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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001469015
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 22, 2015
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2008
• Case Number: F-2006-00548
• Publication Date: December 13, 2002

13 December 2002
This is further to our letter of 17 June 2002 concerning your
May 2002 request for records under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). Specifically, your request is for records pertaining to:
any early warnings that President Clinton and President
Bush had on the planning and the resulting terrorist
activity on the World Trade Center towers on
11 September 2001.
For identification purposes we have assigned your request the number
referenced above. Please refer to this number in future correspondence.
After careful consideration, we must advise you that the CIA can
neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to
your request. Such information--unless it has been officially acknowledged--
would be classified for reasons of national security under Executive Order
12958. The fact of the existence or nonexistence of such records would also
relate directly to information concerning intelligence sources and methods.
The Director of Central Intelligence has the responsibility and authority to
protect such information from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with
Section 103 (c)(6) of the National Security Act of 1947 and Section 6 of the CIA
Act of 1949. Therefore, your request is denied under FOIA exemptions (b)(1)
and (b)(3); an explanation of these exemptions is enclosed.
APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: 08-Oct-2008
 The CIA official responsible for this determination is Kathryn I. Dyer,
Information and Privacy Coordinator. By this action we are neither
confirming nor denying the existence or nonexistence of such records. You
may appeal this decision by addressing your appeal to the Agency Release
Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter. Should you
choose to do this, please explain the basis of your appeal.
We regret we are unable to assist you in this matter.
Sincerely,
Kat ryn I. Dyer
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure