LETTER (SANITIZED)

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John B. Bacon
Information and Privacy Co-ordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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12 July, 1982
Since February 24, 1981, I have requested documents (listed in the
attached) from the Central Intelligence Agency.
On May 11, 1981, you, Mr. Bacon, informed me the Agency's "tasking"
was going on.
On January 22, 1982, Chris Raider (1-203-351-2156) in the CIA's
Information Processing division informed me the "Bay of Pigs" packet was
available (56 documents, including 9 I had previously requested. I
received it and paid for it.
On February 12, 1982, you, Mr. Bacon, informed me that a book
Operation Zapata (1981) contained some of the Taylor Committee materials
I had requested. In that same letter, you, Mr. Bacon, also informed me
that the CIA releases material only in "sanitized form."
But, since February 12, 1982, I have received no response whatsoever
to my three letters (the last, May 20, 1982).
Among the substantive questions I have asked the Agency and the
requests I have made of the Agency to which the CIA has not responded are:
1. that my requests have been and are for CIA documents on attests against
the life of Fidel Castro (I did not originally request "Bay of Pigs" material).
2. that if only 9 of the 100 documents I requested have been "found," Low
was a judgment reached that what I was requesting was "already in the public
domain" and therefore not worthy of fee waiver?
?3. that the Agency must Justify "sanitizing" documents with something more
than a blanket statement such as "intelligence sources and methods." The
I+OIA requires the Agency to specify which exception to the Act it is relying
on. One on of the 56 documents in your "Bay of Pigs" packet is marked with
such a specific exception. I regret being the person to questiQa your
practice, but legally you must follow the Act to the letter. You therefore
owe me eWlanations on both the 56 documents and any future "sanitized" docu-
ments you release to me.
Ma January 22, 1982 through May 20, 1982, I have asked for the results
of the Agency's "tasking": no response. On May 20, 1982, I wrote to you,
Mr. iacon:
I am assuming that you have not, through default
and/or non-response, decided to refuse my request.
Please respond.
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John E. Bacon, CIA, page 2
Since you have not responded to my last letter, I am therefore with this
letter appealing your non-response, and I request a final decision within
twenty working days, as is provided in*,-.the Freedom of Information Act. I
intend to go to court if my request is denied.
Copies to: Director, CIA
Senator Lowell Weicker, Ct.
Senator Christopher Dcdd, Ct.
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