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SUBJECT: NSA REFUSES INFO ON PROJECT AQUARIUS FILE: UFO1885
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CUFON - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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Freedom of Information Act Document Files
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______________________________________________________________________________
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
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CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE
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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
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narrowed your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records
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pertaining to Project Aquarius.
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The document located in response to your request as stated in your
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7 March letter has been reviewed by this Agency as required by the FOIA
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and has been found to be currently and properly classified in accordance
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with Executive Order 12356. This document meets the criteria for
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classification as set forth in subparagraphs 2, 4, and 8 of section l.3
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and remains classified TOP SECRET as provided in section l.l of Executive
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Order 12356. The document is classified because its disclosure could
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reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national
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security. Because the document is currently and properly classified, it
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is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA
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(5 U.S.C. section 552(b)(l)).
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In addition, this Agency is authorized by various statutes to protect
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certain information concerning its activities. We have determined that
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such information exists in this document. Accordingly, those portions are
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also exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA
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which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected
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from disclosure by statute. The specific statutes applicable in this case
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are Title 18 U.S. Code 798; Title 50 U.S. Code 403(d)(3); and Section 6,
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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
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Agency's appeal procedures.
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Any person denied access to information may, within 45 days after
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notification of the denial, file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of
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Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal shall be in writing addressed
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to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority, National Security Agency, Fort George
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G. Meade, MD 20755-6000. The appeal shall reference the initial denial of
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access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the
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grounds upon which the requester believes release of the information is
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required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority shall respond to the appeal within
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20 working days after receipt.
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In your letter, you take exception to the amount requested by this
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Agency for manpower and computer search fees to process your original
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request for all information on Project Aquarius. Please be advised that
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NSA search and duplication fees are computed in accordance with guidance
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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
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Director of Policy
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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