Final Appeals Reponse Ltr

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005444555
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01901
• Publication Date: September 3, 2009

(b)(3)
October 29, 2009
Dear Mr. Gingeras:
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
APPROVED FOR RELEASES
This responds to your undated letter, which we received on 12 August 2009, appealing
our 15 July 2009 final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for
information about Ihsan Sekban (also known as Laz Ihsan or Ihsan Seymanoglu), "who was a
Turkish drug trafficker who was based in Istanbul and Izmir and was active between 1947 and
1980." Specifically, you appealed our determination that we can neither confirm nor deny the
existence or nonexistence of records on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).
The Agency Release Panel (ARP) considered your appeal and determined that the
Agency can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your
request on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). Therefore, in accordance with
Agency regulations, the ARP denied your appeal. For your information, Agency regulations are
set forth in part 1900 of title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In accordance with the
provisions of the FOIA, you have the right to seek judicial review of this determination in a
United States district court.
Sincerely,
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Delores M. Nelson
Executive Secretary
Agency Release Panel