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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF FREEDOM OF 11 55 DEFENSE P ENTAGON WASHINGTON , DC 20301 -1155 13 fEB 2008 Re f : 06-F-153 2 M r. Da vi d Barsto w b. ~ = = . . . " , . . . . , ~ D ear M r. B arsto w : E n clo sed i s an int erim rele as e o f mate rial . i n res ponse t o yo ur Ap ri l 28, 2006 F reedom o f In formation Ac t r equest , a s m odified by y our l et t er date d F eb ru ar y 1 3, 2007. T he O ffice o f th e Ass is tant ecretary o f D e f ense,Pu blic Affairs ( OASD C PA)) , has pro vided the e nc l o ed docume nts as re spons ive to yo ur re quest. Th ese 620 pages o f OASD (PA) e -mai ls ha v e bee n ' Ba tes St amped' from 3 154 to 3 777 to as i t you in r eviewing thi s r espon e. Pu rsu a n t to a r ecent agre ement b tw een th e D e partm en t o f Defense ( DoD a n d th e ew Yo rk Ti m es t h is offi ce co ntinues t o proces s the e-mail acco un t of one OA D (PA ) e mployee and twel ee -mail a ccounts fr om the Office o ft h e ecretariat. R e sp on si e e - ma i ls , i f a n y w ill e pro ide d to yo u upo n comp let ion o f ou r rev iew . M s. Alli son Barb er , a n I nitia l D e ial A uthority fo r t he O A SD ( PA ), ha d etermined that some o f t he r edac t ed i n f o rmation i s exem pt fr om rel ease beca use i t p ertains t o i n t e rnal matte rs o f a r e l a ti v e l y tr i i a l na ture t ha t d o n o t she d si gni fica n t lig ht on a n age ncy p ersonnel ru le or p rac ti ce. In t hi s i nstance , th e re d acted infor mation cons ists o f n on-pu blic Do D te le p h on e a n d roo m n u mb e rs. Ad d i tiona ll y, po rtio n s o f t he wi thheld nforma tio n a rc spec ifically exe mpted b y 10 U.S.C. § 130 b , w hich a pplies t o pe rsonally id entifia ble i n f ormatio n o f pe rsonne l in o verseas, sens itive or r outinely d eployable p ositions. O th r d e l e t e d info rmation exemp t fr om r eleas e pertains t o ce rtain in ter- or i ntr a-a gen y c ommunications p ro te c ed b y t h e atto rney-client priv ilege . F in a ll y so m e n f o rm a t io n i s w i thheld because rele ase w ould cons titute a cl early un w arran t ed in vasio n of t he p erso na l pri vacy o f i nd ividuals . T h e red ac te d in f ormatio n un der this xemp tion co n sists primari ly o f ho me /e - mail a ddre sses soc i al security nu mbers a nd pers o na ll y i d e n t i f yin g i n f o rm at i on f D oD p r sonnel. It h a s be n D oD po licy t o w ithhold lists o f names and othe r perso nally ide nt ifying i n f orm atio n o f D oD perso nnel s ince t he Pr e id ent d ec l are d a nationa l em rgenc y f ollowing th t errorist attacks o n t h e U nited tates in 20 0 1. C onsequently , th is i n formatio ni s den ied p ursu an t t o 5 . S.C. § 5 52 ( b ) ( 2 )( l o w) , (b ) ( 3) (b) (5) a nd ( b) (6) .
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEOFFICE OFFREEDOM OFINFORMATION
1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155
13 fEB 2008
Ref: 06-F-1532
Mr. David Barstowb. ~ = = . . . " , . . . . , ~
Dear Mr. Barstow:
Enclosed is an interim release ofmaterial.in response to your April 28, 2006
Freedom of Information Act request, as modified by your letter dated February 13, 2007.
The Office of the Assistant ecretary ofDefense, Public Affairs (OASD CPA)),has provided the enclo ed documents as responsive to your request. These 620 pages of
OASD (PA) e-mails have been 'Bates Stamped' from 3154 to 3777 to as i t you in
reviewing this respon e. Pursuant to a recent agreement b tween the Department of
Defense (DoD and the ew York Times this office continues to process the e-mail
account of one OA D (PA) employee and twel e e-mail accounts from the Office of the
ecretariat. Responsi e e-mails, if any will e pro ided to you upon completion of our
review .
Ms. Allison Barber, an Initial Denial Authority for the OASD (PA), hadetermined that some of the redacted in formation is exempt from release because it
pertains to internal matters of a relatively tri ial nature tha t do not shed significant light
on an agency personnel rule or practice. In this instance, the redacted information
cons ists of non-public DoD telephone and room numbers. Additionally, portions of the
wi thheld information arc spec ifically exempted by 10 U.S.C. § 130b, which applies to
personally identifiable information of personnel in overseas, sensitive or routinely
deployable positions. Oth r deleted information exempt from release pertains to certain
inter- or intra-agen y communications pro tected by the atto rney-client privilege . Finally
some information is withheld because release would cons titute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of the personal privacy of individuals . The redacted in formation under this
exemption consists primarily of home/e-mail addresses social security numbers andpersonally identifying information of DoD p rsonnel. It has be n DoD policy to
withhold lists of names and other personally identifying informatio n of DoD personnel
since the Pre ident declared a national em rgency following th terrorist attacks on the
Un ited tates in 2001. Consequently, this information is den ied pursuant to 5 .S.C. §
552(b)(2)(low), (b)(3) (b)(5) and (b)(6).
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Please note that Bates numbers 3250 through 3253 were not used in this release.
As you requested, we are providing the information to you in hard copy and on the
enclosed compact disk.
Sincerely
Will Kammer
Chief
Enclosures :
As stated
