Final Appeal Response Ltr

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005444554
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01901
• Publication Date: September 3, 2009

October 29, 2009
APPROVED FOR RELEASES
DATE: 03-01-2011
Mr. Ryan Gingeras
Dear Mr. Gingeras:
This responds to your undated letter, which we received on 12 August 2009, appealing
our 15 July 2009 final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for
information about Sami Al-Khoury, "a Lebanese drug trafficker who was based in Beirut and
was active between 1947 and 1970." Specifically, you appealed our determination that we can
neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records on the basis of FOIA
exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).
The Agency Release Panel (ARP) considered your appeal and determined that the
Agency can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your
request on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). Therefore, in accordance with
Agency regulations, the ARP denied your appeal. For your information, Agency regulations are
set forth in part 1900 of title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In accordance with the
provisions of the FOIA, you have the right to seek judicial review of this determination in a
United States district court.
Sincerely,
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(b)(3)
Delores M. Nelson
Executive Secretary
Agency Release Panel