FOIA
(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER)
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0001469037
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
June 22, 2015
Document Release Date:
December 8, 2008
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-2006-00548
Publication Date:
November 22, 2005
File:
| Attachment | Size |
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Body:
TIME Magazine
555 12th Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
Reference: F-2006-00175
The office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator has received your
3 November 2005 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the following
records:
1. A copy of the 9/11 report by I.G. John Helgerson; and any
and all I.G. reports or other documents relating to the
investigations of `rendition' and the treatment of post-
September 11 detainees anywhere in the world by CIA
employees or contractors.
2. Any inter- or intra-Agency cables, emails, memos, notes or
other communications, including memorializations of phone
calls, on these topics.
3. Any and all documents such as but not limited to the
genres of documents referenced above mentioning Vice
President Cheney and his aides.
4. Any and all reports relating to the Niger-Yellowcake
matter and former Ambassador Wilson's trip relating to it.
We have assigned your request the reference number above. Please use this
number when corresponding so that we can easily identify it.
With regard to your request for a fee waiver, in accordance with section
(b)(1) of subpart 1900.13 of title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, I have
determined that, as a matter of administrative discretion, it would serve the
interests of the Government to grant your fee waiver request only for the I.G.
Report on 9/11 referenced in item 1.
However, regarding items 1 and 4, we received earlier identical FOIA
requests for the CIA Inspector General's 9/11 report, and for records relating
to the Niger-yellowcake episode. Thus, in the case of item 4, because search
and review fees are borne solely by the original requester, you are responsible
only for a reproduction charge of ten cents per page beyond the first 100 pages,
which are free. We note your stated willingness to pay `news media' fees up to
a maximum of $200.
We will send you the same CIA-originated records, if any are released to
the original requesters, once these prior requests are completed. Because of
our backlog, I cannot say with certainty when that will be.
Regarding the remainder of item 1, and items 2 and 3, we cannot
process these items of your request. Our analysts have reviewed your letter
and are unable to determine what records you are seeking. For your
information, the FOIA provides for public access to."reasonably described"
records. This means that documents must be described sufficiently to enable a
professional employee familiar with the subject to locate the document without
an unreasonable amount of effort. Commonly this equates to a requirement
that the documents must be locatable through the indexing to our various
records. Moreover, the appropriate components have advised that your
request is too broad and cannot be searched as stated. Your requests on these
items need to be more specific for more efficient processing.
We will contact you again when we have completed processing the noted
original requests. Meanwhile, we appreciate your patience.
Sincerely,
Scott Koch
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure
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