Jeffrey L. Light, Esq Law Office of Jeffrey L.Light 1712 Eye Street, NW Suite 915 Washington, DC20006 Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 20 July 2015 Reference:F-2014-01381; F-2014-01382 I14-cv-01056 Dear Mr.Light: This letter isin response to your11April 2014 Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) request,submitted on behalf of your clients, Jason Leopold and Ryan Noah Shapiro for the following information: 1.Requesters request a copy of all written agreements and correspondence between the SSCI (including Senators on the committee, their staff, and committee staff) and the CIA ( or itsagents,including contractors) which set forth the terms under which SSCI staffers would be permitted to access CIA documents at the secure CIA facility in Virginia. 2.Requesters request a copy of all records documenting any CIA investigation into the search of SSCI's computers at the secure facility in Virginia, including any records generated by the CIA's Inspector General in the course of any investigation; records referring the incident( s)to the Department of Justice for investigation; and correspondence between the SSCI (including Senators on the committee, their staff,and committee staff) and the CIA ( or its agents, including contractors) which discuss the event. 3.Requesters request a copy of all records documenting any CIA investigation into the removal of the Panetta Review, including any records generated by the CIA's Inspector General in the course of any investigation; records referring the incident( s) to the Department of Justice for investigation; and correspondence between theSSCI (including Senators on the committee, their staff,and committee staff) and the CIA ( or itsagents,including contractors) which discuss the event. 4.Requesters request a copy of the contract, the request for proposal, proposal, bid soiicitation, and bid forany CIA contractor responsible for reviewing records relating to the CIA' s former Detention and Interrogation Program before access was provided to SSCI staff. 5.Requesters request a copy of any and all talking points (in draft and finalform),and any and allguidance issued to theCIA' s Office of Public Affairs,about the ongoing dispute between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) over the SSCI's review of the CIA's former Detention and Interrogation Program. We processed your request in accordance with the FOIA,5 U.S.C. 552, asamended. We completed a thorough search for records responsive to your request and located three hundred fourteen (313) documents, twelve (12) of which can be released in full.Seventy (70) documents can be released in segregable form with redactions made on the basis ofFOIA exemptions (b)(l), (b)(3),(b)(4),(b)(5),(b)(6), (b)(7)(c),and/or (b)(7)(e).In addition, it has been determined that two hundred thirty two (231) documents must be denied in their entirety on the basis ofFOIA exemptions (b)(l), (b)(3), (b)(4),(b)(5),(b)(6),(b)(7)(c),(b)(7)(d) and/or (b )(7)(e). Exemption (b )(3) pertains toSection 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 U.S.C. 3507, noted asexemption "(b)(3)CIAAct" on the enclosed documents, and/or Section102A(i)(l) of the National Security Act of 194 7,50 U.S.C 3024(i)(l ),noted as exemption "(b )(3)NatSecAct" on the enclosed documents. Because the above-referenced request isa subject of pending litigation in federalcourt, in accordance with Agency regulations asset forth at Section1900.42 of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, you are not entitled to appeal this determination administratively. Enclosures Sincerely, Michael Lavergne Information and Privacy Coordinator C06298609 f (b )(6) Approved for Release:2015/07/17 C06298609 ~NCLASSIFIED//PCUO CentralIntelligence Agency Washington,D.C.20505 3February2014 Chief,ComputerCrimeandInt~llectualPropertySection(CCIPS) DepartmentofJustice JohnC.KeeneyBuilding,Suite600 Washington,DistrictofColumbia,20530 'Attention:=(b)(6)[. DeputyChiefforLitigation,CCIPS Reference:(U)PossibleViolationsofFederalCriminalLaw (2014-11718) o_ear C(b)(6)~-: (U//POUO)IamwritingtoyoupursuanttoTitle50U'.S.C._ 3517toreportinformationconcerningpossibleviolationsof federalcriminallaw,specificallyTitle18U.S.C.1030 (Fraud andrelatedactivity. inconnectionwithcomputers) andTitle18 U.S.C.2511_(Authorizationforinterceptionofwire,oral;or electroniccommunications)byAgencyemployees. __)(Uh'FOUO)Perour30Januaty2014meetingwithyouand DeputyChief [(b)(6)=1theOIGhasinformationindicatingthat Agencyofficerspotentially violatedtheabovestatutesona sensitivenetwork. (U//POUO)AssistantSpecialAgentinCharg_el~~(b)(3)CIAAcf~~~j thisofficeisthefocalpointinthismatter. Forreferencepurposes,thiscasehasbeeftdesignatedascase number2014-11718. Sincerely, I~~{b){3) CIAAct AssistantInspectorGeneral forInvestigations uNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Approvedfor Release:2015/07 /17 C06298609 C06298609 Approved for Release:2015/07/17 C06298609 QNCLASSIFIED//FOUO 1.(b)(6) Original- Adgressee 1- INVChrono 1- DoJFile (b)(3)CIAAct 1- SubjectFile(2014-llilB) 2 II- - -- ........-Approvedfor Release:2015/07 /17 C06298609 C06264689 Approvedfor Release:2015/07/17 C06264689 DIANNE FEINSTE1N. C.l.LlfO~MA, OlAIFlM"-tl SAXBY CHAMSLISS. GEORGiA,VICf. CHAJFiMAN.lOHN D. ROCKEFEI.I.ERIV. WES'lV!f\01Nlt..rHCl!Af!" eA,'Mjll.ra;~c;_+cflK'.',,,, " The:HonoraEfo:1fohn/Btennan '.' .: :_-. ;. :'.'[j ... ,,.,,. ,. ,., .')!'"- ;,.,,.., . :-;,,. ',.' J ...,.. .\.:.~> ;~~:;. .:'" 1,-:'Oirecftjt C~nfral':ltite,lligef ;.e::,~g~~j( Wash .t1/P.~C.~:io:$0~ Deat:Oirector:Brerinan; .. ;.. .. ;.. .. ...... ~::'~-: .. -~: ~:..s~~ft:f>MM1me ciN iN'fLiL~IGl!Nee vvAsHiNcl~oN; ce aori1 a~ii15 '':t.,1,-,.;:',,,,, ,~v.1.JJr..L-.i:.~-,~it,,~~g;~l~l~~-~,t';t~\911:(~e~tj;{gj;~~,~~4ay.,a~q~tthe;;~qj~Jtion_.'Qf aparticulafCt\:dOouinent{fYi>ttfs~tecf at.the.:m~eting::y~nitint~ntt1":q:llir~~t~i:::J'Qiin'.,rert~:~; ,~tt6~t~~i=:~ii~r!I ..ult?: ,~Q.M;' >::9!!~~~~,:;r , ~)t\'>:.::,~:::::;,:1~J?.~'/b~:,r4gli:~.~Aii:trtY::requ~sti.:~h~crA' sOfficeqf'theI I.n~pec.to;- Gen-eral-'.-is} :~x~mihingitJi~:-. ci'ctiotis. :ofCIA.p$r;~onnelin: coordtI1a.ti6nwiJ:h .t}i~,D~pa'.r>t~ent:\:jfJust:f~e-~:l+ciq.k}orwarttto: r.eceiving-.:t,h~fn~p~qtor,.Ge:neial' ~::"fEipo:~t:;~.'.whichwlll .a-isob.e sharec:lwi:th:th~:;qp~if(ee~.I' stfoi:lc:i~{~ ..-weicoijieth,edecc~i'onto; h'av~the. Senate.ser~}ea.ri.t7at-'Atms.reviewthe -actions.of. Senate staffand-ha~e; in-~t:r~'ai:eci the. -~eie,va~t- cii\ .. oit ices., to. -w~rk coopera,t'ively _vdth,;th~. :se'~gf~ri't+,a-t~A'.rm~.-~.. , (b )(6)ssci.senate.gov>~--~ cc,_______ ___. -(bl(3l c1AACt'~'--~---_____JJ ..______~u_____,c,a.g~v--'o-1 ~----=r_____, ucia.gov> bee~--~ Subject[AIN]RE:Memorandum Dated10 Jun 2009 CLASSIFICATION:UNCLASSIFIED (b)(3)NatSecAct (b)(3)CIAAct Thank you,and to others at the Agency who helped get us to the agreement. From:I(b)(3)CIAAct 1@ucia.gov] Sent: Wednesday,June10,200912:31 PM To:/(b)(6)-----~I Cc:/~ucia.govL~...~ucia.go~~ucia.gov(b)(3)CIAAct Subject: Memorandum Dated10 Jun2009 Onbehalf of the Agency,I agree tothe terms as outlinedin your faxtous dated10 Jun2009.Un redacted material willbemade available to the members of your staff at your convenience.Thanks. -~~!_.'?_l_~~t] UNCLASSIFIED Approved for Release:2015/07/20 C06240392 C06240407 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDUUS FOR SSCI REVIEW ----1-.The-GIA-will-provide-all-Members.of-the-Comm.ittee.and.up.to .. 15_Committ=__...______ ._____ ----------------------staff (in addition to our staff director, deputy staff directors~ and counsel) with access to unredacted responsive information.In addition, additional cleared staff may be given access to small portions of the unredactcd information for the purpose of reviewing specific documents or conducting reviews of individual ( b) ( 1 )Com~nted Information non-disclosure agreements for classified infonnation (b)(3)NatSecActin theC==1compartment {Ref A) detainees.These Couunittee staff have OIwill ha've signed standard Sensitive 2.CIAwill make unredacted responsive operational files, as that term is defined in Section 701(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 USC 43l(b)), available at a secure Agency electronic Reading Room facilitywhich will permit Committee staff electronic search,sort. filing,and print capability.(Ref A) 3.If responsive documents other than those contained in the operational mes identify the n~ of non-supervisory CIA officers, liaison panners, or black site locations, or contain cryptonyms. or pseudonyms, CIA willprovide unredacted copies of those documents at the Reading Room. (Ref A) 4.Responsive documents other than .those contained in operational filesthat do not identify the names of non-supervisory CIA officers, liaison partners, or black site locations, or contain cryptonyms or pseudonyms willbe made available to the Conunittee in the Conunittee's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), unless other arrangements are made. (Ref A) 5.CIA also recognizes the Committee's need to create wort product. on a walled-off network share-drive as discussed in paragraph 5 of your letter.Therefotc, CIA access tothe walled off network share drive will be limited to CIA information technology staff, exceptauthorized by the Committee or its staff.CIA would like to clarify, however, that unlike the walled-off network share drive, the stand alone network must be accessed by CIA staff assigned to this effort to perfonn a variety of tasks, including, for example, loading and organizing the raw responsive data requested by the Committee and review ot redaction of material sought to be removed from the Reading Room.(Ref B) 6.Any documents generated on the network drive referenced in paragraph 5, as weJJ as any other notes, documents, draft and final recommendations, reports, or other materials generated by the Committee staff or Members, are the property of the Committee and will be kept at the Reading Room solely for secure safekeeping and ease of reference.These documents remain congressional records in their ____________ ---=e=~ty~~-~~ti~-~_-C