Quack Letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06185827
• 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: April 18, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
24 April 2014
Jeffrey L. Light, Esq.
1712 Eye Street, NW
Suite 915
Washington, DC 20006
References: F-2014-01381 (Jason Leopold)
F-2014-01382 (Ryan Noah Shapiro)
Dear Mr. Light:
On 17 April 2014, the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator received your
11 April 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, submitted on behalf of your clients,
Jason Leopold and Ryan Noah Shapiro. Specifically, the records sought are as follows:
1. a copy of all written agreements and correspondence between the SSCI (including
Senators on the committee, their staff, and committee staff) and the CIA (or its
agents, including contractors) which set forth the terms under which SSCI staffers
would be permitted to access CIA documents at the secure CIA facility in Virginia.
2. a copy of all records documenting any CIA investigation into the search of SSCI's
computers at the secure facility in Virginia, including any records generated by the
CIA's Inspector General in the course of any investigation; records referring the
incident(s) to the Department of Justice for investigation; and correspondence
between the SSCI (including Senators on the committee, their staff, and committee
staff) and the CIA (or its agents, including contractors) which discuss the event.
3. a copy of all records documenting any CIA investigation into the removal of the
Panetta Review, including any records generated by the CIA's Inspector General in
the course of any investigation; records referring the incident(s) to the Department
of Justice for investigation; and correspondence between the SSCI (including
Senators on the committee, their staff, and committee staff) and the CIA (or its
agents, including contractors) which discuss the event.
4. a copy of the contract, the request for proposal, proposal, bid solicitation, and bid
for any CIA contractor responsible for reviewing records relating to the CIA's
former Detention and Interrogation Program before access was provided to SSCI
staff.
5. a copy of any and all talking points (in draft and final form), and any and all
guidance issued to the CIA's Office of Public Affairs, about the ongoing dispute
between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence (SSCI) over the SSCI's review of the CIA's former Detention and
Interrogation Program.
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Our officers will review your request and will advise you should they encounter any
problems or if they cannot begin the search without additional information. We have assigned
your request the reference number above. Please use this number when corresponding so that we
can identify it easily.
You have requested expedited processing. We handle all requests in the order we receive
them; that is, "first-in, first-out." We make exceptions to this rule only when a requester
establishes a compelling need in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. � 552, as amended. Your
request does not demonstrate a "compelling need" and, therefore, we deny your request for
expedited processing.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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(b)(3)
(b)(6)
IMS/1RRG/PIPD 18 April 2014
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2014-01381 REC
1 - PIPD/F-2014-01382 REC
(b)(3) FOIAn01381 Leopold and 01382 Shapiro Quack (Denial of Expedited Processing)
(b)(6)
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