MWNATIONAL SECURITY AGENCYCENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755.6000

Dear

This responds to your Freedom brmation Act TFOIA)request which was received by this offfie on for a copy of allrecords this Agency maintains on Hunter Stockton Ttrompson (July 18, 1937 -February 20, 2OO5). Your letter has been assigned Case Number*Please refer to this case number when contacting us about your request. Yourrequest has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. There are noassessable fees for this request.

Personnel management files are maintained on NSA/CSS afflliates.Therefore, a search of our most comprehensive filing systems which includeapplicant, personnel, securit5r, medical, and training was conducted. Ourrecords reflect that Hunter Stockton Thompson has never been aJfiliated withthis Agency; thus, no records were located in a search of those filing systems.

You may be aware that one of the NSA/CSS missions is to collect,process, and disseminate communications or signals intelligence informationfor intelligence and counter intelligence purposes and to support militaryoperations. NSA collects information on unspecified persons and entities toprevent and protect against terrorist attacks, the proliferation of weapons ofmass destmction, intelligence activities directed against the United States,international criminal drug activities, and other hostile activities directedagainst the United States. The roles and responsibilities that NSA exercises aredelineated in Executive Order 12333, as amended.

The classified nature of the National Security Agency's efforts prevents usfrom either confirming or denying the existence of intelligence recordsresponsive to your request, or whether any specific technique or method isemployed in those efforts. The fact of the existence or non*existence ofresponsive records is a currently and properiy classified matter in accordancewith Executive Order 13526, as set forth in Subparagraph (c) of Section 1.4.

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FOIACase,-Thus, your request is denied pursualt to the first exemption of the FOIA,which provides that the FOIA does not apply to matters that are specificallyauthorized under criter:ia established by an Executive Order to be kept secietin the interest of national defense or foreign relations and are ptopertyclassified pursuant to such Executive Order. $,: tlg.'.ft

Moreover, the third exemption of the Fofi #;rHT#',rif.r,*olding ofinformation specifically protected from disciosure by statute. Thus, yourrequest is also denied bocause the fact of the existence or non-edstence of ttreinformation is exempted from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption. Theqegific statutes applicable in this case are Title lB u.s. cod e 7gB; nue bo u.s.Code 4o3-I(i); ana Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (So U.S. Toqm2 note).

The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Deputy AssociateDirector for Policy and Records, DianF*M. Janosek. As your."qrr."t is beingdenied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal proceduies. Any persondenied access to information may file an appeal to the NSeZbSS Freedom ofInformation Act Appeat Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no laterthan 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shallbe in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJp4),National security Agency, g80o savage Road srE 624g, ForL G"org. G. Meade,MD 20755-62+3. fhe appeal shall tef..ence the adverse determination andshall contain, in sufficient detail and particularit5r, the grounds upon which therequester believes that the deterrnination is unwa:ranted. The IVSa/CSS FOIAAppeal Authority will endeavor to respond to tJle appeal within 20 working daysafter receipt, absent any unusual circumstances.

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,4/tutuPAN{EIA NI. PHILLIPS

ChiefFOIA /PA Office