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szhérw TO: [DELIVERING DIVISION] FIOIIIS [DRAFTING DIVISION] Re: >3 [CASE FILE NUMBER, 00/co/200?] subject of the investigation. In other words, do your best to give as much information as you can, for congressional reporting purposes.] U1 Arrangements should be made with the credit reporting company to provide the records [personally to an employee of the DELIVERING DIVISION or through use of a delivery service or secure fax to OFFICE OF ORIGIN] within [NUMBER OF] business days of receipt of this request. The credit reporting company should neither send the records through routine mail delivery nor utilize the name of the subject of the request in any telephone calls to the FBI. DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS [Certification and Activation of the Nondisclosure Requirement: There is no longer an automatic prohibition that prevents the recipient of a National Security Letter fro disclosing that the FBI has requested the information. To activate the nondisclosure requireent, the senior FBI official approving this EC must use Option 1 below and include in the EC but not in the NSL! a brief statement of facts that justify the nondisclosure requirement. Option 2 is to be used in all cases where Option 1 is not used.] [Option l - Invoking Nondisclosure Requirement] U! In accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 1681u d!, I, the senior official approving this EC, certify that a disclosure of the fact that the FBI has-sought or obtained access to the information sought by this letter may endanger the national security of the United States, interfere with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation, interfere with diplomatic relations, or endanger the life or physical safety of a person. . /35! Brief statement of the facts justifying my certification in this case: [Option 2 - Declining to invoke the nondisclosure requirement} U! I, the senior official approving this EC, have determined that the facts of this case do not warrant activation of the nondisclosure requirements under the applicable National Security Letter statute. sassy 3