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FOIAing the NSA: What you can get, what you can't and where to start
- leoc 13y agoSpeaking of which, here are some FAA-related documents which have been out for a while: http://www.aclu.org/national-security/faa-foia-documents http://www.aclu.org/national-security/faa-foia-documents
- danohuiginn 13y agoIn the case of Snowden, PRISM, etc, you have a good case to request expedited processing. The NSA uses DOD rules, which will fast-track requests: "urgently needed by an individual primarily engaged in disseminating information in order to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity" [http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/foia/submit_foia_request/ http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/foia/submit_foia_request/, http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/540007r.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/540007r.pdf]
- lambda 13y agoAlso worth trying are Privacy Act requests about data that they have collected on you personally; the Privacy Act is separate from the FOIA, and allows you to request information that they have collected about you. Of course, there is an exemption for information needed for law-enforcement and counter terrorism. So they may simply deny your request (or provide entirely redacted documents) for that reason. But it's still worth a shot. Also remember that technically, it's the FBI which conducts domestic operations. While the NSA may provide services to the FBI to help them collect information, it's the FBI which is officially gathering that information. So any requests, either Privacy Act or FOIA, should be made of both the FBI and NSA.