Central lntelligmce Agency Washington 111 20505 18 Apri12018 20180355CIA033 CIA Thomas Elan RECN0254537 SEQCOR195130 The Nanonal secumy ArChWe 4 24 2018 Blanton Thomas Gelman Library Suite 701 2130 Street NW Washington DC 20037 CIA torture cables referenced to report Reference F-2018-01388 l Archive Dear Mr Blanton On 17 April 2018 the of ce of the Information and Privacy Coordinator received your 16 April 2018 Freedom of Information Act request submitted on behalf of The National Security Archive for twelve cables referenced in footnotes 336 and 337 on page 67 of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence s Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency s Detention and Interrogation Program declassi ed in 2014 These cables are 1 1246 November 02 11258 November 02 11263 November 02 1 1270 November 02 1 1284 November 02 11294 November 02 11293 November 02 11322 November 02 11352 December 02 1 1359 December 02 1 1344 November 02 78275 December 02 You have requested expedited processing Generally we handle all requests in the order we receive them that is rst-in rst out We make exceptions to this rule when a requester establishes a compelling need in accordance with our regulations We have reviewed your request and determined it does not meet the criteria for expedited processing Speci cally the request does not involve an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual nor is it made by a person primarily engaged in disseminating information and the information is relevant to a subject of public urgency concerning an actual or alleged or Federal activity Therefore we have determined that you have not established a compelling need for the information as set forth in 32 CFR 1900 34 Your request for expedited processing is hereby denied You may appeal this decision in my care within 90 days from the date of this letter Should you choose to appeal the denial of your request for expedited processing you are encouraged to provide an explanation supporting your appeal Based on the information provided in your letter we determined that your request falls into the representative of the news media fee category which means you may have to pay for the cost of reproducing released records which would be assessed at a rate of ten cents per page after the rst 100 pages which you receive free We have noted your agreement to pay photocopying costs up to $100 we will notify you if the cost exceed that amount as requested Our of cers will review your request and will advise you should they encounter any problems or if they cannot begin the search without additional information or clari cation We have assigned your request the reference number above Please use this number when corresponding so that we can identify it easily We will search for records up to and including the date the Agency starts its search Sincerely Allison Fong Information and Privacy Coordinator This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu