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United States Department of State Washington, D. C. 20520 October 10, 2018 Case No.: F-201 8-00529, F-2018-00827, F-2018-01063, & F-201 8-01467 Michael Bekesha, Esq. Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, S.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20024 Dear Mr. Bekesha: I refer you to our letter dated September 12, 2018, regarding the review of certain Department of State material under the Freedom oflnformation Act (the "FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The review of potentially responsive records is ongoing and has resulted in the retrieval of nine documents responsive to your request. After reviewing these documents, we have determined that seven may be released in full and two may be released in part. All released material is enclosed. Where a document has been released to you in part, all non-exempt material that is reasonably segregable from the exempt material has been released. Where we have made excisions, the applicable exemptions are marked on the document. An enclosure provides information on FOIA exemptions and other grounds for withholding material. We will keep you advised as your case progresses. If you have any questions, you may contact Trial Attorney Damon William Taaffe at (202) 252-2544 or damon.taaffe@usdoj. gov. Please refer to the case numbers cited above and the civil action number, l 8-cv-968, in all correspondence regarding this case. c~Sincerely, eeunan~ Chief, Programs and Polici 1v1s10n Office of Information Programs and Services Enclosures: As stated The Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552) FOIA Exemptions (b)(1) Information specifically authorized by an executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. Executive Order 13526 includes the following classification categories: 1.4(a) Military plans, systems, or operations 1.4(b) Foreign government information 1.4(c) Intelligence activities, sources or methods, or cryptology 1.4(d) Foreign relations or foreign activities of the US, including confidential sources 1.4(e) Scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to national security, including defense against transnational terrorism 1.4(f) U.S. Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities 1.4(g) Vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, installations, infrastructures, projects, plans, or protection services relating to US national security, including defense against transnational terrorism 1.4(h) Weapons of mass destruction (b)(2) Related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency (b)(3) Specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 USC 552), for example: ARMSEXP Arms Export Control Act, 50a USC 2411(c) CIA PERS/ORG Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 USC 403(g) EXPORT CONTROL Export Administration Act of 1979, 50 USC App. Sec. 2411(c) FS ACT Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22 USC 4004 INA Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 USC 1202(f), Sec. 222(f) IRAN Iran Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 99-99, Sec. 505 (b)(4) Trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial information (b)(5) Interagency or intra-agency communications forming part of the deliberative process, attorney-client privilege, or attorney work product (b)(6) Personal privacy information (b)(7) Law enforcement information whose disclosure would: (A) interfere with enforcement proceedings (B) deprive a person of a fair trial (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (D) disclose confidential sources (E) disclose investigation techniques (F) endanger life or physical safety of an individual (b)(8) Prepared by or for a government agency regulating or supervising financial institutions (b)(9) Geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells Other Grounds for Withholding NR Material not responsive to a FOIA request excised with the agreement of the requester UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2018-00827 Doc No. C06655315 Date: 10/10/2018 From: Brennan, Christopher 4 @nydailynews.com> 86 Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:07 PM [RELEASE IN PART 86] To: Winer, Jonathan <[email protected]> Cc: winerj [email protected] Subject: Christopher Steele - NY Daily News Hello, My name is Christopher Brennan and I am a reporter for the NY Daily News looking into get in contact with the Jonathan Winer here: https:Uwww.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-winer-5b28ba64?trk=miniprofile-name-link I am writing a story about the WSJ identifying Christopher Steele as the source of the "Russian Trump dossier" currently circulating via Buzzfeed. I saw that Mr. Winer is a Linked In contact of Mr. Steele and was wondering if I could talk to him, on background or otherwise, about Mr. Steele's work. Please feel free to call me at~---~or on my cell at~---~ Sincerely, Christopher Reporter NY Daily News This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained herein is strictly unauthorized and prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Thank you. ************(NJ) UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2018-00827 Doc No. C06655315 Date: 10/10/2018 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2018-00827 Doc No. C06655317 Date: 10/10/2018 STATE DEPARTMENT NEWS CLIPS [RELEASE IN FULLj FRIDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2016 5:30 AM EST TODAY'S EDITION Secretary of State Government Shutdown Looms Over Stopgap Spending Syria Suspends Offensive In Aleppo To Allow Evacuations, Measure (Kaplan, NYT) ...................................................... 25 Russia Says (De Young, WP) ............................................... 3 Global Issues Russia Says Syria Halts Aleppo Combat To Evacuate Citizens As Trump Knocks Obama On Climate, Firms Recommit To (Barnard, NYT) ..................................................................... 4 Carbon Reduction (Olson, Sweet, WSJ) ............................ 25 Russia Says Aleppo Combat Suspended, Residents Say No U.S. Wants To Send Guantanamo Detainee To Israel For Trial Let-Up (El Deeb, lsachenkov, AP) ....................................... 5 (Rosenberg, MCT) .............................................................. 25 Kerry "Hopeful" On End To Aleppo Siege As US, Russia Eye 'Rhetoric Of Fascism' On Rise In US, Europe, Warns UN (AFP)26 Deal (Meyer, BLOOM) .......................................................... 7 U.N. Says Nearly One In Four Children Live In Conflict Or The Latest: Turkey Sends 300 More Troops To Syria Border Disaster Zones (Gladstone, NYT) ...................................... 27 (AP) ....................................................................................... 8 Ex-Im Bank Critics, Supporters Look To Donald Trump For Help Kerry Warns Europe, Others Against 'Authoritarian Populism' (Timiraos, WSJ) .................................................................. 27 (Moulson, AP) ..................................................................... 10 ISIL Editorials & Op-Eds Obama Says U.S. Intelligence Missed The Rise Of The Islamic Obama's Tenure Ends With A Turf War Over Killing Terrorists State (Boyer, WT) ............................................................... 27 (Ignatius, WP) ..................................................................... 11 ISIS Graveyard: Senior Military Official Says 50K Killed Over Dismantling Climate Rules Isn't So Easy (Buzbee, NYT) ........... 12 Last 2 Years, Warns Of 'AQI 2.0' (Ernst, WT) ................... 28 Donald Trump Warms Up (Collins, NYT) .................................... 13 Assad Supporters See Domino Effect In Aleppo Government Not So Risky Climate Business (WSJ) ........................................ 14 Win (Mroue, AP) ................................................................. 28 The US Must Stand For Human Rights (Carter, WSJ) ............... 14 Aleppo Would Be Major Victory For Assad Regime And What's Really Pushing Politics To The Right? Immigration. Weaken Rebel Forces (Michaels, USAT) .......................... 30 (Zakaria, WP) ...................................................................... 14 Russia Says Over 8,000 Civilians Leave Eastern Aleppo (AP) .. 30 Sorry Mad Dog, Waterboarding Works (Mitchell, WSJ) .............. 15 Hellish Conditions Engulf East Aleppo, While Life Goes On In South Sudan Could Repeat Rwanda's Horrors (WP) ................. 15 The West (Wirtschafter, Nabeel, USAT) ............................ 31 Veiled Bigotry In Germany (NYT) ................................................ 16 A Lethal Mistake Leads To A Harrowing Ambush In Iraq's Mosul A Bumpy Peace For Colombia (Ruiz, NYT) ................................ 16 (George, AP) ....................................................................... 32 The Ghosts Spain Tries To Ignore (Hancox, NYT) ..................... 18 Kurds Looking To Trump In Post-Mosul Scramble (Munoz, WT)33 Making South Africa Great Again (Msimang, NYT) .................... 19 US Official: 50,000 Islamic State Militants Killed To Date Voices: Fidel Castro Is Already Just A Memory (Gomez, USA T)20 (Baldor, AP) ........................................................................ 34 State Department IS Calls For Attacks On US Bases In Uneasy Island Of Bahrain Trump's Tough Talk To Test New China Envoy's Close Beijing (Gambrell, AP) ...................................................................