F-2002-00897 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00780277
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2022
• Case Number: F-2018-01293
• Publication Date: May 22, 2002

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The National Security Archive
The George Washington University
Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Central Intelligence Agency
Kathryn I. Dyer
FOIA and Privacy Coordinator
Washington, D.C. 20505
Re: Request under the FOIA, in reply refer to Archive # 20020302CIA046
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Dear Ms. Dyer:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I hereby request disclosure of documents
pertaining to "Operation LASER STRIKE," a program coordinated by U.S. Southern Command to
provide military support for drug interdiction efforts in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. The program
was initiated in April 1996.
If you regard any of these documents as potentially exempt from the FOIA's disclosure requirements, I
request that you nonetheless exercise your discretion to disclose them. As the FOIA requires, please
release all reasonably segregable nonexempt portions of documents. To Permit me to reach an
intelligent and informed decision whether or not to file an administrative appeal of any denied material,
please describe any withheld records (or portions thereof) and explain the basis for your exemption
claims.
As you know, the National Security Archive qualifies for waiver of search and review fees as a
representative of the news media. This request is made as part of a scholarly and news research project
and not for commercial use. For details on the Archive's research and publication activities, please see
our Web site at the address above. Please notify me before incurring photocopying costs over $100.
To expedite the release of the requested documents, please disclose them on an interim basis as they
become available to you, without waiting until all the documents have been processed. If you have any
questions regarding the identity of the records, their location, the scope of the request or any other
matters, please call me at [phone]. I look forward to receiving your response within the twenty-
day statutory time period.
Sincerely Yours,
Michael Evans
An Independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University, the Archive collects
and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Publication royalties and tax deductible
contributions through The National Security Archive Fund, Inc. underwrite the Archive's Budget.
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The George Washington University
Gelman Library, Suite 701
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Washington, D.C. 20037
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Kathryn I. Dyer, FOIA and Privacy Coordinator
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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http://www.nsarchive.org
[phone]
Organization: Central Intelligence Agency
From: Michael Evans
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