Final Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06146297
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2022
• Case Number: F-2014-02028
• Publication Date: January 14, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
15 January 2014
Mr. Jason Leopold
Reference: F-2014-00611
Dear Mr. Leopold:
This is a final response to your 31 December 2013 Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on
14 January 2014, for disclosure of any and all records that were prepared, received,
transmitted, collected and/or maintained by the CIA mentioning or referring to the
deceased person Jang Sung-taek (also spelled Jang Sung-Taek Chang, Jang Seong-
taek, Chang Songfaek, or Song-faek).
We cannot accept your FOIA request in its current form because it would require
the Agency to perform an unreasonably burdensome search. 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. Commonly this equates to a requirement that the documents must be locatable
through the indexing of our various systems. Extremely broad or vague requests or
requests requiring research do not satisfy this requirement. Therefore, we must decline to
process such requests.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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(b)(3)
(b)(6)
IMS/IRRG/PIPal
14 January 2014
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2014-00611 CAN (Too Broad)
(b)(3)
(b)(6) F
00611 Leopold CAN
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