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- CUFON - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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- Freedom of Information Act Document Files
- ___________________________________________________________________________
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- NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
- CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE
- Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 20755-6000
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- Serial: J9014C
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- 15 APR 1986
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- This responds to your letter of 7 March 1986 in which you further
- narrowed your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records
- pertaining to Project Aquarius.
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- The document located in response to your request as stated in your
- 7 March letter has been reviewed by this Agency as required by the FOIA
- and has been found to be currently and properly classified in accordance
- with Executive Order 12356. This document meets the criteria for
- classification as set forth in subparagraphs 2, 4, and 8 of section l.3
- and remains classified TOP SECRET as provided in section l.l of Executive
- Order 12356. The document is classified because its disclosure could
- reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the
- national security. Because the document is currently and properly
- classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption
- of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. section 552(b)(l)).
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- In addition, this Agency is authorized by various statutes to
- protect certain information concerning its activities. We have
- determined that such information exists in this document. Accordingly,
- those portions are also exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third
- exemption of the FOIA which provides for the withholding of information
- specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statutes
- applicable in this case are Title 18 U.S. Code 798; Title 50 U.S. Code
- 403(d)(3); and Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 402 "note").
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- No portion of the information is reasonably segregable.
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- Since your request has been denied, you are hereby advised of this
- Agency's appeal procedures.
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- Any person denied access to information may, within 45 days after
- notification of the denial, file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of
- Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal shall be in writing
- addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority, National Security Agency,
- Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000. The appeal shall reference the
- initial denial of access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and
- particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes release of
- the information is required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority shall respond
- to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt.
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- In your letter, you take exception to the amount requested by this
- Agency for manpower and computer search fees to process your original
- request for all information on Project Aquarius. Please be advised that
- NSA search and duplication fees are computed in accordance with guidance
- promulgated in sections 6-201 and 6-202 of DoD Directive 5400.7-R.
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- Sincerely,
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- JULIA B. WETZEL
- Director of Policy
- ________________________________________________________________________
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