P-2009-00990 <SANITIZED> 00990 CAN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05469815
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-02160
• Publication Date: November 5, 2009

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
November 19, 2009
Reference: P-2009-00990
Dear
We received your 28 October 2009 facsimile providing the additional information we
require to process your Privacy Act request referenced above. You are specifically requesting the
The access provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 generally permit individuals to request
and obtain information about them that federal agencies maintain in Privacy Act "systems of
records." In order to permit individuals to obtain information about them that federal agencies may
maintain in records systems other than Privacy Act "systems of records," agencies generally
process these access requests under both the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA). For the reasons below, however, we regret to inform you that we cannot accept your
request under either the Privacy Act or under the FOIA.
As the Agency explains to applicants for employment, information pertaining to how the
CIA hires individuals and its clearance criteria are intelligence methods. The access provisions of
the Privacy Act do not apply to CIA information and systems of records "consisting of, pertaining
to, or that would otherwise reveal intelligence methods" or to polygraph records. See 5 U.S.C. �
552a (j)(1); 32 C.F.R. 1901.62. Because the Privacy Act's access provisions do not apply to the
information you seek, we cannot accept your request under the Privacy Act.
The only CIA records systems where we would reasonably expect to locate information
responsive to your request are Privacy Act "systems of records" covered by this Privacy Act
exemption. There are no other CIA records systems where we would reasonably expect to find
responsive information. Therefore, we cannot accept or process your request under the FOIA
because it would impose an unreasonably burdensome search requirement on the Agency, in light
of the way in which CIA currently configures its records systems.
Sincerely,
CD,t-10-teiv bC
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Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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