FOIA
BANEY, MICHAEL; FINAL RESPONSE
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0001370288
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
June 24, 2015
Document Release Date:
March 11, 2011
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-2010-01608
Publication Date:
October 11, 2006
File:
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Body:
(b)(3)
11 October 2006
Mr. Michael Baney
The National Security Archive
Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Reference: F-2007-00018 / Archive No. 20061826CIA281
Dear Mr. Baney:
The office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator has received your 2 October
2006 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all documents from 1980 to the
present date, relating in whole or in part to the Colombian paramilitary and drug
trafficker Jose Vicente Castano Gil, and all documents on the Bloque Centauros or
Centauros Bloc faction of the AUC that he leads.
We have assigned your request the reference number above. Please use this number when
corresponding with us so that we can identify it easily.
We have completed a thorough review of your request and have determined, in
accordance with section 3.6(a) of Executive Order 12958, as amended, that the CIA can
neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your
request. The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is properly
classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from
disclosure by section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949. Therefore, the Agency has denied your
request pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). I have enclosed an explanation of
these exemptions for your reference and retention.
CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator Scott Koch made this decision, which
you may appeal to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the date of
this letter. You may include any additional information supporting your position or
explaining why you think our initial decision is wrong.
Scott Koch
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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