LEVY, JONATHAN; FINAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0000961240
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00378
• Publication Date: June 19, 2003

19 June 2003
Mr. Jonathan Levy
Reference: F-2003-00928
Dear Mr. Levy:
This acknowledges receipt of your 18 May 2003 letter requesting records
under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specifically,
your request is for records pertaining to the Croatian-American Committee
for Human Rights. For identification purposes we have assigned your
request the number referenced above. Please refer to this number in future
correspondence.
Please note, the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency is primarily
concerned with foreign intelligence matters. Section 103 (d)(1) of the National
Security Act, as amended, specifically provides that "the Agency shall have no
police, subpoena, law-enforcement powers, or internal security functions."
Executive Order 12333, which regulates the conduct of intelligence activities
in the United States and elsewhere, provides that the responsibility for
domestic intelligence collection .is generally within the province of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A very limited exception to the Order is
provided which permits other agencies within the intelligence community to
collect significant foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, provided that no
such effort shall be undertaken for the purpose of acquiring information about
the domestic activities of United States persons. Based on the above, we must
decline to process your request.
 If you wish to contact the FBI, the address is:
Mr. David M. Hardy, Chief
FOIPA Section
Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Sincerely,
Kathryn I. Dyer
Information and Privacy Coordinator