INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 29 OCTOBER - 2 NOVEMBER 2001 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578107
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2019
• Case Number: F-2010-01471
• Publication Date: November 2, 2001

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 29 October - 2 November 2001
Executive Summary
Immediate Calendar:
(U/htitie*October 2001: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed general material older than 25 years.
(UHAIUOt 15 November 2001: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons'
meeting at Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), Washington, DC.
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Future Planninz Calendar:
(UNETT71:1) January 2002: Historical Review Panel meeting at
(IJ/744141.0) April 2003: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed intelligence-related or multi-agency records.
Overview of IRR Activities Last Week:
(U/tAtete) FOIA Requests
(111htIrti) National Security Archive Interested in Taliban Activities
(U77AIrri) The National Security Archive requested information on "the late 1994 or January 1995 battle and
subsequent capture of Helmand, Afghanistan by the Taliban," "the February 1995 battle and subsequent capture of
Charasyab, Afghanistan by the Taliban," and "the September 1995 battle and subsequent capture of Herat,
Afghanistan's second city by the Taliban."
(UMT111431) Noted Author Seeks Copies of DCI Memoranda
(U//77017) Frequent requester and noted author Jeffrey Richelson asked for copies of the following memos:
"Richard Helms to Deputy Directors, March 6, 1972 (re: assassination)," "William Colby to Deputy Directors,
August 29, 1973 (re: assassination)", and "George Tenet's September 16 'We are at War' memo."
(UHA4LICL)_13razilian News Agency Interested in Relatives of Bin Laden
(UHAERni44) A requester affiliated with Globo News TV in Brazil asked for information on Salem bin Laden and
Mohammed bin Laden, both purportedly relatives of Osama Bin Laden.
(UHA11.1.14 Canadian Newspaper Seeks Information on Agency Contracts
(U//#!d) The editor of the McGill Daily in Montreal, Canada sought copies of "contracts between the CIA and
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McGill University signed between 1980 and the present."
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(U//*1151Q) Publications Review Board
(U/A1.1).11) Temporary Mail Halt Doesn't Stop Manuscript Submissions to PRB
(U/4,47Wetr The Publications Review Board (PRB) received more manuscripts in October.2001 than in October
2000, despite the temporary halt in mail delivery to the Agency following the 11 September terrorist events. In
October 2001, PRB received 30 manuscripts comprising 1,372 pages, compared to 26 manuscripts comprising 1,486
pages in the same month last year.
� Most authors submit materials to PRB via fax.
(UHA-11444) CIA Declassification Center
(U/hbeHT10) From the Archives: In 1966, DCI Won't Confirm or Deny CIA's Ability to Steer Hurricanes
(UHAIU0) DU William Raborn declined to confirm or deny the CIA's ability to steer hurricanes back and forth
across Cuba, according to the notes from a 1966 speech the DCI presented in St. Louis. The speech was reviewed
recently by the DI team at the CIA Declassification Center. The DCI stated in the speech that the CIA had been
blamed by unfriendly accusers for many things -- not only steering hurricanes to Cuba, but also for the collapse of a
bank in Lebanon, for the difficulties the French were experiencing with their former empire, and for the seizure by
Ghana of a planeload of diplomats from Guinea. Raborn explained to the audience that "once you begin to confirm
or deny, you begin to build a pattern. The time will come when your answer or silence will give the opposition
useful information." The DCI quoted Senator Saltonstall of Massachusetts, "remember, in a free country, when we
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tell our own citizens we are also infoiming our enemies, for they read our newspapers too."
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