1. I
finally got the check from DOJ for winning
my Rehab Act lawsuit against TSA (which was just to make them
respond to my complaint in the first place; they took >2.5y to do so and gave no justification other than "you can't make us"; the judge said "yes I can").
Alas, it only covers my actual costs — court filing fee, printing, copying, mailing, etc. I
don't get a cent for my time, though I've set
precedent that'll hopefully benefit many others in the future. <deleted by moderator>
2. In my
FOIA case against the TSA, I recently received TSA's MSJ and
Vaughn declarations, defending thousands of pages of withholdings on a variety of grounds.
I received
almost 900 pages of documents so far, most of which have substantial withholdings. There are another ~3-5k pages withheld. These are, for the most part, records of TSA's policies and procedures, as well as records documenting various abuses against me and others.
I need to compile a giant spreadsheet of all the deficiencies, inconsistencies, missing documents, BS exemptions, etc.
There are also some thousands more pages of records that I know exist because they are referenced in stuff I got and/or in filings of administrative record in other cases. These need to be catalogued too, so that I can document the inadequacy of search.
Unlike TSA, I don't have a whole team working on it for months. I have just me — and my deadline is August 8.
Here's what I have so far (with massive redactions I now need to fight). To get a sense of what they're withholding — and why it's important — see their MSJ docs:
I could use a lot of help;
contact me privately if you'd be willing to assist with:
1.
Going through this massive set of documents, so that I can prepare an opposition and cross-motion to help get TSA's policies, procedures, etc made fully public.
It
doesn't require any special legal skill — just common sense and helping fill out a giant spreadsheet. I just have too many documents to go through on my own; TSA needed a whole team and months, I have no team, and one month left. So I could use your help.
2.
Analyzing and publishing. I don't want to release documents without accompanying analysis, which is why most of what I have is not yet public. Even with the redactions, there's a lot of interesting material.
3.
Info on TSA policy changes from people who work for TSA or have done so before — under condition of anonymity & journalistic source protection. Please use an anonymous account, PGP, and/or an IM service that supports OTR. I can also give you a phone number that supports secure messaging via Signal.