Ms. Miranda Keating Right Wing Watch Suite 600 1101 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms. Keating: U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DC. 20535 December 7, 2017 FOIPA Request No.: 1377061-000 Litigation No. 17-CV-001865 Subject: Instructions Provided to Jeff Sessions Concerning Foreign Contacts on his SF-86 (July 1, 2016-Present) The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information Act Title 5, United States Code, Section 552.. Below you will ?nd check boxes under the appropriate statue headings which indicate the types of exemptions asserted to protect information which is exempt from disclosure. The appropriate exemptions are noted on the enclosed pages next to redacted information. The checked exemptions boxes used to withhold information are further explained in the enclosed Explanation of Exemptions. Section 552 I=r 1 page was reviewed and 1 page is being released. l7 Section 552a l- l- 000) l- l? 00(3) 1? 00(4) l- 006) l- 00(6) 00(7) Below you will also ?nd additional informational paragraphs about your request. Where applicable, check boxes are used to provide you with more information about the processing of your'request. Please read each item carefully. Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning, other Government Agency (ies) This information has been referred to the for review and direct response to you. I- We are consulting with another agency. The FBI will correspond with you regarding this information when the consultation is completed. In accordance with standard FBI practice and pursuant to FOIA exemption and Privacy Act exemption [5 U.S.C. 552/552a this response neither con?rms nor denies the existence of your subject's name on any watch lists. For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. S_eg 5 US. C. 552(c) (2006 Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard noti?cation that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. Although your request is in litigation, we are required by by 5 USC 552 to provide you the following information concerning your right to appeal. You may ?le an appeal by writing to the Director, Of?ce of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, Suite 11050, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington. DC. 20530-0001, or you may submit an appeal through OlP's FOlenline portal by creating an account on the following web site: . Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within ninety (90) days from the date of this letter in order to be considered timely. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked ?Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identi?ed. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the FBI Fact Sheet and Explanation of Exemptions. Sincerely, David M. Hardy Section Chief Record/lnforrnation Dissemination Section Records Management Division Enclosures (U0) (U8) (10(1) (10(2) 00(3) 00(4) (10(5) 00(6) (10(7) EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552 (A) speci?cally authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classi?ed to such Executive order; related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; speci?cally exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding-or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld; trade secrets and commercial or ?nancial information obtained from a person and privileged or con?dential; inter-agency or intra?agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; personnel and medical ?les and similar ?les the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of con?dential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which fumished information on a con?dential basis, and, in the case of record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information fumished by a con?dential source, would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf ofagency responsible for the regulation or supervision of ?nancial institutions; or geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells. SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552a information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action proceeding; material reporting investigative efforts pertaining to the enforcement of criminal law including efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or apprehend criminals; information which is currently and properly classi?ed pursuant to an Executive order in the interest of the national defense or foreign policy, for example, information involving intelligence sources or methods; investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes, other than criminal, which did not result in loss of a right, bene?t or privilege under Federal programs, or which would identify a source who fumished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence; material maintained in connection with providing protective services to the President of the United States or any other individual pursuant to the authority of Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056; required by statute to be maintained and used solely as statistical records; investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or quali?cations for Federal civilian employment or for access to classi?ed information, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who fumished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence; testing or examination material used to determine individual quali?cations for appointment or promotion in Federal Government service he release of which would compromise the testing or examination process; material used to determine potential for promotion in the armed services, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who fumished the material pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence. 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