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This is a declaration by Delores M. Nelson, the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, dated October 26, 2009. She filed it in support of the CIA's motion for summary judgment in Larry W. Bryant v. CIA, a FOIA suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Bryant had sought records of a 1987 FAA meeting about the November 17, 1986 Japanese flight 1628 encounter over Alaska. The declaration describes the agency's searches, which found no records of the meeting and three documents from other agencies about later airborne UFO encounters.
O. 1 22 Approved for Release: 2025/06/10 C07083377 operational files are exempt from FOIA search and review pursuant to the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. § 431. The DS provides the CIA with mission-critical services, including the protection of CLA personnel, security matters generally, facilities, communications, logistics, training, medical services, and personnel resources. It maintains records on all current and former CIA employees, whether employed in a contract or staff capacity, as well as other individuals for whom security processing or evaluation has been required. Appropriately trained personnel regularly conduct FOIA searches of the DS records system as part of their normal duties. i The DIR Area includes the independent offices that report directly to the Director, and is distinct from the CIA’s four main directorates (N CS, DI, DS&T, and DS). The DIR Area includes the Office of General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Office of Congressional Affairs, Office of Public Affairs, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, and other entities such as the Office of Diversity Plans and Programs. The DNI Open Source Center is also within the DIR Area. Appropriately trained personnel regularly conduct FOIA searches of the DIR records system as part of their normal duties. B. Procedures for Processing FOIA Requests The CIA has established the following procedures for processing FOIA requests. As previously noted, CIA’s Information and Privacy Coordinator, who also serves as Chief, PIPD, is responsible for managing the FOIA, PA and E.O. 12958 Mandatory Declassification Review programs at the CIA. My office is the initial reception point in the CIA for all FOIA requests. Upon receipt, experienced 9 Approved for Release: 2025/06/10 C07083377
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.