(2025-0816-F Segment 2) Council on American Islamic Relations

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9 folders, approximately 483 pages

This collection consists of records related to The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. This collection consists of CAIR press releases and publications, correspondence with CAIR director Nihad Awad, and materials related to a White House Eid al-Fitr event.

The materials in FOIA 2025-0816-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Previously processed records relevant to this topic can be found in FOIA collection 2012-0181-F.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. It was founded in June 1994 in Washington, D.C.

This collection of records contains material relating to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) press releases, CAIR publications, correspondence with CAIR director Nihad Awad, and a White House Eid al-Fitr event.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Alpha Project, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM (OP), and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files.

The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Alpha file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management from 1993 – 1996 and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series.

Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area.
FOIA 2025-0816-F (Segment 2) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: CA003 Airports
FG001-07 Presidential Appointments Granted
FG011 Department of State
FG065 Independent Agencies, Boards and Commissions
PL Political Affairs
PP005-01 First Lady
 

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Council on American-Islamic Relations

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Staff Archivist, 2025. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2025-0816-F (Segment 2):

Box 1

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Alpha Project
AF 294603 [Council on American-Islamic Relations]

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
CA003 185626
FG001-07 417097
FG011 187808
FG065 223231
PL 416482
PP005-01 174037

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: (OP)
187394 AF

Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Public Liaison
Shea, Maureen
Council on American-Islamic Relations [OA/ID 20947]