Information Review & Release (Irr) News for 8 April 2002- 12 April 2002 Executive Summary

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0 The Board recently received two pieces of mail addressed to "Publications Review Board, CIA,
Washington, DC 20505. " The first was postmarked in November, 2001; the second 4 February 2002.
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have received since October with that address.
(U//A'I'UG-)- Declassification Services Division
(U//ATUO) Over 1,600 Visitors Per Day Look at ClA's FOIA Website
(U//AIIUG) More than 1600 users per day looked at the CIA's Freedom of Infonnation (FOIA) website on the
intemet during a 13-day period ending 31 March 2002, according to statistics gathered by the Declassification
Services Division (DSD) at IMS. The website -- www.foia.cia.gov. -- is maintained by DSD in accordance with a
mandate from the Electronic Freedom of Infonnation Act (EFOIA) of 1996. More visitors looked at the site on
Wednesdays than any other day of the week. The most common time to visit the site was between SPM and 6PM.
Also, the EFOIA requires federal agencies to maintain collections of "frequently requested records" on their
websites. CIA‘s collection on UFOs was by far the most popular of CIA's "frequently requested records," logging
almost 1,900 visits during the reporting period. The other collections in CIA's "frequently requested records" are
Guatemala, Bay of Pigs, POW/MIA, Human Rights in Latin America, the Rosenbergs, Penkovsky, and Francis Gary
Powers.
O The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has established very strict guidelines regarding what data
federal agencies can collect about users 0 overnment-s onsored websites. IMS complies with all OMB
data-collection guidelines.
(U//kl-H-9)» CIA Declassification Center
(U//M-U9) CIO Visits
(u//moo) CIO eputy CIO, CIO Special Assistant, visited the CIA
Declassification Center at last week, where they received a tour of the declassification factory and
a demonstration of the Image Workflow Automation S stem IWAS Electronic Records WEB Interface (ERWI),
and the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST) systems.
(U//MUG) From the Archives: Arab Nationalism in 1956
(UUWFUG)-A 10 November 1956 Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) that was recently reviewed by the DI team at
the CIA Declassification Center provided a glimpse of growing Arab/Muslim nationalism 45 years ago. In an article
covering the state of play of ongoing negotiations between the UN and Westem countries and Egyptian President
Nasser over the Suez Crisis, Nasser was described as an aggressive proponent of Arab nationalism who sought to
oust the Colonial Powers from the Middle East. After negotiating a withdrawal of the token British Suez defense
force in July 1956, Nasser abruptly nationalized the Suez Canal Company, provoking France and Britain to send in
the troops in late October; their goal was to capture Port Said, Ismailia, and .the Suez, and force the withdrawal of
Egyptian forces from the Canal Zone. The Israelis colluded with the Anglo-French assault by launching their ovm
invasion of the Sinai. The Soviets threatened to intervene. A UN cease fire was implemented on 6 November and a
UN police force began arriving soon after. The CIA noted in the CIB that despite heavy losses, the cessation of
hostilities had revived Nasser‘s self-confidence "in his ability to parry Anglo-French action and to play off one group
of powers against another. Moslcm sentiment reversed itself between 6 and 8 November‘ Nasser is now a hero and
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(U//A‘l'US)~EOIA Requests
(U//ATHO9-Frequent Requester Seeks FY2002 Intelligence Budget
(U///-H'HQ)_Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, requested documents that indicate “the total
budget appropriation for intelligence and intelligence-related activities for fiscal year 2002.” Mr. Aftergood has, in
the past, requested Intelligence Budgets for other years, the denial of which he is currently contesting in federal court
and at the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP).
O 'The F OIA case manager accepted the request,
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