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Washington,.C.20505

Mr. Erik Larson 30June201

Reference: -2011-01123FBI #1138270-000DearMr. Larson:

In the courseof processing our 26 September 009Freedomof InfbrmationAct(FOIA) request,madeon thebehalfof theHistory Commons, o the FederalBureauofInvestigation FBI) for recordson ThomasPeterLantos, he FBI locatedCIA materialandreferred t to us on 18 February20l l for review anddirect responseo you.We reviewed he materialanddeterminedt is currentlyandproperlyclassifiedandmustbe denied n it s entirety n the basisof FoIA exemptionsb)(i) and(b)(3).Exemption bX3) pertains o informationexempt rom disclosure y statute.The relevantstatutes theCentral ntelligence gencyAct of 1949,50U.S.C.$ 403,asamended, .g.,Section6, which exempts rom the disclosure equirementnformationpertaining o theorganization,unctions, ncludingthose elated o theprotectionof intelligencesources ndmethods,names,official titles, salaries, ndnumbersof personnelemployedby theAgency. An explanationof exemptionss enclosed.As theCIA InformationandprivacyCoordinator, am theCIA official responsibleor this determination.you have he righito appeal his responseo theAgencyReleasePanel, n my care,within 45 days rom thedateof this letter. Pleasenclude hebasisof your appeal.

SusanViscusoInformationand PrivacyCoordinatorEnclosure

Sincerely,

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Explanation of Exemptions

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(bxl) exempts rom disclosure nformation currently and properly classified,pursuantto anExecutive Order;(b)(2) exempts rom disclosure nformation, which pertainssolely to the internal personnelrules and practices of the Agency;(bX3) exempts from disclosure information that another federal statute protects, provided thatthe other federal statute either requires that the matters be withheld, or establishesparticular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld.The (bX3) statutesupon which the CIA relies include, but are not limited to, the CIA Actof 1949:(bX4) exernpts rom disclosure rade secretsand commercial or financial information that is

obtained from a personand that is privileged or confidential;(b)(5) exempts rom disclosure nter-and ntra-agencymemorandaor lettersthat would not beavailable by law to a party other than an agency n litigation with the agency;(bX6) exempts rom disclosure nformation from personneland medical files and similar files

the disclosure of which would constitutea clearly unwarranted nvasion of privacy;(bX7) exempts rom disclosure nformation compiled for law enforcementpurposes o theextent that the production of the information (A) could reasonablybe expected ointerfere with enforcement proceedings; (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fairtrial or an impartial adjudication; (C) could reasonablybe expected o constitute anunwarranted nvasion of personal privacy; (D) could reasonablybe expected o disclosethe identity of a confidential source or, in the caseof information compiled by a criminallaw enforcernent authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agencyconductinga lawful national security intelligence investigation, nformation furnished bya confidential source;(E) would disclose echniquesand procedures or law enforcementinvestigationsor prosecutions fsuch disclosurecould reasonablybe expected o riskcircumvention of the law; or (F) could reasonablybe expected o endangeranyindividual's life or physical safety;(bX8) exempts rom disclosure nformation contained n reports or related to examination,operating,or condition reportspreparedby, or on behalfof, or for use ofan agencyresponsible or regulating or supervising inancial institutions; and(bX9) exempts rom disclosuregeological and geophysical nformation and data, ncludingrnaps,concerningwells.

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