CAN Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06172292
• 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 18, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
26 March 2014
Mr. Jason Leopold
Reference: F-2014-01014
Dear Mr. Leopold:
On 10 March 2014, the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator received
your 8 March 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any and all records
that were prepared, received, transmitted, collected and/or maintained by Peter
Clement in his capacity as the head of a Director's Review Group for Rendition,
Detention, and Interrogation set up by former Director of Central Intelligence Leon
Panetta as announced in a CIA press release in March 2009. Moreover, [you] seek
any and all records that were prepared, received, transmitted, collected and/or
maintained by Warren Rudman in his capacity as a special adviser to this same
review group. The time frame for [your] request is March 2009 through December 1,
2012.
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, in your future requests we recommend that you reasonably describe the
information you seek in a manner which will allow us to locate responsive records with a
reasonably amount of effort. You may consider narrowing and detailing the subject of
your request by using one or more of the following approaches: requesting records on
specific individuals, requesting records originated within a particular time-frame,
requesting particular type of reports, such as finished intelligence, or requesting records
pertaining to a specific event, circumstance, or location. You may consider requesting
specific reports by title, if possible.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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