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8. It appears that without awaiting response of the journalists, the CIC took up the matter again on 3rd December 2008 and passed the following order:

"Shri Manoj Pande, ADGM PIB submitted a copy of a press release of 23.5.01, released by the Chairman of the GOM Shri L.K. Advani on that date. He also submitted copies of record of Hindustan Times of 24th May, 2001 and Times of India of 24th May, 2001, in both of which there is a mention of "Formal Release of the GOM Report on National Security." Since neither Shri Praveen Swami nor Ms. Swati Chaturvedi is present, it is not possible to ascertain whether in fact the full report was actually released. Even were it in the hands of these individuals, their failure to appear would imply either that they are not in possession of the documents in question or that they are with them through sources other than bonafide, neither of which would be cause for ordering release by the NSCS under the RTI Act, 2005. However, representatives of PIB affirmed that no such report other than the press release displayed was received by them. It must, therefore, be assumed that reference to the release of GOM Report in these two press reports is in fact a reference to the PIB release of the report on "Reforming the National Security System."