Regarding my June 15, 2009, FOIA request for TSA's airport passenger search & interrogation procedures:
Today, I sent the following message to the TSA FOIA Office, DHS FOIA Office, and TSA leadership:
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 09:55:33 -0700
From: Phillip Mocek
To: Kevin Janet - TSA FOIA Officer <Kevin.Janet%AT%dhs.gov>
Cc: TSA FOIA Office <FOIA.tsa%AT%dhs.gov>, DHS FOIA Office <foia%AT%dhs.gov>,
Mary Ellen Callahan - DHS Chief FOIA Officer <mary.ellen.callahan%AT%dhs.gov>,
"Robert S. Bray - TSA Acting Deputy Administrator" <robert.bray%AT%dhs.gov>,
Gail Rossides - TSA Acting Administrator <gail.rossides%AT%dhs.gov>
Subject: Re: FOIA: request status of TSA09-0624 (placed June, 2009)
Mr. Janet:
Could you please answer the questions I asked on April 6, then
repeated on April 13, April 23, and April 27? Those were:
1. In January, you reported that my request had been processed.
Was that incorrect, or is it presently being processed a second
time? (On April 6, you wrote that the request was being
processed.)
2. Has the internal review process that began on November 23,
2009, that which was still happening on December 4, 2009, and
was still happening on January 25, 2010, been completed?
Also:
3. When do you estimate that the management review you described
as underway on April 27, 2010, will be completed?
4. Will my request be fulfilled once the management review is
completed?
Previously, your office has written the following about my June
15, 2009, request (TSA09-0624):
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 11:05:08AM -0400, TSA FOIA wrote:
> We are diligently processing your FOIA request. Due to the
> increasing number of FOIA request received by this office; we
> have encountered some delay in processing your request.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:49:26AM -0400, TSA FOIA wrote:
> We are currently processing your case.
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:53:35AM -0500, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your file is currently being review by another component.
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 11:02:12AM -0500, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your FOIA case was forwarded for internal review on November 23,
> 2009. [...] Your request is in the "internal review" process.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:14:44AM -0500, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your FOIA has been processed and is currently in the "internal
> review" process. Once the internal review is completed a
> response will be sent to you as soon as possible.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 02:04:53PM -0500, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your FOIA has been processed and is currently being reviewed by
> TSA management before a response can be sent to you.
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 04:00:40PM -0400, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your request is currently being processed.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:09:07AM -0400, TSA FOIA wrote:
> Your FOIA request is currently in management review.
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Phillip Mocek
Mail to Gail Rossides was returned as undeliverable. Others were delivered without errors reported.
Today, I also filed a new request, for DHS correspondence regarding my outstanding request:
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 10:14:28 -0700
From: Phillip Mocek
To: TSA FOIA Officer <foia.tsa%AT%dhs.gov>
Subject: FOIA request: correspondence regarding June 15, 2009, request
TSA FOIA Officer:
Pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §
552, I request access to and copies of all Department of Homeland
Security correspondence regarding FOIA request TSA09-0624, a
request I placed on June 15, 2009, for the Transportation Security
Administration Screening Management SOP (Standard Operating
Procedures) manual, which upon TSA FOIA Office request I clarified
on June 16, 2009, to mean "a written description of procedures your
staff use at airport checkpoints when searching and interrogating
people who are stopped by your staff at those checkpoints".
I would like to receive the information in electronic format (PDF
attachments to e-mail). If that is not feasible, paper copies via U.S.
Mail would be acceptable.
I agree to pay reasonable duplication fees for the processing of this
request in an amount not to exceed $30. Please notify me prior to your
incurring any expenses in excess of that amount.
If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all
deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I request
that any deletions be "blacked out" rather than "whited out". I will
also expect you to release all segregable portions of otherwise exempt
material. I, of course, reserve the right to appeal your decision to
withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.
I look forward to your reply within 20 business days, as the statute
requires.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Phillip Mocek