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Larry W. Bryant vs CIA

Central Intelligence Agency · 2009-10-26 · 16 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 3 …of the “l987 special meeting at FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss and evaluate…
  • p. 6 …of the 1987 special meeting at FAA headquarters in Washington, D;C.”, . b. “all other similar…
  • p. 12 …Thus, the subject of plaintiffs request—“a 1987 special meeting at FAA headquarters...to discuss and…
  • p. 13 …the alleged 1987 special meeting at FAA headquarters concerning the November 1986 encounter, if any, should…
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLU1\/[BIA
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LARRY W. BRYANT,
Plaintiff,
ivil Action No.: 09-0940 (EGS)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
and LEON PANETTA, Director, CIA,
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Defendants.
DECLARATION OF DELORES M. NELSON
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
I, DELORES M. NELSON, hereby declare and say:
1. I am the Chief, Public Information Programs Division, Information Management
Services (“HVIS”), Office of the Chief Information Officer (“CIO”), Central
Intelligence Agency (“CIA”). Since 21 April 2008, I also serve as the CIA
Information and Privacy Coordinator (“Coordinator”). I have served with the
CLA for approximately twenty-nine years and, in addition to my current positions,
have held other supervisory positions with the CIA.
2. I make this declaration in support of the CIA’s motion for summary judgment in
this proceeding.
3. In my current capacities, I am responsible for managing the Freedom of _
Information Act (“FOIA”), Privacy Act, and Executive Order 12958 Mandatory
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