Status Request

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06292659
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2016
• Case Number: F-2015-00829
• Publication Date: February 13, 2015

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Date Feb 13, 2015 16:49 GMT
To 17036133007
From : [e-mail]
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Copy of FOIA request (and
February 13, 2015
Central Intelligence Agency
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below,
and originally submitted on Jan. 13, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to
receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
On Jan. 14, 2015:
This is a link to the CIA's letter, dated Jan. 7, 2015, rejecting my FOIA request for
information and records on Mary Elizabeth McHughes Ferrell:
https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia files/1-9-15 MR14309 REJ-G ID1317491-000.pdf
The reference number for the FOIA request is F-2015-00493.
John Kirsch
On Jan. 13, 2015:
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following
records:
This request is made under the Freedom of Information Act.
I hereby request a copy of an FOIA request (and processing notes) for information and
records on Mary Ferrell. I do not have a reference number for this request, which I
believe was made in the last two years.
This request was mentioned in the CIA's Jan. 7, 2015, rejection of a separate FOIA
request I faxed to the CIA on Nov. 23, 2014, for information and records on Mary
Ferrell.
The reference number for FOIA request I submitted, and which was rejected, is F-2015-
00493.
I believe the FOIA request I am seeking at this time triggered a Mandatory
Declassification Review.
Mary Ferrell was a Dallas woman who amassed a large amount of material about the
assassination of President Kennedy and other events. Her full name was Mary Elizabeth
McHughes Ferrell. She passed away in 2004. This is a link to her obituary, which was
published in The Dallas Morning News:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=mary-elizabeth-
mchughes-ferrell&pid=1958846
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I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the
public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public
free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by
a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering
and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of
the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request
filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to
receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute
requires.
Sincerely,
John Kirsch
Filed via MuokRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): [e-mail]
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 15600
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly addressed (i.e., with
the requester's name rather than MuckRock News) requests might be returned by the USPS
as undeliverable.
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