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17 February 2010
Today, Jennifer Hudson, FOIA Office, Office of Director of National Intelligence, called in response to Cryptome's telephone inquiry yesterday and today to Mr. Jim McCormick of that office (703-275-2219) about the status of an FOIA request for information concerning Intellipedia, below.
Despite FOIA requirements to acknowledge a request with an explanation of the prospects for a response, there was no response to the September 2009 request. The request was repeated in January 2010, below.
Ms. Hudson said the agency was trying to figure out how to respond to the many requests received for Intellipedia information. She said the volume of requests was unusual and not easy to respond to. She suggested calling again in a few weeks.
That appears to be non-responsive under FOIA requirements. More on the DNI FOIA SNAFU:
http://www.dni.gov/FOIA_Review.pdf
To: dni-foia[at]ugov.gov From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com> Subject: Intellipedia Freedom of Information Request Date: 9/21/2009 September 21, 2009 Information Management Office Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Washington, D.C. 20511 Re: Intellipedia Freedom of Information Request Under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act I request copies of all information and documents from the three wikis of Intellipedia on these subjects: 1. Communications security and COMSEC 2. Communications intelligence and COMINT 3. Signals intelligence and SIGINT 4. Acoustic signals intelligence 5. TEMPEST protection and compromising emanations 6. Technical surveillance, countersurveillance and TSCM means and methods 7. Encryption, cryptology, cryptoanalysis and cryptography 8. Internet and World Wide Web surveillance and intelligence 9. Open source intelligence Information and documents provided will be published on my public information website, Cryptome.org. Thank you very much, John Young 251 West 89th Street New York, NY 10024 212-873-8700 Fax: 212-787-6102 cc: By fax to: 703-275-1299
To: dni-foia[at]ugov.gov From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com> Subject: Intellipedia Freedom of Information Request Date: 1/11/2010 January 11, 2010 Information Management Office Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Washington, D.C. 20511 Re: Status of Intellipedia Freedom of Information Request Could you tell me the status of the request below? Thank you, John Young 251 West 89th Street New York, NY 10024 212-873-8700 Fax: 212-787-6102 cc: By fax to: 703-275-1299 --------- September 21, 2009 Information Management Office Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Washington, D.C. 20511 Re: Intellipedia Freedom of Information Request Under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act I request copies of all information and documents from the three wikis of Intellipedia on these subjects: 1. Communications security and COMSEC 2. Communications intelligence and COMINT 3. Signals intelligence and SIGINT 4. Acoustic signals intelligence 5. TEMPEST protection and compromising emanations 6. Technical surveillance, countersurveillance and TSCM means and methods 7. Encryption, cryptology, cryptoanalysis and cryptography 8. Internet and World Wide Web surveillance and intelligence 9. Open source intelligence Information and documents provided will be published on my public information website, Cryptome.org. Thank you very much, John Young 251 West 89th Street New York, NY 10024 212-873-8700 Fax: 212-787-6102 cc: By fax to: 703-275-1299