U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division “Bice of enforcement Operations TWastingon DS TO530 January 3, 2011 CRM-201000327F ‘Anne Weismann, Chief Counsel Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington 1400 Eye Street N.W., Suite 450 Washington, D.C, 20005 Dear Ms. Weismann: This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of May 6, 2010, about which you provided clarification on June 2, 2010. You requested records, from the period November 16, 2006, to the present, about: (1) [T]he request of Mr. Alex Gibney, Zena Barakat, Jigsaw Productions, or anyone associated with Jigsaw Productions to interview Mr. Jack Abramoff; and (2) Mr. Abramoff’s potential involvement, participation, or cooperation in any movies, books, magazines, newspapers, or television programs In responding to a FOIA request, the Criminal Division’s search will include responsive records in its control on the date the search began, Our search began on June 16, 2010. As our December 13, 2010, letter explained, the Criminal Division located responsive information that we determined originated ftom, or was of primary interest to, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA). Consequently, we referred that information to the Office of Information Policy (OIP) for processing and a direct response to you, OIP has reviewed the information and determined that although it has equities in the information, the Criminal Division holds primary equity in the information, Accordingly, OIP returned the information to the Criminal Division for a direct response to you. Enclosed, please find five e-mail messages (two pages) of information responsive to your request. Three messages are being released to you in full; two messages are being released to you in part. ‘The Criminal Division relied on the following FOIA exemptions to withhold the ‘e-mail address of Criminal Division employee and the name of a third party Exemption 6, which permits withholding personnel and medical files and similar files where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6).Exemption 7(C), which permits withholding records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes where disclosure of such records or information could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(6)(7)(C). Although T am aware that you have filed a complaint with the United States District Court regarding this request, I am required to inform you of your right to an administrative appeal of this determination, Your appeal must be in writing and addressed to: Office of Information Policy United States Department of Justice 1425 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 11050 Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Both the envelope and appeal letter should be clearly marked “FOIA/PA Appeal.” Department regulations provide that such appeals must be received by the Office of Information Policy within sixty days of the date of this letter, 28 CFR. § 16.9. Thank you for your interest in the Criminal Division. Sincerely, AWALSS, Rena Y, Kim, Chief Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Unit Enclosures