7 December 2003. Add FBI letter stating that there are no records pertaining to the FBI/NY visit to Cryptome in the main FBI file.
28 November 2003. Add FBI acknowledgement of receipt of this request.
24 November 2003
This responds to a Cryptome FOIA request sent to the Department of Justice and the FBI:
http://cryptome.org/fbi-cryptome2.htm
The form was filled out and faxed to the FBI today, along with the original request.
[Form, 1 p.]
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
______________________________________________________________________
Washington, D.C. 20535
November 17, 2003
Mr. John Lee Young
251 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
Dear Mr. Young,
Your Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request is being returned.
Your letter
did not contain sufficient information to conduct an accurate search of the
central records
system at FBI Headquarters. The following information is necessary:
Full Name: JOHN LEE YOUNG
Current Address: 251 WEST 89TH STREET, APT. 6E, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Date of Birth: 12-22-35 Place of Birth: MILLERSVIEW, TEXAS
Daytime Telephone Number: 212-873-8700
You may also wish to provide prior addresses, employments, aliases, etc.,
which you
believe may assis the FBI in locating the information you seek
____________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Under penalty of perjury, I hereby declare that I am the person named above
and I
understand that any falsification of this statement is punishable under the
provisions
of Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 1001 by a fine of not more
than
$10,000 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both; and that
requesting
or obtaining any record(s) under false pretenses is punishable under the
provisions
of Title 5, U.S.C., Section 552a(i)(3) as a misdemeanor and by a fine of
not more
than $5,000.
Signature [Signed] Date NOV. 24, 2003
To initiate your FOIPA request, please return the original request letter
with the
requested information. Please note that mail addressed to the FBI is delayed
several
weeks due to increased security procedures now in place. You may fax your
response
directly to the RID Section at 202-324-3752.
Sincerely yours,[Signed/jab]
David M. Hardy
Section Chief
Record/Information
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division
[Attachment, 1 p.]
[Letter, 1 p.]
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
______________________________________________________________________
Washington, D.C. 20535
November 25, 2003
MR. JOHN LEE YOUNG
APARTMENT 6E
251 WEST 89TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10024
Request No.: 0987634-000
Subject: YOUNG, JOHN LEE
Dear Mr. Young,
[x] This acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request
to the FBI. The FOIPA number listed above has been assigned to your request.[ ] For an accurate search of our records, please provide the complete name, alias, date and
place of birth for the subject of your request. Any other specific data you could provide
such as prior addresses, or employment information would also be helpful. If your
subject is deceased, please include date and proof of death.[ ] To make sure information about you is not released to someone else, we requre your
notarized signature, or, in place of a notarized signature, a declaration pursuant to Title
28, United States Code 1746. For your convenience, the reverse side of this letter
contains a form which may be used for this purpose. [Nothing on the reverse side of the
letter.][ ] If you want the FBI's Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) to perform a search for
your arrest record, please follow the enclosed instructions in Attorney General Order
556-73. [Order not enclosed.] You must submit fingerprint impressions so a comparison can be
made with the records kept by CJIS. This is to make sure your information is not released to an
unauthorized person.[ ] We are searching the indices to our central records system at FBI Headquarters for the
information you requested, and will inform you of the results as soon as possible.[ ] Processing delays have been caused by the large number of requests received by the
FOIPA. We will process your request(s) as soon as possible.
Your request has been assigned the number indicated above. Please use this
number in all
correspondence with us. Your patience is appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
[Signed]
David M. Hardy
Section Chief,
Record/Information
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division
[Letter, 1 p.]
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
______________________________________________________________________
Washington, D.C. 20535
December 3, 2003
MR. JOHN LEE YOUNG
APARTMENT 6E
251 WEST 89TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10024
Request No.: 0987634-000
Subject: YOUNG, JOHN LEE
Dear Requester:
This is in response to your Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request noted above.
To promptly respond to requests, we concentrate on identifying main files in the Central Records System at FBI Headquarters. No records pertinent to your FOIPA request were located by a search of the automated indices.
You may file an administrative appeal by writing to the Co-Director, Office of Information and Privacy, United States Department of Justice, Flag Building, Suite 570, Washington, D.C. 20530, within sixty days from receipt of this letter. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identifed.
Sincerely yours,
[Signed]
David M. Hardy
Section Chief,
Record/Information
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division
Enclosure [The encosure was the "FBI File Fact Sheet" shown above.]