The groups demand a meeting with the archivist to discuss NARA‘s approach to preserving CIA records.

A spokeswoman from the National Archives acknowledged receiving the letter and said the agency is reviewing it.

„We cannot comment further because this issue concerns a matter that is in ongoing litigation,“ Miriam Kleiman said in an email.

Some of the other letter signatories include the Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Victims of Torture, Demand Progress, Federation of American Scientists, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, National Security Archive, PEN America, Physicians for Human Rights, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Society of Professional Journalists and the Sunlight Foundation.