NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

FORT GEORGEG. MEADE,MARYLAND20755-6000

FOIA Case: 75695A 28 M ar ch 2OI4

JASON LEOPOLD 1669 BENEDICT CANYON DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS CA 9O210 Dear Mr. Leopold: This is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 18 November 2OI3 for "the NSA's FOIA logs for fiscal year 2OI2 and fiscal year 20 13 (to date)." A copy of your request is enclosed. Your request has been processed under the FOIA, and the remaining FOIA logs you requested are enclosed. We apologize for the delay in processing. Certain information, however, has been deleted from the enclosures. A document that explains the final case dispositions (2 pgs) is also enclosed. You requested that the remaining documents be provided to you electronically, so the documents are enclosed on a CD. For future information, we are no longer charging duplication fees for FOIA logs. This Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. code 3605). we have determined that such information exists in this document, and we have excised it accordingly. Personal information regarding other individuals has been deleted from the enclosures in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6). This exemption protects from disclosure information which could constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the pt'ivacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (bX6) exeniption. In most cases requesters seeking FOIA logs agree to omit Privacy Act or first party requests from the logs. Please be advised, therefore, that when

FOIA Case: 756954 processing our FOIA logs, we typically remove first party requests as nonresponsive, since they represent request from individuals seeking information on themselves. Those entries, in addition to being exempt under (b)(6),are also marked as non-responsive. The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since these deletions may be construed as a partial denial of your request, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 SavageRoad STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference.the initial denial of access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes release of the information is required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. Sincerely,
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PAMELA N. I'HTT,ITPS Chief FOIA/PA Office

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' FOIA Case Dispositions

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Administrativelyclosedby the FOIA Office when the requester hasnot compliedwith the law or established regulations or policies(the request was not perfected).Includesfailureto verifo continuedinterest in a reouest. Requester doesnot respond to a request for clarificationof what he/she is seekine. Duplicaterequest; e.g.,eithera mailedeopy of an earlierfaxedrequest, or multiple internetrequests because requester hits the submitbuttonmore than once Requester doesnot agreetopay, or chooses not to pay,for a recordssearch; or a requester doesnot pay incurredfees. Everythingthat the requester soughtis denied (could alsopertainto a casefor which partsare NR, partsFD. and partsGLOMAR). neitherconfirmsnor denies Response the existence ofresponsive records(for the entire request) The requester is providedwith everything requested, and no informationis withheld/protected; or requester agrees to accept previouslv document as released. The request doesnot meetthe criteriato be a FOIA request (asksquestions, asksfor records that are not yet created,etc.). Request was not submitted to the properDoD componentand was referredto the correct ibmponent.' Casewas closedbecause what was requested was not an Agencv record(no oossession or control). No records were locatedfor all portionsof the request.Includesrequests for which only a limited search is donebecause the information requested is not within NSA's purview. No NSA equities were found in other-agency documents. Unableto contactthe requester. The subjectof the request doesnot fall within (not usedafter I" quarter NSA's mission 2009seeNR). NSA Operational Files are exemptfrom FOIA under50 USC 432b- no search search conducted. Part of what the requester soughtis denied. All responsive documents are publicly available. AII documents locatedare referred to another agencvfor action(no NSA documents). Requester advises in writ ng or by phonethat he/sheis no longerpursung the request. Casewas not completed at the time the log was created.

RecordsNot Reasonably Described (cLARTFY) DuplicateRequest (DUPE)

FeeRelatedReason(FEE) Full Denial Basedon Exemptions (FD) NeitherConfirm nor Deny (GLOMAR) Grantedin Full (GF)

lmproperFOIA Request (IFR) MISDIRECTED Not an Agency Record (NAR) No Records(NR) OR Negative(NEG) No AgencyEquitiesCNEQ) NOCONTACT

Not WithinPurview NP)

OPSFILE PartialDenial/PartialGrant (PD) PUBAVAIL REFERRED Withdrawn (WD) No Disposition

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Dispositionsfor cases in FOIA Log reportsprior to July 2008 do not always indicatethat the cases were completelyprocessed.A dispositionpertainingto only one part of a requestmay have beenselectedduring preliminary processing of the request;or a reviewer may havepreselected a dispositionwhile processing the request. The final dispositionmay have beenchangedwhen the casewas completed.

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