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Jeffrey

L.

Light, Esq Law Office

of

Jeffrey

L.

Light 1712 Eye Street,

NW

Suite 915 Washington, DC 20006

Central

Intelligence Agency

Washington,

D.C.

20505

20 July 2015 Reference: F-2014-01381; F-2014-01382

I

14-cv-01056 Dear Mr. Light: This letter is in response to your

11

April 2014 Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) request, submitted on behalf

of

your clients, Jason Leopold and Ryan Noah Shapiro for the following information:

1.

Requesters request 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.


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.


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.


of

the contract, the request for proposal, proposal, bid soiicitation, 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.

Requesters request 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.

We

processed your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended.

We

completed a thorough search for records responsive to your request and located three hundred fourteen (313) documents, twelve (12)

of

which can be released in full. Seventy (70) documents can be released in segregable form with redactions made on the basis

ofFOIA

exemptions (b)(l), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(7)(c), and/or (b)(7)(e). In addition, it has been determined that two hundred thirty two (231) documents must be denied in their entirety on the basis

ofFOIA

exemptions

(b)(l),

(b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(d) and/or

(b

)(7)(

e). Exemption (b )(3) pertains to Section 6

of

the Central Intelligence Agency Act

of

1949, 50 U.S.C. § 3507, noted as exemption "(b)(3)CIAAct" on the enclosed documents, and/or Section 102A(i)(l)

of

the National Security Act

of

194

7,

50 U.S.C § 3024(i)(l ), noted as exemption "(b )(3)NatSecAct" on the enclosed documents. Because the above-referenced request is a subject

of

pending litigation in federal court, in accordance with Agency regulations

as

set forth at Section 1900.42

of

Title 32

of

the Code

of

Federal Regulations, you are not entitled to appeal this determination administratively. Enclosures Sincerely, Michael Lavergne Information and Privacy Coordinator

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(b )(6)

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Central

Intelligence

Agency

Washington,

D.C.

20505

·3

February

2014

Chief,

Computer

Crime

and

Int~llectual

Property

Section

(CCIPS)

Department

of

Justice

John

C.

Keeney

Building,

Suite

600

Washington,

District

of

Columbia,

20530

'Attention:

=(b)(6)

[.

Deputy

Chief

for

Litigation,

CCIPS

Reference:

(U)

Possible

Violations of

Federal

Criminal

Law

(2014-11718)

o_ear

C(b)(6)~-:

(U//POUO)

I

am·

writing

to

you

pursuant

to

Title

50

U'.S.C._

§

3517

to report

information concerning

possible

violations

of

federal

criminal

law,

specifically Title

18

U.S.C.

§

1030

·

(Fraud

and

related

activity.

in

connection

with

computers)·

and

Title

18

U.S.C.

§

2511_

(Authorization

for

interception

of

wire,

oral;

or

electronic

communications)

by Agency

employees.

__)

(Uh'FOUO)

Per

our

30

Januaty

2014

meeting

with

you

and Deputy

Chief

[(b)(6)=1

the

OIG

has

information

indicating

that·

Agency

officers potentially

·violated

the

above

statutes

on

a

sensitive

network.

(U//POUO)

Assistant

Special

Agent

in

Charg_el~~(b)(3)

CIAAcf~~~j

this

office

is

the

focal point in

this

matter.

For·

reference

purposes,

this

case

has

beeft

designated

as

case

number 2014-11718.

Sincerely,

I~

~{b){3)

CIAAct

Assistant

Inspector

General

for

Investigations

·uNCLASSIFIED//FOUO

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