FINAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005261433
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00666
• Publication Date: May 8, 2008

(b)(3)
May 15, 2008
Mr. Mark S. Zaid
Executive Director
The James Madison Project
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE^ DATE:
18-Aug-2010
Reference: F-2008-01079
Dear Mr. Zaid:
This is a final response to your 7 April 2008 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request, received on 8 April 2008, for copies of the following:
1) Testimony by CIA officials delivered verbally or submitted in writing to any
Congressional Committee or Subcommittee with oversight over national
security activities, including but not limited to the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence ("HPSCI" ), the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence ("SSCI"), and the former CIA Oversight Subcommittees of the
Senate and House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees;
2) Transcripts of hearings and meetings of any national security oversight
committees, including but not limited to the HPSCI or SSCI;
3) Correspondence and e-mails between CIA and a) any national security
oversight committee or b) any member of Congress, Senator, or Congressional
staffer acting in an official capacity as representative of any national security
oversight committee;
4) Internal CIA policies and regulations regarding interaction with national
security oversight committees; and
5) Any other internal CIA records regarding national security oversight
committees.
For identification purposes we have assigned your request the number referenced above.
 Please be advised that the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. ? 431, as amended,
exempts CIA operational files from the search, review, publication, and disclosure
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. The Agency cannot accept your request,
in its current form, because it would require the Agency to perform an unreasonably
burdensome search. The FOIA requires requesters to "reasonably describe" the
information they seek so that professional employees familiar with the subject matter can
locate responsive information with a reasonable amount of effort. Because of the breadth,
vagueness, and lack of specificity of your request, and the way in which the Agency
configures its records systems that are subject to the FOIA, the Agency cannot conduct a
reasonable search for information responsive to your request.
We regret that we are unable to assist you further.
Sincerely,
Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator