ACC Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06161162
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2022
• Case Number: F-2014-02028
• Publication Date: February 18, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
5 March 2014
Mr. Jason Leopold
Reference: F-2014-00746
Dear Mr. Leopold:
This is further to our 4 February 2014 letter concerning your 21 January 2014 Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) request for disclosure of any and all records that were prepared,
received, transmitted, collected and /or maintained by the Director's Review Group for
Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation.
The records [you] seek, should they exist, include:
1. The Review Group's Charter.
2. Dates, times and locations for public meetings.
3. Detailed minutes and transcripts of each meeting.
4. All records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies,
agenda, or other documents which were made available to or prepared for or by the
group.
5. Letters, memos, emails sent to members of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence by Review Group officials and letters, memos, emails the Review Group
received from Senate Select Committee on Intelligence members.
With respect to Item 4, we cannot accept your FOIA request in its current form because it
would require the Agency to perform an unreasonably burdensome search. 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. This could include identifying records on a particular event, circumstance, organization,
or document title. 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.
We will accept Items 1, 2, and 5 as written; we interpret Item 3 to be a request for minutes
and transcripts of each "public meeting." The CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. � 431, as amended,
exempts CIA operational files from the search, review, publication, and disclosure requirements of
the FOIA. To the extent your request seeks information that is subject to the FOIA, we accept
Items 1, 2, 3, and 5 of your request, and we will process it in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C.
� 552, as amended. We will limit our search for records up to and including the date the Agency
starts its search, In accordance with our regulation, as a matter of administrative discretion, the
Agency has waived the fees for this request.
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The large number of FOIA requests CIA receives has created unavoidable delays making it
unlikely that we can respond within the 20 working days the FOIA requires. You have the right to
consider our honest appraisal as a denial of your request and you may appeal to the Agency
Release Panel. A more practical approach would permit us to continue processing your request and
respond to you as soon as we can. You will retain your appeal rights and, once you receive the
results of our search, can appeal at that time if you wish. We will proceed on that basis unless you
object.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and PrivacyCoordinator
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(b)(3)
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IMS/IRRG/PIP 18 February 2014
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2014-00746 ACC
(b)(3) FOIA
(b)(6)
0746 Leopold ACC
Noted: This request has been reviewed by FOIA and PIPD Chief
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