Initial Request

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005265381
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00666
• Publication Date: May 19, 2008

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Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 18-Aug-2010
the 2001 Intelligence Authorization Act. The provision, known informally as the Official Secrets Act,
would have criminalized unauthorized disclosure of properly classified information. This request is
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Correspondence and c-mails between CIA and any Member of Congress, Senator, or
Congressional staffer pertaining to the proposed enactment of this anti-leak provision.
Any other opinions, memoranda, letters, statements; affidavits, unsworn statements,
reports, correspondence, inter-agency communications, and emails pertaining to the
proposed enactment of this anti-leak provision and the opinions of the CIA as an
institution and of individual CIA employees regarding the proposed statutory language.
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public's understanding of government operations or activities and is in the public interest. Over the course
of the Global War on Terror, numerous documents from a host of executive branch agencies have been
released, detailing the legal and policy considerations that have formed the basis for discussions on a
wide-range of national security policies. One example was the DOS's disclosure of memoranda that
originated in its Office of Legal Counsel and which formed a critical component of U .S. policies
concerning detention of terrorist suspects. Given the highly-publicized nature of this particular
controversy and its relation to safeguarding classified information, detailing the span of arguments
the District of Columbia. Your cooperation in this matter would be appreciated. If you wish to discuss this
request, please do not hesitate to contact Kel McClanahan at KellvBMcCnn gmail.eom or 301-728-5908.
Mark S. Zaid
Executive Director
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