Final Response CAN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005339894
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00781
• Publication Date: December 4, 2008

December 10, 2008
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE^ DATE:
12-May-2010
This is a final response to your undated Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator
on 19 November 2008, for "a collection of documents iterating the entirety of actions
taken on/upon/to/toward/onto/unto citizens of the United States in the time range of the
years 2000 to present." We have assigned your request the reference number above.
Please use this number when corresponding so that we can identify it easily.
The Agency 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. Because of the breadth and lack of specificity of your
request, and the way in which the Agency configures its records systems, the Agency
cannot conduct a reasonable search for information responsive to your request.
In addition, the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency is primarily concerned
with foreign intelligence -- not domestic -- matters. Section 103 (d)(1) of the National
Security Act, as amended, specifically provides that "the Agency shall have no police,
subpoena, law-enforcement powers, or internal security functions." Therefore we decline
to process your request.
Sincerely,
Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator