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FOIA Case: Il

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(FOIA) requesi
This resPonds to Your Freedom of Informalion Act
was bl' i1-:s
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v on Umar Farouk AbdulmutaLiab
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request' For
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provided in -vour
prlj-Doses of rhis request a:rd based on the information
has been
le-er, \-ou are .on"id.r"d an "a-11 other" requester. Your request
prccessed under the provisions of the FOiA"
-ich
\\re have determined that the fact of the existence or non-existence
of the
matter in
nateriaj.s you request j.s a currentiy and properly classifi.ed (cl of
accordalce with Executive Order iZSZA,^as set forth in Subparagraph
Secrion 1.4. Thus, your requeSt iS denied pursualt to the
first exemption of
that are
the FOL{ r,vhich proitd., tnat tire FOLA does not apply to matters
Order to be
specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive
and are' in
kept secret in the j.nterest of nationa-l defense or foreign relations
fa-ct properly classified pursr-rqnt to -cuch Executive
Order'

protect
In addj.tion, this Agency is authorized.by vanous statutes to of tkre FOIA
cerrain informatj.on concerning its activities. The tirird exemptj'on
protected from
pror,ides for the withholdirrg oiinformation specifically
because the fact of the
dj.sclosure by statute. Thus, your request is a-lso denied
from, disclosure
exlstence or non-existence of the information is exempted in this case
pursuart to the thlrd exemption. Th.e specific statutes applicable 6' Public
Section
areTitle 1B U.S. Code 798; Title 50 Ll'S' Code 403-1(i); arld
Law 86-36 t50 U.S. Code 402 notei'
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The Initia-l DeniaL Authontl, for NSA inforrnation is

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Di.rector for Policv and R.ecord.s, Diale M. Janosek'