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CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE
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Dear

This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request

submitted via the Inte which was received bv this
office on for a copyTT-all records this Agency maintains on
Jack lVorthmafr ; (October 19, I9_ru- December L7, 2OO5). Your
ieter- nas beerr assigrreci Case i.rumber fI For rhe purpose of r-ee
assessment, you have been placed into the -all other" fee category for this
request. There are no assessable fees for this request.

You request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. The
material responsive to your request was located in a previous FOIA request.
TWenty-six documents {27 pages) responsive to your request have been
reviewed by this Agency as required by the FOIA and have been found to be
currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526.
These documents meet Ure criteria for classification as set forth in
subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) of section 1.4 and remain classified rop
SECRET and SECRET as provided in Section L.2 of Executive Order 13526.
The documents are classified because their disclosure could reasonably be
expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. The
information is exempt from automatic declassification in accordance with
Section 3.3(b)(i), (b)(3), and (b)(6) of E.O. tSS26. Because the documents are
currently and properly classified, they are exempt from disclosure pursuant to
the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section Sb2(bxl)).

in addition, this Agency is authorizedby various statutes to protect

certain information concerning its activities. We have determined that such
information exjsts in these documents. Accordingly, those porLions are exempt
from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption o1'the F-CI.^,. which provides
for the withholding of information specifically protecl:d trr-rru rli."crosure by
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statute. The specific statutes applicable in this case are Tifle 18 U.S. Code
798; Title 50 U.S. Code 403-1(i); anA Section 6, public Law g6_36 (bO U.S. Code
402 note). No portion of the information is reasonably segregable.

The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Deputy Associate
Director for Policy and Records, Diane M. Janosek. Since your iequest has
been denied, you a-re hereby advised of this Agency,s appeal pro"ed.rres. Any
person notified of aI adverse determination may file urr .pp.ut to the NSA/CSS
Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeat must be postmarked
no later than 60 calendar days after the date of the itritiaf denial. The appeal
shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIAAppeal Authority (Dlp4),
National security Agency, g8o0 Savage Road srE 6248, Fort George G. Meade,
MD 20755-6249. ,Tlggp*S"ul shall reference the initial denial of access and
shall and particularity, the grounds upon which the
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requester believes-release of the information is required. The NSA/CSS FOIA
Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days
after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances.

Please be advised that the withheld records are foreign intelligence

reports dating from the late 1960s arrd early l97os. They contain only
references to news articles written by Jack Anderson; they are not ..about,, him,
nor was he the target of any collection.

Sincerely,

PA]VIEIA I{. PHILLIPS

Chief
FOIA /PA Office