Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. Letter states that the document production requested is being complied with in some parts and denied or withheld in part.
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
LIUL 2 5 2005
Case No. 200303827 Segment L12
Ms. Amrit Singh American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
18th
125 Broad Street, Floor New York, New Yo~k 10004-2400
Dear Ms. Singh:
I refer to letter dated June 8, 2005, regarding the release of certain Department of State material you had requested under the Freedom of Information Act (Title 5 USC Section 552) .
As you may recall with respect to Segment L12, further coordination was required before decisions could be made as to the release of 12 documents previously retrieved in response to your request. The coordination has now been completed for all of them and we find that one may be released in full and 11 may not be released. A copy of the released document is enclosed.
Material in all of the documents withheld in full is
currently and properly classified under Executive Order
12958 in the interest of national defense or foreign
relations. As such, it is exempt from release under
subsection (b) (1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Information in nine of the documents withheld in full is
exempt from release under subsection (b) (5) of the Freedom of Information Act because it is protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney client privilege,
attorney work product privilege and/or another privilege
incorporated by subsection (b) (5) .
Material in three of the documents withheld in full is information compiled for law enforcement purposes which, if produced, could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings. As such, it is exempt from release
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under subsection (b) (7) (A) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Material in three of the documents withheld in full is information compiled for law enforcement purposes which, if produced, could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As such, it is exempt from release under subsection (b) (7) (C) of the Freedom of Information Act.
In some cases, two or more exemptions apply to the same
document.
Sincerely,
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Enclosure: As stated.
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