25 July 2010. Add appeal of FOIA denial to US Army CID.

18 July 2010

Cryptome: At the HOPE conference in New York City on 17 July 2010 Wikileaks representative Jacob Appelbaum said that the amount of money needed for a Bradley Manning legal team was now $200,000. Declan McCullagh's CNET report on WL/2600 security comedy funding posedown:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20010866-83.html

Related: Cryptome made an FOIA request (below) on July 4, 2010 to US Army Central Command (CENTCOM) for information on the Bradley Manning matter. CENTCOM apparently forwarded the request to the US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACID). An initial response (below) was received yesterday with the identification of Manning omitted to comply with privacy law. No request had been made to USACID or other US Army for any other "active investigation."

Note: on 21 July 2010, the CENTCOM FOIA office confirmed by email the USACID letter pertains to Bradley Manning.

Wikileaks Insider Messages: http://cryptome.org/0001/wikileaks-mess.htm

A sends via PGPboard, 17 July 2010:

Wikileaks.. Where is PFC Manning's Legal Team Mr. Assange?

The recent limited financial disclosure from the Wau Holland Foundation has revealed that no European donor funds have been spent in the provision of a legal team for PFC Manning; in detention for passing documents to WIKILEAKS.

We all remember the recent emails requesting $50,000 in donations in order to hire, and fly a legal team out to Kuwait. As we speak no legal team has been provided, and no attorney provided by Wikileaks has made contact with the JAG office in Kuwait.

In addition to this, the Wau Holland financial release confirmed that there were sufficient funds available to provide immediate assistance to PFC Manning, and that they would have no objection in disbursing the funding such an initiative.

Yet you (Assange) did nothing. You saw this as an opportunity to extract another $50,000 from the loyal and committed WIKILEAKS donors.

You have not provided any information concerning the firm of attorneys WIKILEAKS is dealing with for Manning's defence; for the simple reason that none has been hired to pursue Manning's defence.

Just to help you along; the Law Firm of Greg D. McCormack, P.C. 611 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452 is a practice dealing in military litigation, with a global reach. They will offer WIKILEAKS an initial free consultation, you can call this number +1 877 529 4060.

WIKILEAKS should not abandon PFC Manning, when we have the expertise, and financial means to make a difference in the outcome of this case.

In closing, we would like clarify some issues surrounding our website. The Wau Holland Foundation openly criticized Assange for shutting down our Website as a ploy to drive up donor contributions.

We (Insiders) agree with this assessment. However, what is not widely known and understood is that the secure document submission page was deliberately disabled by Assange in order to prevent third parties uploading any documents leaked by PFC Manning.

Wikleaks Insiders

AUTHENTICATION CODE Omitted

By Cryptome

To: foiaoffice[at]centcom.mil
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Subject: FOIA Request
Date: 4 July 2010

Under provisions of the FOIA I request all documents related
to the arrest, pre-trial confinement, and investigation of SPC
Bradley Manning, formerly assigned to Forward Operating Base
Hammer outside Baghdad, Iraq.

According to news reports SPC Manning was allegedly arrested
around May 25, 2010, in connection with an unauthorized release 
of a gunship video dated June 12, 2007, of an engagement in 
Baghdad, Iraq, which showed the death of two Reuters journalists
and other allgedly classified material.

A sample news report on the arrest:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/

This information is requested for publication on the non-profit public
education web site Cryptome.org of which I am the administrator.

I agree to pay for all costs associated with this request and do not 
request a fee waiver.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

John Young
Cryptome.org
251 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
212-873-8700
Fax: 212-787-6102

Subject: RE: FOIA Request
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:03:18 -0400
From: "Freedom of Information Act" <foiaoffice[at]centcom.mil>
To: "John Young" <jya[at]pipeline.com>

Mr. Young,

USCENTCOM has received your FOIA request via email on 4 July 2010; while
processing the request, we determined that USCENTCOM has no equities of
the request and that this falls under U.S. Army Crime Records' Center
purview.  We contacted Department of the Army and they informed us that
they have already received this request and is currently working on
this.  
Please contact (see below) if you have any questions concerning this
request:
 
FOIA/PA requests may be submitted via fax at 703-806-0462, via mail at
the address below or via e-mail at CRCFOIAPA[at]conus.army.mil. 

Department of the Army
U.S. Army Crime Records Center
6010 6th Street, ATTN: CICR-FP
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5585

Phone: 800-511-4786

Your request is being Administratively Closed; if you're not satisfied
with this action, you may appeal to the appellate authority, the
director of Administration and Management, Office of the Secretary of
Defense.  To submit your appeal you should write directly to the Defense
Freedom of Information Policy Office, Attn: Mr. James Hogan, 1155
Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301-0115.  Your appeal should be
postmarked within 60 calendar days of the date of this letter, should
cite to case number 10-0231  and should be clearly marked "Freedom of
Information Act Appeal.

v/r
FOIA Team 

After a Cryptome inquiry about which of two FOIA requests was being answered, this:

Subject: RE: FOIA Request
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:28:29 -0400
From: "Freedom of Information Act" <foiaoffice[at]centcom.mil>
To: "John Young" <jya[at]pipeline.com>

Dear Mr. Young,

I apologize, the one that I had attached is actually still being worked
on; the one about SPC Bradley Manning is the one that is being Admin
Closed.  Again, I apologize about the confusion.

v/r
FOIA Team

More on the second request when information is received.

Related: http://www.cid.army.mil/foia.html

25 July 2010

To: CRCFOIAPA[at]conus.army.mil
From: John Young <jya[at]pipeline.com>
Subject: Appeal of FOIA Denial FA10-3371
Dated: 24 July 2010

Director
U.S. Army Crime Records Center
FA10-3371
6010 6th Street
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5585

Secretary of the Army

This is an appeal of USACID denial of my FOIA request FA10-3371, dated
July 13, 2010.

The investigation of SPC Bradley Manning has widespread public interest
as indicated by numerous continuing news reports, articles, blogs,
essays and readers comments.

There is considerable speculation about how SPC Bradley is being
treated, the extent and capability of his legal representation, and
concern about the accuracy of news reports on charges and
allegations made against him.

There has been no information from Spc Bradley or his legal
representative which might counterbalance public speculation.

To respond to public interest and concern and to provide accurate
information, it would be beneficial for the single public release on
the investigation by the US Army to be supplemented with 
ongoing releases of information as the investigation continues.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

John Young
Administrator
Cryptome.org, a Public Eduation Website
251 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
212-873-8700