INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 22 - 26 APRIL 2002 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578083
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2019
• Case Number: F-2010-01471
• Publication Date: April 26, 2002

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 22 - 26 April 2002
Executive Summary
Immediate Calendar:
(U//7111134* 8 May 2002: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons' meeting
at Crystal City.
Future Planning Calendar:
(UHATITI) 16 May 2002: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP1: Next Principals'
meeting (site to be determined).
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(UHAIIIT) 26-27 June 2002: Historical Review Panel: Next meeting at
(U/MeRsIGL) April 2003: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed intelligence-related or multi-agency records.
Overview of IRR Activities Last Week:
(UHA7170) Litigation
(U/MeHifil) Mohammed Al-Fayed To File Suit Against CIA in California
(1.182Wee) Attorney Mark Zaid informed the CIA recently that his billionaire client, Mohammed Al-Fayed, will file
suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California to compel the CIA to comply with a subpoena
request for information in support of a civil suit Mr. Al-Fayed filed against several co-conspirators. In that civil suit,
Mr. Al-Fayed alleges the co-conspirators attempted to swindle him with bogus documents that implicated British
Intelligence in the deaths of his son, Dodi Al-Fayed, and Princess Diana in Paris in 1997. The CIA was subpoenaed
in that civil case to provide records on its investigation of the co-conspirators and their actions. According to Mr.
Zaid, Mr. Al-Fayed's latest suit in District Court will be filed because CIA has not responded to the subpoena request
for those records.
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(Ull/A4414;1) FOIA & Privacy Requests
(UTher1444i) National Security Archives Expresses Gratitude
(Ullikl�ble) The Director of the Freedom of Information Project at the National Security Archives sent a lengthy
letter of appreciation to the Public Information Programs Division (PIPD) for a recent release. Profuse in its praise,
the letter stated in part, "[National Security Archive] looks forward to CIA's continued effort at implementing the
letter and spirit of the Freedom of Information Act."
� The National Security Archive is a private organization located at George Washington University that
compiles histories of international events from declassified records. The case that prompted the National
Security Archive's letter of appreciation involved the release of a memorandum that assessed
responsibility for massacres committed in Rwanda in April 1994.
(Uil/A1440) Material Sought for Documentary on Suicide Bombers
(U/44141.&) AT Media of New York seeks information on "Imad Mugniyah, wanted for the 1985 hijacking of a
TWA flight and any reports that describe terrorist acts, including bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983 and
the Khobar Towers attack." AT Media plans to produce a documentary on suicide bombers.
(UlleleLLIQ4_Sister Dianna Ortiz Continues Quest
(ulliermle, The Washington, DC law firm of Howrey, Simon, Arnold and White submitted a detailed request on
behalf of their client, Sister Dianna Ortiz. Among the items requested are "the documents used in the preparation of
the investigation concerning the alleged abduction of Sister Dianna Ortiz in Guatemala."
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� The FOIA case manager accepted the request/
(U///MG) MIT Seeks NIEs/SNIEs on Biological and Chemical Weapons
(IMAMS). A request submitted under the auspices of the Chemical and Biological Working Group, Security
Studies Program, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks five National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) and
Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIEs) by title, number and date including, "Warsaw Pact Nonnuclear
Threat to NATO Airbases in Central Europe; Soviet Offensive Chemical Warfare Threat to NATO; Soviet Tactical
Nuclear Forces and Gorbachev's Nuclear Pledges; Use of Toxins and Other Lethal Chemicals; and Implications of
Soviet Use of Chemical and Toxin Weapons for US Security Interests."
(CHAIM Student Seeks Information on Johnny Micheal Spann
WU/TIM An undergraduate student in Missouri submitted a request for all records concerning the decision that led
to the "unprecedented step of publicly releasing [Spann's] name and the circumstances surrounding his death."
� The FOIA case manager accepted the request/
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