Final Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06249863
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2019
• Case Number: F-2015-01915
• Publication Date: October 9, 2014

Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C06249863
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
14 October 2014
Mr. Richard Abowitz
The Daily Beast
Reference: F-2015-00053
Dear Mr. Abowitz:
This is a final response to your 3 October 2014 Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on
6 October 2014 for copies of any and all pornographic, sexual or adult material
including nudity of any sort (video, magazine, DVD or other) from Osama Bin
Laden compound on or about 5/2/2011 in Pakistan. We have assigned your request
the reference number above. Please use this number when corresponding so that we can
identify it easily.
In accordance with section 3.6(a) of Executive Order 13526, the CIA can neither
confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request.
The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly
classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from
disclosure by section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949, as amended, and section 102A(i)(1) of the
National Security Act of 1947, as amended, to the extent that this material exists, the CIA
would be prohibited by 18 USC Section 1461 from mailing obscene matter. Therefore,
your request is denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). I have enclosed an
explanation of these exemptions for your reference and retention. As the Acting CIA
Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this
determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel,
in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your
appeal.
Sincerely,
John Giuffrida
Acting Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure
Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C06249863