Final Letter

Document Type:

FOIA [1]

Collection:

FOIA Collection [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

05956068

Release Decision:

RIPPUB

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Document Creation Date:

March 9, 2023

Document Release Date:

December 14, 2021

Sequence Number:

Case Number:

F-2014-00973

Publication Date:

January 24, 2013

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Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05956068 Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 28 January 2013 Larry Klayman, Esq. Chairman and General Counsel Freedom Watch 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 345 Washington, DC 20006 Reference: F-2013-00563 Dear Mr. Klayman: This is a final response to your 10 January 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, submitted on behalf of Freedom Watch, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 10 January 2013, for any documents that refer or relate to the following in any way: 1. Any and all information that refers or relates in any way to the decision to nominate Chuck Hagel for the position of Secretary of Defense. 2. Any and all information that refers or relates in any way to Chuck Hagel and any of his public comments about Israel and Iran. 3. Any and all information that refers or relates in any way to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's ("AIPAC") decision not to oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense. 4. Any and all information that refers or relates in any way to the relationship of Chuck Hagel to Steven J. Rosen, a top official at AIPAC, to President Barack H. Obama and to the Obama administration as a whole. The CIA is not the repository for records of other government agencies. The information you seek would fall under the auspices of the Department of Defense (DoD). Please be aware that the CIA is not authorized to release records originated by other government agencies. Therefore if you have not already done so, you should submit your FOIA request to the following address: DoD Office of Freedom of Information 1155 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1155 Sincerely, ( Michele Meeks Information and Privacy Coordinator Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05956068 Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05956068 IMS/IRRG/PIP 24 January 2013 Distribution: Orig - Adse 1 - PIPD/F-2013-00563 REF Final 0563 Klayman REF (DoD) Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05956068