Speakeasy Burning Man

Official evaluation report on the Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC)

CSISAC's comments to the Final Version of the OECD Communique on Internet Policy

This is a 5-page letter dated 9/29/2008 from the Inspector General of CIA to the Inspector General for the Director of National Intelligence relating to a Report of Investigation. It includes a letter from the CIA Inspector General to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Attached to the letter was a 289-page enclosure which is the Report of Investigation. The CIA withheld this enclosure in full but later informed EFF that the report was titled "Procedures Used in Narcotics Airbridge Denial Program in Peru, 1995-2001." The letter notes the "report has also been furnished to leadership of the Intelligence Committees, as various committee members and staff have periodically expressed interest in this investigation and have asked that the Report be provided to the Committees upon completion."

Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2001

Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - July to December 2001

March 2, 2002 Letter from CIA Acting Deputy Inspector General to Acting Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence for July to December 2001.

February 4, 2003 Letter from CIA Inspector General Office to Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence for July to December 2002. The letter notes that there are additional "matters that have recently come to [the letter writer's] attention, even though not within the above time period." However, further information on those matters has been redacted.

This is a letter dated 7/6/2004 from John Helgerson, Acting Inspector General of CIA, to the Intelligence Oversight Board. The CIA withheld in full a 6-page document enclosed with the letter. The letter and enclosure conveyed to the Intelligence Oversight Board the comments of the Department of Justice on the CIA Inspector General's report to the Board. The letter notes a recommendation that the CIA's General Counsel "request a current legal opinion from DoJ." Apparently, once CIA requested a legal opinion, the DoJ requested the CIA "make certain changes to the Report itself." The CIA "determined this to be impracticable." All other information about the report and the DOJ's determination on the report has been redacted.

Semiannual Report to Director of CIA dated July - December 2004. This report mentions investigations concerning detainee abuse and other improper agency practices in Iraq, and notes that "more than half of the Staff's personnel are devoted to investigations concerning agency activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report also, cryptically, refers to another investigation concerning "misuse of a government intelligence collection system."

November 3, 2004 letter from John Helgerson, Inspector General of CIA to the Chair of the IOB. The letter refers to the OIG's May 2004 Report of Special Review, Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (September 2001-0ctober 2003) and notes the IOB requested source documents referenced in that report. Those source documents appear to be attached to this letter, however, 34 pages were withheld in full.

August 1, 2005 Letter to Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2005.

This is a 3-page letter dated 7/25/2007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. It attaches a 49-page Semiannual Report to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2007 (see CIA_Part062.pdf). The letter notes that although the OIG "learned of no CIA intelligence activities that were potentially unlawful or contrary to executive orders or Presidential directives," the OIG "did file seven reports with the Attorney General . . . pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding on Reporting of Information Concerning Federal Crimes."

This document is a letter dated 11/8/2005 and includes cover sheets for two Reports from the Counsel for the Inspector General to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board relating to two Reports of Investigation. The Reports have been withheld, and even the titles of the Reports, which would convey the subject matter of the investigations, have been redacted. One of these reports was attached to an August 9, 2007 letter from the OIG to the General Counsel of the IOB (see CIA_Part064.pdf).

This is a 62-page Semiannual Report from the OIG to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2006. Most of the information in the report is redacted, but the introduction notes that the report discusses "the Agency's detention and interrogation activities associated with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan," and focuses on the "circumstances surrounding the movement, confinement, and in some cases, abuse or death of detainees."

This document is a 14-page letter dated 9/27/2006 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the second quarter of 2006. It notes there were "seven reportable items" for this period. The CIA has redacted all information about the items.

This is a 4-page letter dated 4/9/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the fourth quarter of 2006. The letter notes there were "three reportable items," and highlights item 1, which was reported to congressional oversight committees as a "spot report." The CIA has redacted all information about the items.

This is a 4-page letter dated 6/18/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the first quarter of 2007. It notes there were "seven reportable items" for that quarter. The CIA has redacted all information about the items.

This is a two page letter dated 8/612007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the IOB regarding completion of a Special Report. The letter notes that the "Office of Inspector General completed its investigation into the circumstances surrounding" some issue, however that issue has been redacted. The CIA also withheld in full a 115-page report attached to the letter.

This is a 3-page letter dated 11/7/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the IOB. It supplements the third quarter 2007 report to the Board (see CIA_Part067.pdf) and discusses one additional item that was left off that report "for classification and security reasons." Not surprisingly, the CIA has withheld all information about this additional item.

This is a 5-page "Spot Report" to the IOB. It is undated, except for a handwritten note at the top that says "2007-12." The CIA has redacted almost all information from the report, however, the agency left in an interesting footnote. The footnote cites 50 U.S.C. 403-7 and notes "It is the policy of the United States that an element of the Intelligence Community may not use as an agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence any individual who" is a representative of the media unless "the President or the DCIA" waives this prohibition.

Memo by the Center for Democracy and Technology

Answers to the European Commission's questionnaire
on data retention.

European Digital Rights Report on Data Retention.

Data retention is generally unhelpful to fighting serious crime.

Shadows EU Commissions report on the Data Directive

The Council of the European Union reaffirm's the important role that the retention of telecom data can play in "protecting the public" from the harms caused by serious crimes while pointing out a number of shortcomings in the directive and its implementation across the EU.

The opinion by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic regarding the constitutionality of the Czech Republic's implementation of the Data Directive.

Case law declaring German implementation of the directive unconstitutional(via http://curia.europa.eu)

This is the Senate Judiciary Committee's amended version of the bill.

IOB Report documenting FBI monitoring of "young children" as a consequence of a "John Doe" wiretap.