Final Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06169754
• 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: March 13, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
25 March 2014
Mr. Jason Leopold
Reference: F-2014-01016
Dear Mr. Leopold:
This is a final response to your 8 March 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 10 March
2014, for any and all letters written by a Congressional Committee, member of a
Congressional Committee and chairman/chairwoman of a Congressional Committee
that was received, transmitted, collected and/or maintained by the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA). Moreover, [you] request disclosure of any and all
letters that were prepared, transmitted, and/or maintained by CIA and sent to a
Congressional Committee, member of a Congressional Committee and
chairman/chairwoman of a Congressional Committee. The timeframe for [your]
request is March 2009 through the date the search for responsive records begins.
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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IMS/1RRG/PIPD 13 March 2014
Distribution:
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1 - PIPD/F-2014-01016 CAN (Too Broad)
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