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8/12/2019 CIA FOIA FRANK STURGIS http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/cia-foia-frank-sturgis 1/12 Mr Alan Weberman 345 East 94th Street, 28C New York, NY 10128 Central Intelligence Agency Washington D.C. 20505 14 March 2014 Reference: F-2014-00778 FBI 1212526-0 Dear Mr. Weberman: In the course of processing your April 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for information on Frank Sturgis, the FBI located CIA material and referred it to us on 17 January 2014 for review and direct response to you. We reviewed the material and determined that the document can be released in segregable form with deletions made on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(l) and (b)(3). Exemption (b)(3) pertains to information exempt from disclosure by statute. The relevant statute is the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 U.S.C. § 403g, as amended, e.g., Section 6 which exempts from the disclosure requirement information pertaining to the organization, functions, including those related to the protection of intelligence sources and methods. A copy of the document and an explanation of exemptions are enclosed. As the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal. Enclosures Sincerely, / ~ ~ Michele Meeks Information and Privacy Coordinator

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Mr Alan Weberman345 East 94th Street, 28C

New York, NY 10128

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington D.C. 20505

14 March 2014

Reference: F-2014-00778 FBI 1212526-0

Dear Mr. Weberman:

In the course of processing your April 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for information on Frank Sturgis, the

FBI located CIA material and referred it to us on 17 January 2014 for review and directresponse to you.

We reviewed the material and determined that the document can be released in

segregable form with deletions made on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(l) and (b)(3).

Exemption (b)(3) pertains to information exempt from disclosure by statute. The relevant

statute is the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 U.S.C. § 403g, as amended, e.g.,

Section 6 which exempts from the disclosure requirement information pertaining to the

organization, functions, including those related to the protection of intelligence sources and

methods. A copy of the document and an explanation of exemptions are enclosed. As the

CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this

determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, inmy care, within 45 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your

appeal.

Enclosures

Sincerely,/ ~ ~Michele Meeks

Information and Privacy Coordinator

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ExplanationofExemptions

reedom of Information ¢

b 1) exempts :froni disclosure information currently and properly classified, pirrsuantto an

Bxecuti:Ve Order;

(b 2) exempts :fr.om disclosure n f o r m t i o ~ which pertains solelyto the internal personnelrulesandpractices of he Agency; ·

b)(3) exempts from disclosure informationthat another federal statute protects, providedthat the

other. federal stafute either requires thatthe matlers be withheld, or establishes particular

criteria for withh.<?lding or refers to particular types ofmatters to be witbheld.. The (b)(3)

statutes upon which the CIA relies include, but are not limited to, the GIA Act of 1949;

(b) 4) exempts from disclosure trade secrets and commercial or financial infon:ilation that is

obfuined from a person and t s privileged or confidential;

b 5) exempts :from disclomrre inter-and intra-agency memorandaor letters that would not be

· availableby law to aparty oth,er than n agencyin litigation with the agency;

(b) 6) exempts :from disclosure information from personnelanci medical files and siirrilar files the

disclosure of-w:bich would constito±e a clearlyunwammted invaSionofprivacy; .

(b 7) exempts :from disclosure information compiled for lawe.D:fo.:i;cemen:t purposes to the extent

that the productionof he :information -8-.) could reasonablybe expectedto interfere withe.nforcC11J1ent proceedings; (B) would deprive a personofa· right to a fair trial or an

:impartial aqjuclicatio:r:i; (C) could reasonablybe expected to constitute an unwarranted

invasion of personalprivacy; (D) could reasonablybe expected to disclose the id.e.q.tity ofa

confide.p.tial source or; in he case of nformation compiiedby a criminal law enforcementauthority :in the course of a criminal :investigationor by an agency conducting a laWfulnational security¢elligence n v e s t i g f i o ~ :information furnished bya confidential source ;

E) would disclose techniques and procedures for lawenforceri:ten:t investigations or·

prosecuiiqns i such disclosure could reasonablybe expected to risk circumventionof he

law; or F) could reasonablybe expected to endanger any·:indivi'a:uai's life or physical

safety;

b)(8) exempts :from disclosure in.formation containedin reports or related to examination,

operating, or ·condition reports prepared by, or on behalfof: or for use ofan agencyresponsible for regulatingor supe.rvis:ing financial institutions; and ·

b)(9) exempts from (lisclosure geologicaland geophysical infoµnation and data, including maps,.concerning wells.

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