Final Response - Cancel

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005464372
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00667
• Publication Date: October 23, 2009

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE:
06-16-2010
Kel McClanahan, Esquire
Executive Director
National Security Counselors
1200 South Courthouse Road
Suite 124
Arlington, VA 22204
This is a final response to your 8 October 2009 Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on
8 Ocotber 2009, for copies of "all Central Intelligence Agency (`CIA') records,
including cross-references, from the time period 1975-1999, pertaining to:
a) Testimony by CIA officials delivered verbally or submitted in writing to
Congressional Committees or Subcommittees with oversight over national
security activities (hereinafter `national security oversight committees'),
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;
b) Transcripts of hearings and meetings of any national security oversight
committees, including but not limited to the HPSCI or SSCI; and
c) Correspondence and emails between CIA and i) any national security
oversight committee or ii) any Member of Congress, Senator, or
Congressional staffer acting in an official capacity as representative of any
national security oversight committee. For purposes of this subparagraph
you may limit your searches to the Offices of the Director, Deputy
Director, Congressional Affairs, General Counsel, Inspector General, and
their predecessors."
The Agency cannot accept your request because of the request's breadth,
vagueness, and lack of specificity. 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. The FOIA does not
require federal agencies to perform research.
Sincerely,
Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator