The secrets he kept-2

January 19, 2024 Friday

I found a way to perhaps find information that might not be on the web yet. I have this form, a way to search for information about my Dad in a way that might find his name somewhere. I’ve read some of the beginnings of Uranium production in Missouri and will review that perhaps in the next post. But for now I’m thinking about the Cyclotron in Chicago. There is a map with dumping sights for Mustard Gas and a map with resting places for radioactive materials. It will be interesting to follow that history also. For now I search the past to understand the present. It seems too easy, when living in the present, to think it makes more sense to let go of the past. But then how do we really understand where we are at without knowing the pathway that brought us here.


Reading the first essay in The Best of Brevity, and thinking that that form will be the best for posting, limiting information to kernels of truth. Like this “how to” File a FOIA Request. I will post what I send out.





 Published on CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom)

How to File a FOIA Request

Essential Elements of a Request Letter (sample below)

  1.  Write to:

    Information and Privacy Coordinator

    Central Intelligence Agency

    Washington, D.C. 20505

    Or send via fax to: 703-613-3007.  If you would like to submit an electronic mail request please click here [1].

    Please Note: Only FOIA requests can be accepted via electronic mail at this time. See the How to File a Privacy Act Request [2]section for instructions on submitting a Privacy Act request (U.S. citizens and lawfully admitted aliens to request information on themselves or another living person.)
  2. Provide a reasonable description of the record(s) requested.
  3. Provide your full name and address.
  4. Provide a statement about your fee category [3] and your willingness to pay applicable fees.
  5. To assist with a request for records on an individual (other than yourself), please complete this form [4] and mail (or fax) to the address noted above.
  6. Requests must be submitted in English

 

Sample FOIA Request Letter

Date

Information and Privacy Coordinator

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C. 20505

 

Dear Coordinator:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. subsection 552, I am requesting information or records on [identify the subject(s) or record(s) [5] as clearly and specifically as possible --for example, all previously released National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) on the former Soviet Union's space program].

If there are any fees [3] for searching for, reviewing, or copying the records, please notify me before processing if the amount exceeds ________(dollar amount preference).

If you deny all or any part of this request, please cite each specific exemption [6] you think justifies your refusal to release the information and notify me of appeal procedures available under the law.

 

Optional: If you have any questions about handling this request, you may telephone me at (home phone) or at my (office phone).

Sincerely,

Name



Address


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