EVANS, MICHAEL; APPEAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001425191
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01608
• Publication Date: April 12, 2007

Mr. Michael Evans
The National Security Archive
Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Reference: F-2007-00067
Dear Mr. Evans:
This responds to your your 16 November,2006 letter appealing our, 18 October 2006
response to National Security Archive's Freedom of Information Act request for all documents from.
1980 to the present date, relating in whole or in part to the Colombian paramilitary and drug
trafficker Ramon Marina Isaza Arango a/k/a El Viejo, and all documents on the Autodefensas
Campesinas del Magdalena Medio (Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Central Magdalena) faction of
the AUC that he leads. Specifically, you appealed our determination that we can neither confirm nor
deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request on the basis of Freedom of
Information Act exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).
The Agency Release Panel has considered your appeal and has determined that the Agency
can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request on
the basis of Freedom of Information Act exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). Therefore, in accordance
with Agency regulations, the Agency Release Panel has 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 Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
seek judicial review of this determination in a United States district court.
Sincerely,
Scott Koch
Executive Secretary
Agency Release Panel
(b)(3)
APPROVED FOR RELEASEL
DATE: 02-Mar-2011