F-2019-01158 SPR letter

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06796115
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: October 29, 2024
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2024
• Case Number: F-2023-01665
• Publication Date: March 29, 2019

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
10 April 2019
Ms. Madeline Karon
Reference: F-2019-01158
Dear Ms. Karon:
This is further to our letter dated 26 March 2019 regarding your 18 March 2019 Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request for records on the employment of Elissa Blair Slotkin. We
noted in our prior correspondence that we might need to contact you for additional information
or clarification. Specifically, we are reaching out to you because although you have provided
some of the identifying information required before we can effectively search our files on an
individual, we still need additional data before we can begin processing your request. Without
this data, we may be unable to distinguish between individuals with the same or similar names.
Specifically, we require the individual's:
0 Full name
VDate and place of birth
./Date and Place of death
VEvidence of death
VLiving party signed affidavit: Freedom of Information Act-Certification of Identity Form and
copy of Code of Federal Regulations Vol. 32� 1900.32(b) information (enclosed).
If the individual is deceased, we also require some evidence of death, such as a death certificate,
an obituary, or a press statement to ensure there are no privacy considerations. A website link in
itself does not satisfy the proof of death requirement. Please provide the actual documentation
and source. Proof of death is not required if date of birth is 100 years ago or greater.
Agency regulations encourage requesters seeking information on living third parties to provide a
signed affidavit or declaration from the third parties waiving all or some of their privacy rights.
We can search without this authorization, but if we locate responsive records, privacy concerns
may require us to protect the information from release.
FOIA exemption (b)(6) requires us to protect information "the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." In reaching this determination,
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we use the test our regulations outline at 32 CFR � 1900.32(b): "the Agency will balance the
privacy interests that would be compromised by disclosure against the public interest in release
of the requested information." Therefore, the waiver will assist us with this determination.
Please be advised, the FOIA authorizes federal agencies to collect fees for records services.
Based on the information provided in your letter, we determined that your request falls into the
"all other" fee category, which may require you to pay applicable search and copying fees (if any
exist) beyond the first 100 pages of reproduction and the first two hours of search time, which
are free. Copies are ten cents per page. We note your agreement to pay up to $250.
If we do not hear from you by 13 June 2019, we will close your request as it is not reasonably
described.
Please send requested information to:
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
If you prefer to fax in your information, our facsimile is 703-613-3007.
Sincerely,
Riggs Monfort
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosures
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