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Declaration of Darrell M. Joseph
Independent Counsels ("the Special Division").[1] By Order dated October 10, 1997, the Special Division permitted the Report to be released to the public. (In addition, an Appendix containing the comments or information submitted to the Special Division pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ยง 594 was released by the Special Division in the Special Division's Appendix.) Subsequent to the public release of the Report, OIC reviewed the documents responsive to plaintiff's request and, as a result of that review (and the fact that the investigation regarding Vincent Foster's death has been concluded), OIC is no longer asserting a (b)(7)(A) exemption to withhold information from the plaintiff. As I describe in detail below, certain limited information is being withheld pursuant to Exemptions (b)(3) or (b)(7)(C).
II. DESCRIPTION OF OIC's SYSTEM OF RECORDS SEARCHED
AND RESULTS OF THE SEARCH
6(a). As noted above, plaintiff requested "photographs taken in connection with the investigation into the death of Vincent Foster", Exhibit I-1, and requested specific photographs which plaintiff attempted to identify in 10 categories. With the exception of categories 2 and 3, the plaintiff identified the photographs he sought as copies of certain photographs published in Volume II of Hearings Relating to Madison Guaranty S&L and the
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[1] Vincent W. Foster, Jr. was Deputy Counsel to President Clinton. The Report concluded that Mr. Foster committed suicide by gunshot in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993.
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