EFTA00015361Set 8
2020-08-0567p17,773w
Government Information Specialist, my duties include serving as a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Specialist responsible for all facets of processing FOIA and Privacy Act
(PA) requests, with primary responsibility ... records pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552. I also provide litigation support for the FOIA
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requests ... addition to these responsibilities, I am authorized to review for final
BOP disposition the FOIA determination responses prepared by other GIS staff in my office.
3. I submit this declaration
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EFTA00015219Set 8
2020-05-2658p17,292w
Assistant General Counsel, FBI Office of General Counsel,
Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") Litigation Unit, from September 2011 to November 2012.
In those capacities, I had management oversight or agency ... counsel responsibility for FBI FOIA
and Privacy Act ("FOIPA") litigation cases nationwide. Prior to my joining the FBI, I served as
a Senior Attorney, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") from ... manage responses to requests for access to
FBI records and information pursuant to the FOIA as amended by the OPEN Government Act of
2007, the OPEN FOIA
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EFTA00069312Set 9
2019-07-0227p8,046w
could reasonably be expected to interfere with law enforcement proceedings from public
disclosure under FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A). Many of the records sought by the Radar ... them individually, prior to
Esptein's arrest, and categorically, after Esptein's arrest.
Other FOIA exemptions also justify the FBI's withholding of records in response to
the FOIA request ... Finally, some of the withheld records are protected by an additional FOIA exemption
because their disclosure would reveal law enforcement techniques or procedures. See 5
2
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EFTA00088701Set 9
2020-09-1029p9,170w
Bureau of Prisons, Suicide Prevention in a Correctional Setting — Lessons Learned (Dec
2011) 21
FOIA Request from Paul D. Kamenar, Counsel for NLPC, to BOP FOIA Officer ... Wash. Post
(Aug. 4, 2020) 1, 18
National Legal and Policy Center, NLPC Files FOIA Request Seeking Photos Of Jeffrey Epstein
And Records Surrounding His Apparent Suicide ... motion for summary judgment
on its complaint brought under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Financier Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in August 2019, and subsequent revelations about
what
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EFTA00071624Set 9
2020-09-1029p9,138w
Bureau of Prisons, Suicide Prevention in a Correctional Setting — Lessons Learned (Dec
2011) 21
FOIA Request from Paul D. Kamenar, Counsel for NLPC, to BOP FOIA Officer ... Wash. Post
(Aug. 4, 2020) 1, 18
National Legal and Policy Center, NLPC Files FOIA Request Seeking Photos Of Jeffrey Epstein
And Records Surrounding His Apparent Suicide ... motion for summary judgment
on its complaint brought under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Financier Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in August 2019, and subsequent revelations about
what
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EFTA00583099Set 9
2014-03-047p2,655w
Telecopier: 646 350-0378
email:
March 4, 2014
CERTIFIED MAII,
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4)
National Security Agency
9800 Savage Road, STE 6248
Fort George G. Mead ... FOIA Case Number 76098 - Jeffrey E. Epstein
Dear FOIA Appeals Officer:
This is a timely appeal pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §552(a)(6), concerning the United
States National Security Agency ... Agency
submitted via the Internet on January 2, 2014 and attached hereto (the "FOIA
Request"). As more fully detailed in Section II of the FOIA Request, Mr. Epstein
seeks disclosure
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EFTA00079580Set 9
2020-02-206p2,225w
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:17:22 +0000
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would like to have a meeting on Tuesday, 02/25, about FOIA requests to SDNY and BOP related to Jeffrey
Epstein (a number of FOIA requests have
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EFTA00078008Set 9
2020-02-206p2,193w
USANYS)"
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Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein-Related Touhy Requests - Times FOIA Action
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:09:04 +0000
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would like to have a meeting on Tuesday, 02/25, about FOIA requests to SDNY and BOP related to Jeffrey
Epstein (a number of FOIA requests have been ... USANYS)
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Subject: RE: Jeffrey Epstein-Related Touhy Requests -Times FOIA Action
Hi all,
FYI, please find attached the underlying FOIA requests in the Times v. BOP Epstein
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EFTA01189864Set 9
2013-10-224p3,228w
Federal Bureau of Investigation seeking injunctive relief under the
Freedom of Information Act (-FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, Clemente alleges that the FBI failed to comply with the statutory deadlines ... respond to two FOIA requests Clemente had submitted in 2011. Both requests relate to the relationship between the FBI and
several of its informants in the world of organized crime ... ordered the FBI to
process 5,000 pages a month responsive to Clemente's FOIA requests beginning November 15, 2013. This Memorandum sets
forth the reasoning behind that decision
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Paragraph 2 consists of Plaintiff's characterization of its
Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request, and BOP respectfully refers the Court to
Plaintiff's FOIA request for a complete ... Page 3 of 7
10. Paragraph 10 consists of Plaintiff's characterization of its FOIA request, and BOP
respectfully refers the Court to Plaintiff's FOIA request for a complete ... statement of
its contents.
11. Paragraph 11 consists of Plaintiff's characterization of its FOIA request, and BOP
respectfully refers the Court to Plaintiff's FOIA request for a complete
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EFTA00105779Set 9
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COURT: But you need, if you're going to be
23 withholding under FOIA, to be able to articulate what at least
24 you have in mind beyond that, because ... Tartaglione? What premises is it using to
10 define what is exempt under FOIA?
11 MR. : So, respectfully, I think the
12 government disagrees with a little ... could reasonably be expected to harm, the integrity of
20 that proceeding.
21 And FOIA, I think, really does carve out criminal
22 proceedings like this, especially a death penalty
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language that you had
previously drafted for us as a way to address victim FOIA and Privacy Act requests in our settlement agreement.
Based on our conversation, the language ... have prepared is the following:
If counsel for Jane Doe #1 file a FOIA request with the FBI seeking investigative recordings of Alfredo
Rodriguez, the defendant named in Southern District ... Marra, counsel for
Jane Doe #1 may represent within that FOIA request that the USAO-SDFL will not be asking the FBI to
assert any objection pursuant to 5 U.S.C
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COURT: But you need, if you're going to be
23 withholding under FOIA, to be able to articulate what at least
24 you have in mind beyond that, because ... Tartaglione? What premises is it using to
10 define what is exempt under FOIA?
11 MR. KOCHEVAR: So, respectfully, I think the
12 government disagrees with a little ... could reasonably be expected to harm, the integrity of
20 that proceeding.
21 And FOIA, I think, really does carve out criminal
22 proceedings like this, especially a death penalty
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