Case Document 20-1 Filed 08/27/14 Page 1 of 3 EXHIBIT 1 DIANNE FEINSTEIN. CAI IFORNIA CHAIRMAN SAXBV CHA I ISS. JOHN ROCKEFELI.ER IV IF UR OQYII (.AHHL INA RON WYDEN OREGON JAMES RISCH IDAHO BARBARAA MILKULSKI MAHVI AND DANIEL COATS INDIANA MARK COLORADO MARCO RUBIO. FLORIDA MARK WARNER VIRGINIA SUSAN COLLINS MARTIN HEINRICH NEW MF IOM COBUHN OKLAHOMA ANGUS KING HAHHV RFII) NEVADA FX OFFICIO MIICH MCCONNFIL KFNIUCKV FX OFFICIO CARI LEVIN MICHIGAN Fxomrno JAMFS INHOFF on AHOMA, Fx UN mmum mm: MARTHA SCOYT MINORIIV QIAFF ION DESIRFC SAYI CHIFF til FHK WASHINGTON main "n August 12, 20l4 The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General United States Department of Justice Washington, DC. 20535 Dear Attorney General Holder: 1 write to ask that the Department of Justice not release documents through Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) litigation that relate to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Study of the ClA?s Detention and Interrogation Program until parts ofthe Study itselfare declassi?ed and publicly released by the Committee. The Committee and the Obama Administration are now engaged in negotiations over the declassification ofthe Executive Summary and Findings and Conclusions ofthe Committee's Study. I have every expectation that those negotiations will result in a mutually-agreeable version of those documents for public release in the next few weeks. Not only would it be inappropriate for the Department to release documents related to the Committee?s Study prior to the Committee?s own release, but the result of the ongoing negotiations will likely positively affect the redactions in the documents being sought through the FOIA process in ACLU v. CIA et al., l3-cv-1870, Leopold v. CIA, l4- cv-48, and Leopold v. CIA, l3-cv-l324). The documents plaintiffs are seeking via FOIA include the following: (l)The Executive Summary and Findings and Conclusions ofthe SSCI Study of the ClA?s Detention and Interrogation Program; (2)The Response to the Study; and (3)The Panetta Report, an internal study commissioned by former CIA Director Leon Panetta of the same program. As your Department stated in a June 15, 20l4 ?ling, ?plaintiffs will not be prejudiced by requested extension; if anything, they will benefit from a process Case Document 20-1 Filed 08/27/14 Page 3 of 3 designed to declassify and release as much information to the public as possible without unduly harming national security.? I have no objection to the release of these three documents, but given that the declassi?cation process for the Executive Summary and Findings and Conclusions may still be ongoing on August 29, 20l4, when the next ?lings are due in the FOIA litigation, 1 ask that you request an additional one-month delay from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where the FOIA litigation is pending. Thank you very much for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, ?3.12; Dianne Feinstein Chairman cc: The Honorable James Clapper The Honorable John Brennan Mr. Denis McDonough