September 11 Digital Archive

Department of Justice Emails

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Department of Justice Emails

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The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date.

Items in the Department of Justice Emails Collection

December 13, 2001


Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530

To Mr. Feinberg:

I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all…

Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:16 PM
Fairness for all

Dear Mr. Zwick:

Many Americans lost their lives on September 11. Most of them left
behind loved ones. Some of these victims were members of gay and lesbian
families. I'm sure you will agree that…

December 13, 2001


Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530

To Mr. Feinberg:

I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all…

Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:58 AM
Compensation to gay families

Mr Zwick:

As a native New Yorker and U.S. citizen I would like to urge you to include
the committed partners of gay and lesbian victims of Sept. 11 and their
non-biological children…

Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:33 AM
WTC Benefits


December 20, 2001

Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick,

I would like to express my concern that not all of the families who lost
loved ones on Sept. 11 will have equal access to benefits under the
September 11…

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:44 PM
Human rights appeal

Dear Director,

I am an italian member of Amnesty International, which as you know is a
worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring that the basic human
rights of people are…

Monday, February 11, 2002 11:34 PM
Comments to the DOJ Interim Final Rules

September 11, 2002

Special Master Feinberg,

The brief comments below are being submitted today so that I might add
another voice to the many that have already spoken out…

Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:39 AM
rights for all, not just some


December 20, 2001

Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick,

I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights
movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights…

3-17-02

To Whom It May Concern:

It has come to my attention that the victims Compensation Fund is excluding gay and lesbian victims in the 9-11 tragedy. It is also my understanding that fetuses and illegal aliens are recipients.

Having been a…

Sunday, March 17, 2002 2:50 AM
Equality for one & all

To whom it may concern:



For 13 years I had the advantage of numerous benefits because of my male partner. For the past ten years I have been denied any benefits whatsoever because my current…

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 4:44 PM
comment on Sept 11th victim comp. fund/special treatment


I find that the victims in wake of the September 11 disaster were all
murdered.
I find that all of these victims who loss a loved one is suffering no…

Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:27 AM
Fwd: 9/11 Fund to Discriminate Against Gays


Plain and simply, I am embarrassed and appalled.

Individual Comment

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:05 PM
Surviving Gay Partners


December 19, 2001

Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick,

I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights
movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of…

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:00 PM
Please help all victims of the September 11 attack


December 18, 2001

Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick,

I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights
movement committed to ensuring respect for the…

Friday, March 22, 2002 12:28 AM
Returned mail


I am writing to protest your treatment of the partners of gay and
lesbian victims of September 11th. Please reconsider your policies.
These people have every bit as much right to compensation as…

Monday, March 18, 2002 5:16 PM
(no subject)

To Whom It May Concern:

Please explain something to me. After the September 11th attacks, we
were told that we must unite as a whole country. To help us do so, a lot of
the outward prejudices…

Monday, March 11, 2002 8:26 PM
dispersion of funds


Same sex partners and their families disserve compensation too.

Individual Comment
Houston, Texas

Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:27 AM
9/11 Fund

Kenneth L.Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs, Civil Division
U.S. Dept. of Justice

Dear Mr. Zwick,

I am writing in response to the Department's request for public
comments regarding…

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:27 AM
Gay and Lesbian Rights


December 19, 2001

Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick,

I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights
movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of…

Friday, March 22, 2002 11:14 AM
Discrimination re: gays and lesbians and the 9-11 fund


I am furious!! Absolutely furious!! How dare you discriminate against the
partners and survivors of the devastating events from Sept 11. They were good
enough to…

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