Final Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06146401
• 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 15, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
29 January 2014
Mr. Jason Leopold
Reference: F-2014-00619
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
2 January 2014, for all CIA records that mentions Nelson Mandela, who died
December 5, 2013.
As we told you on 23 December 2013 in connection with a similar request (F-
2014-00400), 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.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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(b)(3)
(b)(6)
IMS/IRRG/PIPD 15 January 2014
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2014-00619 CAN (too broad)
1 - PIPD/F-2014-00400 � follow-up
(b)(3)
(b)(6) Fina1s700619 Leopold CAN (too broad)
Noted: Requester asked for the same records in F-2014-00400, just worded different.
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