JAMES MADISON PROJECT v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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JAMES MADISON PROJECT v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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Case 1:07-cv-01154-RMU

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Filed 09/24/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

THE JAMES MADISON PROJECT,

) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ____________________________________)

Case No. 1:07cv01154 (RMU)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Plaintiff, The James Madison Project, filed this FOIA suit on June 27, 2007, seeking "copies of all internal CIA regulations on or pertaining to (1) personnel issues; (2) the granting or revocation of security clearances; (3) grievance procedures; (4) disciplinary procedures; (5) the Prepublication Review Board; (6) declassification of information; (7) the Historical Advisory Board; and (8) the implementation of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts." Defendant Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") filed its answer on August 24, 2007, and the Court ordered submission of a joint status report by September 24, 2007. The parties conferred on September 21, 2007, and agreed to the following: (1) the parties agree to treat plaintiff's FOIA request as a request for copies of the versions of the CIA regulations that it seeks that were current as of June 27, 2007, and for no other documents; (2) the CIA will complete processing of the documents responsive to plaintiff's request and release to plaintiff any non-exempt documents or portions of documents by January 11, 2008; (3) the parties will confer with respect to the CIA's release (if any) of documents by January 25, 2008; and (4) if, after conferring, the parties do not agree that the CIA's release of any non-exempt

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documents or portions of documents resolves the issues in this case, the CIA will move for summary judgment on or before March 25, 2008.

Dated: September 24, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Vesper Mei Vesper Mei (D.C. Bar #455778) Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 [phone] [phone] [e-mail] Attorney for Defendant

/s/ Mark S. Zaid Mark S. Zaid (D.C. Bar #440532) Mark S. Zaid, P.C. 1250 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036 [phone] [phone] fax [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff