Letter from Margaret P. Grafeld, DOS to Amrit Singh, ACLU re: the ACLU's FOIA Request. The 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
JUS , 8 2005
Case No. 200303827 L27
Ms. Amrit Singh
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 1004-2400
Dear Ms. Singh:
I refer to our letter dated December 17, 2004, regarding the
release of certain Department of State material under the
Freedom of Information Act (Title 5 USC Section 552).
As you may recall, further coordination was required before a
decision could be made as to the release of one of the
documents in the L27 Segment previously retrieved in response
to your request. The coordination has now been completed for
that document and we find that it may not be released.
Information in the document 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
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privilege, and/or another privilege incorporated by
subsection (b)(5).
Sincerely,
Margaret P. G feld
Director
Office of Information Programs
and Services