Initial Request

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05834968
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2022
• Case Number: F-2013-02024
• Publication Date: April 9, 2012

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March 28, 2012
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Office of the Inspector General
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
Dear FOIA Officer,
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This letter constitutes a request under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"),
5 U.S,C, � 552, and is submitted on behalf of the Electronic Privacy Information Center
("EPIC") to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") Inspector General's ("IC")
Office.
EPIC seeks records from the Inspector General's 2011 investigation regarding the
CIA's collaboration with the New York Police Department ("NYPD'').
Background
Beginning in 2011, a series of investigative articles by the Associated Press
revealed that the NYPD had been conducting surveillance of Muslims and persons of
Arab descent in New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere.' This surveillance included
photographing members of the Muslim community as they entered mosques,2 infiltrating
Muslim student groups,' and conducting surveillance of Muslim stores and businesses.'
The New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly confirmed that the CIA
had collaborated with the NYPD in surveillance matters and that a CIA officer had been
Associated Press, Highlights of AP 's Probe into NYPD Intelligence Operations, http://ap.org/media-
2 Associated Press, NYPD Records, Target of Surveillance, Ma/id Omar, available at:
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd omar.pdf
3 Intelligence Division, Intelligence Collection Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner's Briefing, Apr. 25,
2008, available at: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactivesidoeuments/nypd/dci-briefing-04252008.pdf
4 See e.g., NYPD Intelligence Division, Demographics Unit, Egyptian Locations of Interest Report, July 7,
2006, available at: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/doCuments/nypd/nypd-egypt.pdf
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working out of NYPD police headquarters: CIA spokeswoman, Jennifer Youngblood
confirmed that the agency had a collaborative relationship with the NYPD.6
Several December 2011 media reports discussed a CIA IC's investigation
regarding the agency's collaboration with N YPD.7 CIA spokesman Preston Golson
acknowledged the existence of this investigation and stated that the agency's Inspector
General concluded that no taws were broken and there was "no evidence that any part of
the agency's support to the NYPD constituted 'domestic spying."8 Recent news reports
indicate that the, as a result of the IC investigation and media scrutiny, the CIA officer
embedded within the NYPD would be leaving.9
EPIC seeks documents related to the IC investigation.
Documents Requested
EPIC seeks all records related to the IC's 2011 investigation regarding the CIA's
collaboration with the NYPD.
1. All documents related to the CIA Inspector General's investigation
regarding the agency's collaboration with NYPD;
2. All legal analyses conducted by the CIA Inspector General's office
regarding the CIA's collaboration with the NYPD;
3. All final reports issued as a result of the CIA Inspector General's
investigation;
4. Any communications between the CIA Inspector General's office and the
NYPD regarding the agency's collaboration with the NYPD.
Request for Expedited Processillg
This request warrants expedited processing because it is made by "a person
primarily engaged in disseminating information ..." and it pertains to a matter about
which there is an "urgency to inform the public about an actual or alleged federal
government activity."16
Ellen Sullivan, NY PD Confirms CIA Officer Works a( Department, Associated Press, Aug. 25,201 E.
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See e.g., Associated Press, CIA's Watchdog: No Problem with NYPD Partnership, Dec. 23, 2012,
available at: http://www.usatoday.cominews/washington/story/20 I -I2-23/cia-nypd-
partnership/52 198856/I
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9 Faiza Patel and Elizabeth Goitein, It's Time to Police the NYPD, New York Times, Ian. 29, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/opinion/the-nypd-needs-policing.html
10
5 U.S.C. � 552(a)(6)(E)(v)(11) (2008); Al-Fayed v. CIA, 254 F.3d 300, 306 (D.C. Cir. 2001).
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EPIC is "primarily engaged in disseminating information."
There is a particular urgency for the public to obtain information about the
Inspector General's oversight of the CIA's collaboration with the NYPD. The NYPD's
surveillance program and collaboration with the CIA has spawned Congressional calls for
investigation,L2 protests,13 and Congressional questions to Attorney General Holder,14 and
dozens of news stories.15
There is an urgent need for the public to learn what the CIA's involvement was in
this surveillance program and what oversight the CIA Inspector General's office is
conducting of the CIA's collaboration with the NYPD. For this reason we request
expedited processing.
Request for "News Media" Fee Status
EPIC is a "representative of the news media" for fee waiver purposes:6 Based on
our status as a "news media" requester, we are entitled to receive the requested record
with only duplication fees assessed. Further, because disclosure of this information will
-contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the
government," any duplication fees should be waived.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. As provided in 6 C.F.R. �
5.5(d)(4), I will anticipate your determination on our request for expedited processing
within 10 business days. For questions regarding this request I can be contacted at 202-
483-1140 ext. 102 or FOIAgepic.org.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ginger P. McCall
Director, EPIC Open Government Project
11 American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Justice, 321 F. Sun). 2d 24,29 n.5 (D.D.C. 2004).
12 Associated Press, 34 Congress Members Call for NYPD, CIA Probe, Dec. 21, 2011,
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111221/POLITICS/111229961
13 CBS New York, Fallout Continues from NYPD Muslim Student Group Monitoring, Mar. 3,2012,
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/03/nj-officials-meeting-with-muslim-community-on-nypd-program/
14 Pete Yost, Holder Disturbed by Reports on NYPD Muslim Spying, Associated Press, Mar. 8, 2012,
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4fWZx5Bpi2u bflCaX5DA9--
wfA?docId�b3db44dc1b52431ea94115651889796b
14 See e.g. Angela Delli Santi, Criticism Grows Over NYPD 's Muslim Spying, Associated Press, Mar. I,
2012, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZJmbNWgMOInduQhqsc-
V ICnrHlw?docId-2fc6311a9ec5470185240aadef5937f4
16 EPIC v. Department of Defense, 241F Supp. 2d 5 (D.D.C. 2003).
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