FINAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05955472
• 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 18, 2013

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
28 January 2013
Mr. Mike Mate ske
Reference: F-2013-00580
Dear Mr. Mateske:
This is a final response to your 6 January 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 15 January 2013,
for information or records on the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club/San Francisco Chapter.
Please note, 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." Executive Order 12333, which regulates
the conduct of intelligence activities in the United States and elsewhere, provides that the
responsibility for domestic intelligence collection is generally within the province of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A very limited exception to the Order is provided that permits
other agencies within the Intelligence Community to collect significant foreign intelligence and
counterintelligence, provided that no such effort shall be undertaken for the purpose of acquiring
information about the domestic activities of United States persons. Therefore, we must decline to
process your request. We recommend you submit a request to the FBI at the following address:
Mr. David M. Hardy, Chief
Record/Information Dissemination Section
Federal Bureau of Investigation
170 Marcel Drive
Winchester, VA 22602-4843
[phone]
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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