Final Response Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005401334
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00781
• Publication Date: June 10, 2009

The National Security Archive
Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE^ DATE:
12-May-2010
This is a final response to your 11 May 2009 letter, received in the office of the
Information and Privacy Coordinator on the same date, requesting records under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) pertaining to "the meetings and/or
conferences organized by Latin America's leftist political leaders during the 1990's,
such as Vicente Fox and Jorge Castaneda Gutman from Mexico, Luis Inacio Lula da
Silva from Brizil, Ricardo Lagos from Chile, various leaders from Central America,
as well as member's [sic] from organizations `Grupo San Angel' in Mexico."
The Agency cannot accept your FOIA 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 and lack of specificity of your
request, and the way in which the Agency configures its records systems, the Agency
cannot conduct a reasonable search for information responsive to your request. We
encourage you to refine the scope of your request (such as including a time frame for, and
narrower, more specific descriptions of, the information you seek) to enable the Agency to
conduct a reasonable search for responsive information.
Sincerely,
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Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator