P-2010-00471 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05513183
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-02160
• Publication Date: March 18, 2010

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STEVEN T. WAX
Federal Public Defender
STEPHEN R. SADY
Chief Deputy Defender
Steven Jacobson
Bryan E. Lessley �
Nancy Bergeson
Christopher J. Schatz
Ellen C. Pitcher
Craig Weinerman
Mark Bennett Weintraub �
Gerald M. Needham
Thomas J. Hester
Ruben L. Iniguez
Anthony D. Bornstein
Lisa Hay
Tonia L. Moro +
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
DISTRICT OF OREGON
101 SW Main Street, Suite 1700
Portland OR 97204
503-326-2123/ Fax [phone]
Branch Offices:
151 W. 7th, Suite 510 15 Newtown Street
Eugene, OR 97401 Medford, OR 97501
541-465-6937 541-776-3630
Fax [phone] Fax [phone]
March 10, 2010
Delores Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request/Privacy Act
Dear Ms. Nelson:
Susan Russell
Patrick Ehlers
Francesca Freccero
C. Renee Manes
Amy Baggio
Nell Brown
Kristina Hellman
Harold DuCloux Ill
Alison M. Clark
Brian Butler+
Thomas E. Price
Lynn Deffebach *
Michelle Sweet *
� Eugene Office
+ Medford Office
* ResearchNVriting Attorney
This is a Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act request for copies of the
following documents or data. This request includes any unclassified sections of
classified documents or other data that can be segregated from the classified original.
Any and all information including, but not limited to, reports, notes,
communications, the results of any intelligence collected, written or otherwise,
regarding or related to please find Privacy Act
authorization enclosed).
Any and all information including, but not limited to, reports, notes,
communications, written or otherwise, regarding or related to the Islamic charity, Al
Haramain, both international and domestic.
Any and all information including, but not limited to, reports, notes,
communications, written or otherwise, regarding the United States' involvement, direct
or indirect, in funding Chechen separatists involved in combat against Russian forces
from 1990 to the present.
Any and all information including, but not limited to, reports, notes,
communications, written or otherwise, regarding or related to the Saudi government's
use of Islamic charities, specifically Al Haramain, to fund Chechen separatists.
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Any and all information including, but not limited to, reports, notes,
communications, written or otherwise, regarding or related to the interrogations of Sami
Al Sanad, Soliman al-Buthe, Aqueel al Aqueel, and Mansour al Kadi or any other Al
Haramain official by the Saudi government.
Any and all information including, but not limited to, Saudi government
documents, reports, notes, communications, written or otherwise, regarding or related
to the Saudi Joint Relief Committee (SJRC), and the formation of the SJRC by order of
King Fand, specifically between the time period 1999 and 2005. This request includes,
but is not limited to the following SJRC officials: Dr. Al-Suwaiiern, HRH Prince Naif,
HRH Prince Turki Bin Fand. To assist you in your search for information, I am including
a declaration of Dr. Al-Suwailem, a former official of the SJRC, regarding the formation
and function of the SJRC.
Any and all information including reports, notes, communications, intelligence
collected, written or otherwise, regarding any investigation of the disbursement of the
funds collected by Al Haramain USA in 2000, specifically $150,000 donated by
Egyptian citizen Mr. Mahmoud Talaat El Fiki.
Any and all communications, written or otherwise, between the United States
government and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the designation of any Al
Haramain office or individuals, including Aqueel al Aqueel, Soliman al Buthe, Mansour
al Kadi, designated organization or individual.
Any and all reports, testimony, briefings, etc., provided to the United States
Congress regarding the United States policy with regard to Chechnya, particularly
between 1993 and the present.
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I
am the Chief Investigator for the Federal Public Defender Office in the District of
Oregon. I hold a secret level security clearance. Our client is an indigent defendant in
a criminal matter in this district and the documents requested are necessary for the
defense of our client. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the
requested information to me 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 my commercial interest.
Sincerely,
VUT/sIs
William Teesdale
Chief Investigator
Federal Public Defender's Office
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PRIVACY ACT CONSENT FORM
Delores Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
I hereby authorize the Federal Public Defender and its staff to request and
receive, pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act, for the purpose of legal
representation on my behalf, documents or information relating in any manner to me in
the possession of the United States government. I expressly further consent to the
release of such information by custodians and possessors of such information to my
representative, the Federal Public Defender.
This authority includes, but is not limited to, the inspection, copying, and receipt
of documents, photographs, and all other written, recorded, or digitally-stored
information and the receipt of oral information. I hereby request that all persons
cooperate fully in providing the requested information.
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Dated:
do frederal Detenders Unice
101 SW Main Street, Suite 1700
Portland, OR 97204
[phone]
ATTN: William Teesdale, Attorney and
Chief Investigator
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