U.S.

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November 30,20'12 MR. ERIK LARSON

VULGAR BETRAYAL lgbject:OPERAT|ON FOtpA 1.160517_000 No. DearMr.Larson: The enclosed documents were reviewed underthe Freedom Information/privacy (FolpA),Tiile of Acts 5, Unitedstatescode, section552t552a.Deletions naveoeen-maoe protect io information whichis exemptfrom disclosure, the appropriate with exemptions notedon the p"g" n""it; the excision. ln aooition, deleted a page information sheetwas inserted the fileto indicate in where'pa-ges withheld were entirely. The exemptions usedto withhold information marked are belowandexplained theeicroseo on Lxptanation Exemptions: of Section552

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