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This CIA FOIA release contains a June 5, 2006 appeal from independent writer Larry W. Bryant to the CIA Records-Release Panel. He challenges the agency's no-records finding on former Army captain John Joseph McCarthy, Jr., whom he says was assigned to the clandestine Vietnam-era Project CHERRY. He also disputes fee denials on his request for records on Philip J. Corso. Attached are Scott Koch's May 2006 replies and Bryant's UFO magazine column on the FBI dossier on Philip J. Klass.
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Reference: F-2004-01956 Dear This is a final response to your 8 August 2004 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records pertaining to John Joseph McCarthy, Jr. We processed your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. $ 552, as amended, and the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. $ 431. Our processing included a search for records as described in our 9 September 2004 letter and our 28 April 2006 acceptance letter. We did not locate any records responsive to your request. Although our searches were thorough and diligent, and it is highly unlikely that repeating those searches would change the result, you nevertheless have the legal right to appeal the finding of no records responsive to your request. You also have the right to appeal the decisions made in our 9 September 2004 letter. Should you choose to do so, you may address your appeal to the Agency Release Panel within 45 days from the date of this letter, in my care. Please explain the basis of your appeal. The cost for your request amounts to $110, consisting of 10 computer searches at $10 each, and fifteen minutes professional search time at $10 per quarter hour. You are entitled to receive two hours free search (equivalent to $80) as a requester in the "all other" fee category. Therefore, the cost to you is $30. Please send your check or money order to me in this amount, payable to the Treasurer of the United States, citing Reference Number F-2004-01956 to ensure proper credit to your account. Sincerely, Scott Koch Information and Privacy Coordinator
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.