Information and records on certain companies

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Information and records of contacts between the Central Intelligence Agency and the following companies: Battery Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Boston; Pixelworks, a San Jose, Calif. company that provides video and pixel processing semiconductors and software; Efranat, a cancer research firm based in Israel; and TianDi Growth Capital Co. Ltd., a venture investment company.

I also request copies of Central Intelligence Agency reports or other documents about the companies named above.

I am the author of www.jfkresearch.me, a blog dedicated to researching people and groups that research the assassination of President Kennedy.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

John Kirsch

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

John Kirsch

TianDi Growth Capital Co. Ltd. has offices (I believe) in Waltham, MA and Shanghai, China. John Kirsch

I request an estimated completion date for this FOIA request.