIGATIVE STATUS -- - : OF A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION {BI}, ALL DEADLINES AND THE POSITION FOR WHICH THE APPOINTEE IS BEING CONSIDERED SHALL NOT · BE DISCLOSED TO ANY INTERVIEWEES. If DURING THE COURSE Of THE :~ ·- - INVESTIGATION, INTERVIEWEES PROVIDE THE NATURE Of THE POSITION, b6 'tit" :::. 4371 b7C RETURN' TO ROOM 4371 ' . ' 1 ,1_ . ' ' 0-93A (7-19-77) • ~~Ll'Ar:lV AA rENV 01? .!IQ.OSYCCE< •.:'lC\ ~ !Sllll!EAU <0~ !NV E< SV!GtmON C [P~G~ ---=--- _____ \__ ___ (;_' @_INJ'U'_OINI_IlJ_b\. 'ii ~!Ni ji~_G:_G: IT______-.- ' L ~;. - ~-:·t;_:li~:_ '2~=------______THAT INFORMATION IS NOT TO BE FURTHER DIVULGED OUTSIDE THE FBI. INQUIRIES BY INTERVIEWEES CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE POSITION 20_ ARE TO BE HANDLED AS SET FORTH IN MIOG, PART II, SECTION 17-5 18 APPOINTEES MAKING INQUIRIES REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR ARE TO BE REFERRED TO THE CLIENT AGENCY. APPOINTEE HAS DPOB OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1928, IN SIGHET, ROMANIA, SSAN 116-32-1398~ EMPLOYED BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 -· · I 14 ! ( ': [coMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AS AN ANDREW MELLON [PROFESSOR IN HUMANITIES~ RESIDES AT 200 EAST 64TH STREET, 12_ jNEW YORK, NEW YORK. LEADS: BOSTON AND NEW YORK: ~ : ,-;,·.. ~ . 10[ {1} SEARCH ALL OFFICE INDICES AND DATA BASES, INCLUDING :--< \ I. "' ~LSUR, RE APPOINTEE, INSURING LOGICAL VARIATIONS OF NAME I > ~~ ~ 8 LSEARCHED. I ! I {2} CONTACT u. s. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COVERING APPOINTEE'S ! 6._ _ !RESIDENCE AND EMPLOYMENT, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, FOR PAST OR L , !PRESENT CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS INVOLVING APPOINTEE. r· {3} PROVIDE SUMMARY OF POSITIVE RESULTS IMMEDIATELY VIA ~TELETYPE, FOLLOWING SAME WITH AIRTEL ENCLOSING ALL PERTINENT 2_ l DOCU_M~NT_S . NOT IN POSSESSION OF FBIHQ. PROVIDE N- ~~~ ~IV_~---~E=U~T~- FSI/OOJ 0-93A (7-19-77) @~~MYM~N'V 0~ .Jli.DS'i"GC'] . at\~ ~I.Dl'll:C\U \01.' ~NV~S'V~~tmO~ . • ICIOt;'JlM!JN~CC\YI~f\J MIE!iiSAG~ rol'JM • --v·- ::· .---~~-, ~ ::-~__;_ ------!VIA APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION. ALL RESULTS MUST ARRIVE IN SPIN ~:f~;;-e:-I:~::D~ESUL TS/INQUIRIES TO THE ATTENTION OFL..I ____.....~ b6 b7C 1--c--.....1~ SPIN UNIT, FBIHQ, ROOM 4371, EXT ·c=J 16[eT I 14 ~.··· ,,,, (~ i ~- I I 2;_. I FSI/OO.l .. " . ·-• }'D-448 (Rev. 5-23-90) • .e FBI FACSIMILE COVER SHEET CLASSIFICATION .t/5: ..-· PRECEDENCE D . Top Secret Time Transmitted: H -'P ·D Secret . Sender's Initials: · . . ~Immediate ~- Confidential· l0 Priority D · Number of Pages: -.0-=-----'---- D Routine D Sensitive 0' Unclassified Date: ''· To: \)fly ~~~ Facsimile number: · ------~--~---- Attn: /6/ ~. · (Name · . ~ Telephone No.) From: j)JI2f,dn I /6_r U ~ /-43fb/f) · · (Name ofOffice) 7 b6 Telephone:J.... ______. . b7C Approved:· FBI!DOJ • MARCH 8, 1991 FM'DIRECTOR FBI {161-23964} TO FBI BOSTON/PRIORITY/ FBI NEW YORK/PRIORITY BT UNCLAS SUBJECT: ELIE (NO MIDDLE NAME) WIESEL; EXPANDED NAME CHECK {B}; BUDED: MARCH 18, 1991, WITHOUT FAIL. BUREAU HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONDUCT EXPANDED NAME CHECK OF APPOINTEE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL REAPPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL. FIELD OFFICES ARE REMINDED THAT THE INVESTIGATIVE STATUS OF A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION (BI), ALL DEADLINES AND THE POSITION FOR WHICH THE APPOINTEE IS BEING CONSIDERED SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY INTERVIEWEES. IF DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, INTERVIEWEES PROVIDE THE NATURE OF THE POSITION, THAT INFORMATION IS NOT TO BE FURTHER DIVULGED OUTSIDE THE FBI. INQUIRIES BY INTERVIEWEES CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE POSITION ARE TO BE HANDLED AS SET FORTH IN MIOG, PART II, SECTION 17-5 (5). APPOINTEES MAKING INQUIRIES REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR BI ARE TO BE REFERRED TO THE CLIENT AGENCY. APPOINTEE HAS DPOB OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1928, IN SIGHET, ROMANIA, SSAN 116-32-139~; EMPLOYED BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 745 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AS AN ANDREW MELLON PROFESSOR IN HUMANITIES; RESIDES AT 200 EAST 64TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. ,, LEADS: BOSTON AND NEW YORK: • {1} SEARCH ALL OFFICE INDICES AND DATA BASES, INCLUDING ELSUR, RE APPOINTEE, INSURING LOGICAL VARIATIONS OF NAME SEARCHED. {2}.CONTACT U. S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COVERING APPOINTEE'S RESIDENCE AND EMPLOYMENT, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, FOR PAST OR PRESENT CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS INVOLVING APPOINTEE". {3} PROVIDE SUMMARY OF POSITIVE RESULTS IMMEDIATELY VIA TELETYPE, FOLLOWING SAME WITH AIRTEL ENCLOSING ALL PERTINENT DOCUMENTS NOT IN POSSESSION OF FBIHQ. PROVIDE NEGATIVE RESULTS VIA APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION. ALL RESULTS MUST ARRIVE IN SPIN UNIT BY BUDED. DIRECT RESULTS/INQUIRIES TO THE ATTENTION OF~~------~ b6 SPIN UNIT, FBIHQ, ROOM 4 3 71, ·1.....______.1 , b7C -~ ;, .. ...::_ ·.; .:~ ·-fJj ~.- THE WHITE HOUSE: e WASHINGTON e Ma rch 6 l 99 l (Date) TO : ' FBI, LIAISON b6 FROM: b7C stJll.JZCl': FBI Investigations Subject's Name WIESEL, ELIE (NMN) SSN: ll6-32-l398 Da~ of B1rt:h 09/30L 2B Place of Birth Sighet, Romania Present Address 200 Ea s t 64th Street, New York, NY 10021 We request: ------Copy of Previous Report: ------Name Check. X Expanded Name Check ----- Full F1tid investigation : · Leve l I Lev~l II Lev-e l ----- Limited Updat:e ---'---- Other The person named above ia being considered for: I ----- \Jhite House Staff Position X* Pres idential Appointment ----- *PA - NO T FOR SENATE CC:-I FIRN:\ TION Attachments: SF 86 SF 87, Fingerprint Card ------SF 86, Supplement ~- ·. Remarks/Special Instructions: PA US Ho l ocaus t Memori a l Counci l {REAPP OIN TMENT) :EX:.!!P...!:.A!!.;N:.:::D:,:E;!::D~N!!:A.!!!M~E:..:C::..:H...!.!E~C::.!.,K!.:..: _.JliMwA~.uR..... 2"-l..0~1 9~9~..~-1--- · ~~.1<1' s-· f!l-1' A search of the records of appropriate United States Attorney's Offices, the central records at FBI Headquarters, the records of the Identification Division, the files of appropriate field offices, as well as b6 . appropriate computer data bases, d!d not b7C identify any pertinent information identifiable with the subject of this inquiry (based on the data provided) in addition to the results of prior background investigation(s), and/or Expanded Name Check(s}. and/or regular name check(s), provided to your office by communicatia (s) dated: 3 1986 Assistant Director c;,(Lc\ Criminal Investigative Division ·~·· ...... :t-' .• ~ "· ··- !DENT CHECK b6 ROOM 11262B T~ J1, ATTN:~------b7C FROM: SPECIAL INQUIRY UNIT, ~------~D~I~V~6, RM 4371, TL114 I I ATTN: Pssl I SUBJECT: ELIE WIESEL . BUDED: 03/18/91 THE BUREAU HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONDUCT AN EXPEDITE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED SUBJECT, WHO IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO CHECK APPROPRIATE INDICES BASED'UPON AVAILABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBJECT, EMPLOYMENT, AND ALL CLOSE RELATIVES. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE RESULTS OF YOUR CHECK, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE INDICATED IN THE SPACES PROVIDED BELOW, AND RELAYED TO THE SPECIAL INQUIRY UNIT, RM 4371, VIA ROUTING SLIP MARKED 'URGENT'. . ~ j_ J/ '~Jf~1 ~SUBJECT IS DESC~D AS FOLLOWS: I '3--13 RESJLT ~AME: ELIE Wit~L /DOB: 09/30/28 POB: SOGJET, RO ~''9~t ~ SSAN: 116-32-1398 CURRENT ADDRESS: 200 EAST 64TH NEW. YORK, NY EMPLOYMENT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MA CLOSE RELATIVES RESULT NAME DOB RESIDENCE CHECK CONDUCTED BY: ------' ON -'. ~.'; '01 -·\ ~\·\ sss s ~- PPPP EEEE A:ccc 1 I I 1 I A S P P E ~ I AA ...... /Ys ***** SSSS PPPP EE C 1 AAAAA L ...... S pp\ E C I A A L ~I ssss EEEE ,ecce 1 II I 1 A A L)J:: .,· jV fr MAR 13~®@ID. ~-~\. S P EC I AL I NQ UI RY UN IT \ .. .rf"1 \·j~ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ,,Iii' \ RECORDS/OPERATIONS SECTIONS " .~" DA T E : 0 3 /1 21 9 1 . B U0 ED : 0 3/18 I 9 1,.1-'/ ---~-~~~~ 0 ~l~i~~! 8 :I:;~·~~F::~----- ~------b6 b7C ---~-~~~~~~-~~~------:~~:_:~l~~-~~~-~~:~_~1SCOPE OF SEARCH: UNRESTRICTED (AOB £ INAC~IVE INDEX) ------~ J' ______rvPE-oF-SEARCH-REcuEsrEo7--iLL-REFERENc~s-(sEcuRirv-E-cRIMINAL) J: ______SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: ~ _ EXACT NAME ONLY (ON THE NOSE) X VARIATIONS ------, ------\m~~- 1_1 ~ 1_2~' SUBJECT: * WIESEL,ELIE * AKA($): :;: 1 BIRTHDATE & PLACE: * 09/30/28; /soGJET,RO * SSAN: * 116-32-1398 * i'{I CURRENT ADDRESS: 200 EAST 64THJST . NEW YORK' NY I .,.QC)I l I . R~ -~--- DATE_~j_(~--- fEARCHER INITIALS --~~--- PROD. 11:------•------T- . //. :• --~ FILE NUMBER SERIAL I DENT ADB INA CT DATE rro~-----~------~}-~L_:~~9lte~--~------:.. JJ29_:_?t:-lJ2S£t-lfi.:_?>_~Ji9___ _ ------~).)fJ.too. 3 -toe...J c<>5 ~ ~; ~1' --~~~R 1. ~~- ·~~)~1 ~-·------G) ---- to b3 b7E ------~~\ 4-22a (9-22-87) . · '. Page ___ Numerous Reference e Search Slip FRUTD ____ Subject w i e.s e. I j 'f."' I i e. R# -<3 J t Date 0 / I 3 Searcher Initials / Lf 5 Prod. ___.~ Cl) :;::::> -~o:ll 1~3-v,--23' I: m (.) Cl) -Cl) c ca COCD :s! .5 ./ File Number Serial - - ' ·' r--' " \ ~ \~~'- " . \\\\ ~~... '\. ~ I J ~~·- ·~ V\ ~ ...... ) ) \ ,.,, ' v "~ FBI/DOJ ' -.,, LOCALITIES: RESIDENCES NEW YORK,NY EMPLOYMENTS BOSTON,MA 03/90 - 03/91 EDUCATION so, 7 '-/0 ROUTE IN ENVELOPE • TO: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, ELSUR INDEX DATE: 03/12/91 ROOM 4997, TL 114 OTHER ______FROM: X CID LCD I NTD R MS PRIORITY: _ EXPEDITE, WILL PICK UP; _ ROUTINE X DATE NEEDED: 03/18/91 REQUEST FOR SEARCH OF ELSUR INDEX FOR THE PURPOSE OF: TITLE III APPLICATION FBI _ DE A X SPIN/DAPLI FISC APPLICATION SPU LEGAL MOTION (DOJ) _ OTHERINVESTIGATIVE ______LEAD _ FIOPA (ONE OF THE ABOVE MUST BE CHECKED BEFORE SEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED.) REQUESTING/AUTHORIZING AGENT COMPLETE AND RETURN TO: 4371 114 NAME NAME EXT. ROOM TUI ------·--- NAME~ TELEPHONE #~ VIN; OR KNOWN ALIASES SEARCH RESULTS ADDRESS TO BE SEARCHED -~------rrp------0 EL IE WIESEL __ J:t..!~----- b6 b7C &(t/ BUFILE: 161B-23964 ,______1-li.:tL~L __ ___ ~J~C~A~r<"C~tntc~o~on•------~ DATE FORM XJIO 110/801 1 NCIC CHECK ROOM 1328 TLl~ ATTN: I I .:. . WANTfD E CCH FILES FROM: S,PECIAL INQUIRY UNIT, ~----~D~IV~6~, RM 4371, TL114 EXT: I I ATTN: PSS I SUBJECT: ELIE WIESEL BUDED: 03/18/91 THE BUREAU HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONDUCT AN EXPEDITE b6 BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION OF THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED SUBJECT, WHO IS b7C BEING CONSIDERED FOR PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO CHECK APPROPRIATE INDICES BASED UPON AVAILABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBJECT, EMPLOYMENT, AND ALL CLOSE RELATIVES. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE RESULTS OF YOUR CHECK, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE INDICATED IN THE SPACES PROVIDED BELOW, AND RELAYED TO THE SPECIAL INQUIRY UNIT, RM 4371, VIA ROUTING SLIP MARKED 'URGENT'. SUBJECT IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: RESULT NAME: ELIE WIESEL DOS: 09/30/28 POB: SOGJET, RO SSAN: 116-32-1398 CURRENT ADDRESS: 200 EAST 64TH ST NEW YORK, NY EMPLOYMENT: BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MA CLOSE RELATIVES RESULT NAME DOB RESIDENCE CHECK CONDUCTED BY: -LUJ.r------' ON -~/tJj'JL • ( QW.DCFBIWAA6.NAM/WIESEL,ELIE .SEX/M.DOB/093028.SOC/116321398 DCFBIWAA6 NO NCIC WANT SOC/116321398 NO NCIC WANT DOB/093028 NAM/WIESEL,ELIE SEX/M b6 • • b7C b7E APPLICANTS FOR12Mp THE SPIN UNIT DB - ANALYST -~--~------~ ePPLICANT ...... NAME ...... DOB ...... FILE NUMBER ...... WIESEL ELIE - WIESEL ELIE - b3 b7E b6 (Rev. 01-31-2003) • • b7C FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 08/07/2006 To: Counterterrorism Attn: 1/SEMU All Divisions Attn: FBIHQ, Manuals Desk b7E From: Columbia .-~------....,, Contact: SAl~------~ b6 Approved By: b7C Drafted By:.---.:::::::======::::::=.....:..::______, lrp b3 Case ID #J~------~ b7E Title: SCHEDULED VISIT OF ELIE WIESEL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOLOMON-TENENBAUM LECTURESHIP IN JEWISH STUDIES SERL D SPECIAL EVENT Syno~sis: To adviser---land SEMU of captioned event and request b7E SERL D designation, ~et lead requesting all receiving offices to canvas logical sources and report positive threat information to Columbia. Details: Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and head of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, will give a public speech at the Kroger Center on the campus of the University of South Carolina on September 12, 2006. In light of the recent attacks at Jewish sites in Seattle and Los Angeles, and Wiesel's high Tro,ile, Columbia request SEMU designate this visit as a SERL event. No HQ b7E support is anticipated for this event. Columbia will coordinate with the University of South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement Services to address pre-event intelligence sharing and event security planning. Columbia Division is the home to the self-proclaimed head of the Aryan Nations, as well as a robust League of the South Chapter. Although there are no specific threats at t · time, the high profile nature of the visit, coupled wit preplanned publicity, increase the likelihood of .poss' le to disrupt this event. b6 b7C · OPEN_ (REOPtN' 1. b3 Ct.AssJ A- b7E •nqJGI'J ---· o/ 1I o£, To: Counterterrol.m From: Columbia Re: L....------....1 08/07/2006 b3 • b7E 2 To: Counterterro~m From: Columbia b3 Re: 08/07/2006 • b7E LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: (Action) COUNTERTERRORISM AT SEMU SEMU is requested to designate this event as SERLe=] b7E Set Lead 2: (Action) ALL RECEIVING OFFICES All receiving offices are requested to canvas logical sources and forward posiTive threat information to Columbia. The POC for this event is SA_ _ b6 b7C ++ 3 • ---- Working Copy ---- • Page 1 Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 08/10/2006 b6 To.: Columbia Attn:· SA I b7C r~~~------~--~ b7E Attn: Superyisor Intelligence Directorate From: Counterterrorism b7E Special Events Management Unit (SEMU) 1 Room 4933 Contact:l I Approved By: b6 b7C Drafted By: ~------~ldjj Case ID #: ,_1------~~~~~ ~(:Ei~ending) I (~eiidirrg) Title: S.CHEDULED VISIT OF ELIE WIESEL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOLOMON-TENENBAUM LECTURESHIP IN JEWISH STUDIES; CT PREPAREDNESS - SPECIAL EVENTS b3 b7E Synopsis: To confirm receipt of Colombia 1 s electronic communication (EC) 1 as captioned above; to designate the Special Events Readiness Level SERL for ca tioned event - event desi nated a SERL or captJ.oned Reference: b3 b7E Details: On 08/08/2006 1 the Special Events Management Unit (SEMU) received an EC from Columbia dated 08/07/2006 1 advising of captioned Special Event and requesting an appropriate SERL designation as well as any intelligence relating to this event. co·lombia provided background information about the upcoming scheduled visit of Elie Wiesel to the University of South Carolina Soloman-Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies 1 'which will take place on 09/12/2006 1 at the Kroger ;;~~~ -~~- ~ r------~~~i~i- ~ o------~~. • ---- Working Copy • Page 2 Center on the campus of the university. Mr. Wiesel is a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and head of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. In light of recent attacks at Jewish sites in Seattle and Los Angeles, and Mr. Wiesel's high profile, Columbia has requested that this event be designated a SERLe=] special event. b7E All domestic Special Events are assigned a SERL designation in an attempt to pr9vide adequate coverage ersonnel and/or equipment). for events based on~rioritx. b7E Scheduled overtime for Special Agents assigned to work Special Events will be approved under certain very limited and relatively rare circumstances. In accordance with a memorandum to all Special Agents-in-Charge (SACs) dated January 1, 1999 (referenced EC: 66F-HQ-A1240026-PA, Serial 72) all requests for scheduled overtime for Special Agents must be submitted as far in advance as possible to the Deputy Director for approval. If scheduled overtime is contemplated, affected field offices or LEGATS must notify FBIHQ/SEMU immediately for guidance. b7E • ---- Working Copy ---- • Page 3 b7E uidance for the available Further, BETAs will not include information regarding First Amendment protected activity such as demonstrations, protests, rallies, propagandizing, and recruiting. Such activities are not considered a 11 threat 11 to the event. It is imperative to follow the established FBI policy regarding the protection of civil liberties during the course of these events as stated in 62F-HQ-Cl413697, Serial 30, dated 03/19/2004 and 66F-HQ-Cll85963, Serial 826, dated 04/26/2004. For further guidance on this issue, please contact your Chief Division Counsel. FBIHQ review and coordination of BETAs will be handled as ex editiousl ossible. b7E • ---- Working Copy ---- • Page 4 b7E Columbia should also forward a copy of any Security/ Response/Operational Plans for this event to SEMU, Room 4933, to the attention of IAI I b6 b7C Lead (s) : s·et Lead 1: (ACTION) COLUMBIA AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA b6 1. If a SETA will be prepared in support of this b7C SEe~. Columbia's! lshould provide a copy of the SETA to b7E U ~~~------~~~ I and the SEMU. . 2: If a SETA will not be prepared in support of this SERLe=] Columbia should provide the SEMU with any positive intelligence regarding unlawful activity or other acts of violence pertaining to this event. Set Lead 2: (Action) COLUMBIA AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA 1. Columbia's Special Event Coordinator must promptly submit any requests for FBIHQ resource augmentation required for this event with full justification. 2. Columbia's Special Events Coordinator should forward a copy of any Interagency Crisis Management/Operations b6 Pla~s for this event to IAI I SEMU, Room 4933, b7C and must submit a closing EC to SEMU within 30 days of conclusion of captioned event. Set Lead 3: (INFO) INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE • Working Copy ---- • Page 5 AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Atl read and clear. b7E b6 •1 '>: . FD-542 (Rev. 04-07-2006) b7C FEDERAL• BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION• ~recedence: ROUTINE Date: 01/25/2007 To: Coqnterterrorism Attn: L...--____.t S EMU From:·· Columbia b6 1.------...,, b7C Contact: SAl~------~------~ b7E Approved By: ~------~~~ Drafted By: r------,~ rp~ b3 Case :;I:D #.: '-~------~~ b7E Titl~: SCHEDULED VISIT OF ELIE WIESEL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOLOMON-TENENBAUM LECTURESHIP S~RL SPECIAL EVENT D b7E Synopsis: Matter is completed without incident and is being closed. Details: .Matter opened to document security and monitor threat stream surrounding the appearance of Wiesel in Columbia. Prior t6 the event, coordination meetings were held with the University of South ·carolina Police. The lecture was held without incident and as such this matter is being closed. b3 b7E To: From: Columbia b3 Re:· 01/25/2007 • b7E Accomplishment Information: .Number: 1 Type: PARTICIPATE IN COMMAND POST/MAJOR CASE/SPECIAL EV~NT ITU: LIAISON WITH OTHER AGENCY ·Claimed By:·.------, b6 SSN: L b7C Na~e: ~,----~--~ b7E Squad:~--~---~ 2 ·~ . T.o: ~~~~~~~~~ - From: Columbia b3 Re: L....------....1 01/25/2007 • b7E LEAD (s) : ... Set Lead 1: · (Action) COUNTERTERRORISM AT! tsEMU b7E Read and Clear . ••• 3 · t.~ ...... ,..-:- -o ...... ,.,..- ··r· J~ J., ...... :.., V• o I o o• • • _::t!..-----..t!, b6 b7C • "'- . . , • ------~ ------ FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) • • • 1 • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ,, Date of transcription 04/30/2002 On 04/30/2002, ELIE WIESEL, ~b~o~r~n--~~~~~.-~---=~ telephonically interviewed by Spe~aal Agent (rS~A~)~~----~~~~ I I WIESEL was previously int~rviewed by SA at 1s b6 b7C office. After being advised of the id~nti ty of the interv1ew1ng Agent and the nature of the interview, WIESEL provided the following information: I ELIE. WIESEL (WIESE~) did not s;'eak with anyone at the CLINTON White House about a pardon for JO - LARD. WIESEL only wrote a letter to President CLINTON exp essing his ·support for a pardon for POLLARD. Investigation on ---'0:::..4::..~/c..:3::..0=.L../-=-0-=-0=2--at New York, New York (telephonically) File# 58A-NY -278417 Date dictated .::.N:.L/..::.A-=------b6 by ______w_ie_se_l2_.3_o2 __ __ S_A~~------t~m~J::..'m b7C This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of"tlie rBT. If is the property or-the "FBI" and is ~ Jo·aned ·to your agency;· it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. •• •• the Sorbonne and holds a number of honorary o'egrees from universities and colleges tnfougn out the world. He is married, has two children, and resides in New York, NY. Dr. Wiesel was born September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania. jack Abramoff, of California. He would succeed Tibor Baranski. Mr. Abramoff is currently vice president of Boardwalk & Associates in Wash ington, DC. He graduated from Brandeis Uni - versity (B.A., 1981) and Georgetown University (J .D., 1986). Mr. Abramoff resides in Silver United States Holocaust Memorial Spring, MD, and he was born February 28, Council 1958, in Atlantic City, NJ. Sylvia K. Hassenfeld, of Florida. She would suc Appointment of Eight Members, and ceed Mark Talisman. Mrs. Hassenfeld is cur Designation of Chairperson, Vice rently president of the Hassenfeld Foundation Chairperson, and Executive Director. of Hasbro Industries in Pawtucket, RI. She May 3, 1986 graduated from . Cedar Crest College (B.A., 1944), Mrs. Hassenfeld's husband is deceased. The President today has announced his She has three children and resides in New intention to appoint the following individ York, NY. She was born September 19, 1920, in' uals to be members of the United States Philadelphia, PA. . olocaust Memorial Council for terms of 5 Marvin G. Keifer, of Texas. He would succeed y •S expiring january 15, 1991: Hyman Bookbinder. Mr. Keifer is currently 1/ president and chairman of the board of Travis Elief •. 'esel of New York. This is a ~eap~oint- Savings · & Loan Association in San Antonio, en . e res1den't tiitends to appomt htm as TX. He graduated from the University of Texas Chairperson for a term of ~ years upon ap pointment. Dr. Wiesel is currently an Andrew at Austin (B.B.A., 1950) and St. Mary's School W. Mellon professor of the humanities at of Law (LL.B., 1960). Mr. Keifer is married, has Boston University. Dr. Wiesel was educated at three children, and resides in San Antonio, TX.l: He was born March 6, 1930, in Chicago; IL. Issac Neuman, of Illinois. He would succeel' : Victor Borge. Rabbi Neuman is at Sinai Temple ·: . in Champaign, IL. He graduated from the Uni- · versity of Cincinnati (B.A., 1960) and Hebrew Union, COllege (M.A., 1960; B.D., 1985). Rabbi Neuman has two children, resides in Cham paign, and was born December 4, 1927, in Zduriska-Wola, Poland. Seymour Siegel, of New York. He would succeed Joseph Asher. Dr. Siegel is currently a Ralph Simon professor of ethics and theology at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago~ (B.A., 1958) and the jewish Theological Semi nary (M.A., 1951 ; Ph.D., 1960). The President also announced his inten tion to .appoint: William J Lowenberg, of California, to be Vice Chairperson of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council for a term of 4 years. Richard Krieger, to be Executive Director of the U.S. Hoiocaust Memorial Council. He would succeed Seymour Siegel. . !:? "Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents" May 12, 1986 "' DE-2:ol/k - N~ ~~4~/~!() 7 ~ECORDED · (_y~/~13_' AUG ~.1 ~ 1986 __7~ ' I