LETTER TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM THE 9/11 WORKING GROUP RE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
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February 18, 2007
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The 9/11 Working Group
The Caldwell Center
323 S. Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
812-323-7274 (office/fax)
email:
Date: February 18, 2007
Central Intelligence Agency
Scott A. Koch
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Washington, D.C. 20505
telephone number: (703) 613-1287
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. ? 552, as amended, the
undersigned hereby request access to (or a copy of) all documents and records of all types
pertaining to or referencing, by name or otherwise, the items in the numbered list below. To the
extent your office or agency is not subject to the requirements of the FOIA, please consider this a
petition pursuant to the United States Constitution to redress grievances including the failure to
date of the federal government to make available to the public the full truth regarding the events
of September 11, 2001. We request all documents and records pertaining to or referencing:
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1) Any and all records cited in "The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the Univted States" (New York; W.W. Norton,
2004). (hereafter referred to as "The 9/11 Report")
2) Any and all background documents used in the preparation of "The 9/11 Report".
3) Any and all records cited in the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (hereafter
referred to as "The 9/11 Commission") Staff Monographs.
3) Any and all records cited in "The 9/11 Commission" Staff Reports.
4) Any and all background documents used in the preparation of "The 9/11 Commission"
Staff Monographs.
5) Any and all background documents used in the preparation of "The 9/11 Commission"
Staff Reports.
6) Any and all records cited during "The 9/11 Commission" hearings.
7) Any and all background documents referenced or used in the preparation of questions
during "The 9/11 Commission" hearings.
8) The complete, unredacted text. of the Congressional Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist
Attacks of September 11, 2001.
9) The complete, unredacted text of the CIA Inspector General's report, "CIA
Accountability With Respect To The 9/11 Attacks".
.This request includes all documents and records in any form or format that are or have ever been
within your custody or control, whether the documents and records exist in agency "working,"
investigative, retired, electronic mail, digital, other electronic, audio, video, paper/hard copy, or
other files. The terms "document" and "record" are broadly defined to mean any written,
printed, typed, or other graphic matter of any kind or nature, and all mechanical, electrical,
electronic, and magnetic recordings, whether an original or a non-identical copy, however
reproduced or altered, including, but not limited to, papers, letters, correspondence, E-mail,
telegrams, interoffice communications, memoranda, notes, notations, notebooks, reports, records,
accounting books or records, minutes of meetings, contracts, invoices, purchase orders,
instructions, specifications, schedules, tables, charts, transcripts, publications, scrap books,
diaries, computer files, files on disk or CD or DVD, backup files, and any drafts, revisions, or
amendments of the same or of like material.
For any documents or records or portions thereof that you fail to release, or block the release of
based on the asserted applicability of a FOIA exemption from the requirement to release
government documents and records, please provide an index itemizing and describing the
documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should, pursuant to the holding of
Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974), provide a
detailed justification for claiming a particular exemption explaining why each such exemption
applies to each document or portion of a document withheld.
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We request a waiver of fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to us is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the
operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in our commercial interest. We
are requesting these records as representatives of the Bloomington, Indiana 9/11 Working Group
(9/11 Working Group) for non-commercial, educational and scholarly purposes including public,
education and citizen oversight of government activities related to the tragic events of September
11, 2001. The information requested, once obtained, will be made available to the public via
release to the media, delivery to the Congress of the United States, release to citizen groups and
scholars nationwide who are engaged in 9/11 related oversight and investigative activities,
delivery to appropriate law enforcement agencies, and delivery to interested public libraries; and
via analytical reports prepared by the 9/11 Working Group which will be released to all of the
aforementioned agencies and parties. The 9/11 Working Group is currently an unincorporated
association of citizens, in the process of incorporating as a not-for-profit organization, concerned
about 1) the failure of officials of the United States Government to fully and accurately disclose
the truth regarding the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and 2) potential official misconduct
and violations of law by government officials related to the events that occurred on 9/11/01, and
related to the prelude and aftermath of 9/11/01.'
If any expenses in excess of $20.00 are incurred in connection with this request, please obtain
our approval before any such charges are incurred.
We will expect a response within 20 working days as provided by law. As noted above, if our
request is denied in whole or in part, we expect a detailed justification for withholding the
records. We also request any segregable portions that are not exempt to be disclosed.
We request that the information we seek be provided if possible in -electronic format, and we
would like to receive it on CD-ROM or DVD.
We may be contacted during business hours at the number for attorne}~ indicated
below, if necessary, to discuss any aspect of our request. Thank you for your prompt attention to
this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
The Caldwell Center
3423 S. Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
812-323=7274
e Caldwell Center
3423 S. Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
The Caldwell enter
3423 S. Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
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