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Professor Alan Dershowitz Harvard Law School 1575 Massachusetts Avenue Hauser Hall 518 Cambridge, MA 02138 Hon. Louis J. Freeh Mobile: 202.215.8321 January 22, 2016 RE: FOIA Request Dear Professor Dershowitz: As you know, on April 6, 2015, a request was made to the United States Secret Service under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552), relating to the period 1/01/01 to 1/1/03, for "any and all shift logs, travel records, itineraries, reports and other records for USSS personnel traveling with former President Bill Clinton to Little St. James Island and the US Virgin Islands" (Attachment A). The basis of the above-described FOIA request was a claim by Virginia Roberts, in court papers filed in early 2015 in Florida federal court, that she and former President Clinton were on Little St. James Island at the same time during the 1/01/01 to 1/1/03 period. As set forth in a January 16, 2016 letter from Kim E. Campbell, United States Secret service Special Agent In Charge, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Officer, the "USSS has conducted a reasonable search for responsive records. It appears, from a review of USSS main indices, that there are no records pertaining to your request that are referenced in these indices" (Attachment B). I therefore conclude from this response that former President Clinton did not in fact travel to, nor was he present on, Little St. James Island between January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2003. Based upon my experience and knowledge of the duties, protocols and operations of USSS Protective Details, the Special Agents accompany and escort former President Clinton 24 hours per day, and would have certainly went with him to Little St. James Island during the period at issue. If the Agents had accompanied the former President to that location, they would had been required to make and file shift logs, travel vouchers and related documentation relating to the visit. The total absence of any such records and documentation, in my opinion, strongly establishes that former President Clinton was not present on Little St. James Island during the period at issue. Best Regards, Louie Freeh HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010909