Documents / FOIA release
This CIA FOIA release, approved in 2022, holds a June 5, 2006 appeal from Larry W. Bryant to the CIA Records-Release Panel, along with the agency's replies. Bryant challenges the CIA's refusal to treat him as a news media requester in two requests: one on John Joseph McCarthy Jr. and PROJECT CHERRY, the other on Philip J. Corso. The CIA's letters report no McCarthy records and no Corso records in its holdings. An enclosed UFO magazine column discusses the FBI's file on Philip J. Klass.
7 I Approved for Release: 2022/08/29 C01333876 v concern current events; ' 0 interest the general public; 0 enhance the public understanding of the operations or activities of the U.S. Government; and 0 how you plan to disseminate the information to a significant element of the public at minimal cost. Please specifically address each of these points. Your thorough response will help ensure that we place your request in the most appropriate and favorable fee category possible. Without the data requested above, your fee categorization will be that of “all other,” which means that you will be required to pay charges which recover the cost of searching for and reproducing responsive records (if any) beyond the first 100 pages of reproduction and the first two hours of search time, which will be furnished without charge. We will assess copying costs at the rate of ten cents per page. For your information, we have conducted a previous search for records on Colonel Corso and no responsive documents were located in CIA holdings. However, it is our understanding that there are Office of Strategic Services (OSS) records on Philip J. Corso held at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under Job No. 57-102, Boxes 73 and 74. Also, please be aware that the CIA is not authorized to release records originated by other Govemment agencies even if we were to locate any. Therefore, we would not be authorized to release any “CIA-received records,” should any such records be located. We can conduct a new search on your behalf, when we receive the information requested above. Meanwhile, we will hold your request in abeyance for 45 days from the date of this letter, pending your clarification of the points above. If we do not hear from you within that time, we will assume that you are no longer interested in receiving the information you seek and we will close the case. Sincerely, Scott Koch Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosure Approved for Release: 2022/08/29 C01333876
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.