Final Response

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005631362
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00768
• Publication Date: February 4, 2011

9 February 2011
Kel McClanahan, Esq.
Executive Director
National Security Counselors
1200 South Courthouse Road
Suite 124
Arlington, VA 22204
In the course of processing your 5 July 2010 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for copies of a variety of documents that accompanied
several FOIA requests, the FBI located CIA material and referred it to us on 9 November 2010 for
review and direct response to you.
We reviewed the material and determined it must be denied in its entirety on the basis of
FOIA exemptions (b)(3) and (b)(5). Exemption (b)(3) pertains to information exempt from
disclosure by statute. The relevant statute is the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50
U.S.C. ? 403, as amended, e.g., Section 6, which exempts from the disclosure requirement
information pertaining to the organization, functions, including those related to the protection of
intelligence sources and methods, names, official titles, salaries, and numbers of personnel
employed by the Agency. An explanation of exemptions is enclosed. As the 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,
Susan Viscuso
Information and Privacy Coordinator