P-2010-00165 <SANITIZED> 00165 CAN REF DOJ

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05492410
• 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: December 30, 2009

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
January 14, 2010
Dear
This letter acknowledges and is a final response to your 23 November 2009 letter wherein
you requested information or records regarding any investigation or surveillance of yourself.
For your information, the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency is primarily
concerned with foreign intelligence, not domestic, matters. Section 103 (d)(1) of the National
Security Act, as amended, specifically provides that "the Agency shall have no police, subpoena,
law-enforcement powers, or internal security functions." Executive Order 12333, which regulates
the conduct of intelligence activities in the United States and elsewhere, provides that the
responsibility for domestic intelligence collection is generally within the province of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A very limited exception to the Order is provided that permits other
agencies within the Intelligence Community to collect significant foreign intelligence and
counterintelligence, provided that no such effort shall be undertaken for the purpose of acquiring
information about the domestic activities of United States persons.
Your request for information pertaining to any investigation or surveillance of yourself
falls outside the purview of this Agency. We regret that we are unable to assist you with your
request.
If you have not already done so, you may wish to direct your request to the Department of
Justice. We have provided their address below for your convenience.
Mr. Daniel J. Metcalfe, Director
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Information and Privacy
Suite 570, Flag Building
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Sincerely,
Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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