Description of document: Correspondence between the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and Brett Kavanaugh, January 20, 2001, to May 30, 2006 Requested date: 16-July-2018 Release 01 date: 03-August-2018 Release 02 date: 17-August-2018 Release 03 date: 31-August-2018 Release 04 date: 14-September-2018 Release 05 date: 17-September-2018 Posted date: 01-April-2019 Note: Records released 03-Aug-2018 begin on PDF page 12 Records released 17-Aug-2018 begin on PDF page 243 Records released 31-Aug-2018 begin on PDF page 435 Records released 14-Sep-2018 begin on PDF page 631 Records released 17-Sep-2018 begin on PDF page 725 Source of document: FOIA Request Office of Legal Counsel Room 5511, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530-0001 Email: [email protected] The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. 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C. 20530 August 3, 2018 Re: FOIA Tracking No. FYlS-162 This letter partially responds to your July 16, 2018 Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request to the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), seeking "correspondence sent by the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy to Brett M. Kavanaugh and all correspondence sent by Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy from January 20, 2001, to May 30, 2006." As of this date, we have processed 404 pages of responsive records. We have enclosed 230 pages with redactions and withheld the remaining 174 pages in full. Our redactions are based on FOIA Exemption Five, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5), or FOIA Exemption Six, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). The full withholdings are based on Exemption Five. For your information, Exemption Five exempts material protected by the attorney-client, deliberative process, and presidential communications privileges, as well as the attorney work product doctrine and other privileges. Exemption Six exempts material the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. We have determined that none of the withheld material is appropriate for discretionary release. We are continuing to process responsive records. For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories oflaw enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(c). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. For any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request, you may contact Melissa Golden, OLC's FOIA Public Liaison, at [email protected], (202) 514-2053, or at Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 5511, Washington, DC 20530. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services ("OGIS") at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at [email protected]; telephone at 202-741- 5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. You have the right to an administrative appeal. You may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office 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 OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following web site: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Sincerely, /4,//~ Paul P. Colborn Special Counsel Enclosures 2 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Washington, DC 20530 August 17, 2018 Re: FOIA Tracking No. FY18-162 This letter partially responds to your July 16, 2018 Freedom oflnformation Act ("FOIA") request to the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), seeking "correspondence sent by the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy to Brett M. Kavanaugh and all correspondence sent by Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy from January 20, 2001, to May 30, 2006." Since the last partial response, we have processed 419 pages of responsive records. We have enclosed 191 pages with redactions and withheld the remaining 228 pages in full. Our redactions are based on FOIA Exemption Five, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b )(5), or FOIA Exemption Six, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). The full withholdings are based on Exemption Five. For your information, Exemption Five exempts material protected by the attorney-client, deliberative process, and presidential communications privileges, as well as the attorney work product doctrine and other privileges. Exemption Six exempts material the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. We have determined that none of the withheld material is appropriate for discretionary release. We are continuing to process responsive records. For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(c). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. For any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request, you may contact Melissa Golden, OLC's FOIA Public Liaison, at [email protected], (202) 514-2053, or at Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 5511, Washington, DC 20530. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services ("OGIS") at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at [email protected]; telephone at 202-741- 5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. You have the right to an administrative appeal. You may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office 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 OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following web site: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Sincerely, M/~ Paul P. Colborn Special Counsel Enclosures 2 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Washington, D.C. 20530 August 31, 2018 Re: FOIA Tracking No. FY18-162 This letter partially responds to your July 16, 2018 Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request to the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), seeking "correspondence sent by the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy to Brett M. Kavanaugh and all correspondence sent by Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of [OLC] and his or her primary deputy from January 20, 2001, to May 30, 2006." Since the last partial response, we have processed 403 pages ofresponsive records. We have enclosed 195 pages with redactions and withheld the remaining 208 pages in full. Our redactions are based on FOIA Exemption Three, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(3), FOIA Exemption Five, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5), or FOIA Exemption Six, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). The full withholdings are based on Exemption Five. The redactions based on Exemption Three, which exempts material protected from disclosure by statute, withhold material protected from disclosure by 18 U.S.C. §3521(b)(l)(g). For your information, Exemption Five exempts material protected by the attorney-client, deliberative process, and presidential communications privileges, as well as the attorney work product doctrine and other privileges.