Final Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05955615
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2021
• Case Number: F-2014-00973
• Publication Date: January 22, 2013

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
28 January 2013
Mr. Ryan Kashfian
Reference: F-2013-00599
Dear Mr. Kashfian:
This is a final response to your 21 January 2013 Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on
21 January 2013, for information or records on the persons (possibly two) whom the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) formally requested that the Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI) not interrogate, during the Watergate scandal of the 1970's.
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. Commonly this equates to a requirement
that the documents must be locatable through the indexing of our various systems.
Extremely broad or vague requests or requests requiring research do not satisfy this
requirement. Therefore, we decline to process this request.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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IMS/IRRG/PIPD 22 January 2013
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2013-00599 CAN (Vague)
FOIA
00599 Kashfian CAN
Records requested not reasonable described.
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