NSA: Please Stop Mailing Us FOIA Requests

Post by dfc » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 8:20 PM UTC

genwin wrote: post #39

dfc wrote: post #31

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A couple I let through had things like missing city but valid ZIP code, which I assume would actually be enough to get the letter to them Did you ever read their instructions for filing a FOIA request? "If you do not include a name and complete postal address, NSA will be unable to respond."[1] While you are here I dont understand what you mean by: "It seems that the NSA does not quite get that this is a protest, in…

Yes, civil servants who flout the oath they took should be just as respected as those who don't. > I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same...

Post by cg410 » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

saraid216 wrote: post #38

agwa wrote: post #32

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> This man is an idiot, please don't fill up HN with this drivel. This personal insult is uncalled for. It's easy to sit around and complain about what the government is doing, but this man has actually gone out and done something - setting up infrastructure to make it easier for the average person to submit these requests, he is spreading the word, etc. He has also done great work protesting the TSA.

The linked post is not "great work". It's ignorance piled on indignation.

Post by dfc » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 8:30 PM UTC

tsaoutourpants wrote: post #40

dfc wrote: post #31

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A couple I let through had things like missing city but valid ZIP code, which I assume would actually be enough to get the letter to them Did you ever read their instructions for filing a FOIA request? "If you do not include a name and complete postal address, NSA will be unable to respond."[1] While you are here I dont understand what you mean by: "It seems that the NSA does not quite get that this is a protest, in…

It's not me that failed to include a full address. It is the people who submitted their information and failed to fill out the form properly. The form is dead simple, but no matter what, there will always be a small % of people who do not follow instructions. Furthermore, the NSA does not get to make "rules" about the form of FOIA requests. If they have enough information to reply, by law, they must reply.

  (3) 
    (A) Except with respect to the records made available under
        paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, and except as provided 
        in subparagraph (E), each agency, upon any request for records which  
        (i)  reasonably describes such records and 
        (ii) is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, 
             place, fees (if any), and procedures to be followed, shall make 
             the records promptly available to any person. [1]

Post by ianhawes » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

genwin wrote: post #44

dfc wrote: post #41

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These people work in the FOIA compliance department. How did they violate their oath?

She works for the NSA's FOIA department, hence bearing sufficient responsibility for the NSA's wrongdoing.