Volurme 2, lssue 5

RIDS FOIA BUZZ

July 201A

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Me*sage frorn I want

lYlesssge front Section Chief Dsvid lYl. Hordy Eecord/Information Dissemination Seetion (RIDS)

$ection Chlef
Release of

to continue discuss-

John "Jack" llllurtha

filles

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Relea*e of Senator Edwerd "Ted" Xennedy files

FOIA prograrn fits within the government's Open Government Program, in particular our infNuence as ts the substance of what can or cannot released under

ing how the FBI's

precedence in court cases, FBI FOIA has been in the forefront in adapting exemptions to new circurn-

Beyond setting

fights another new aspect in FOIA processing. We are becoming rnuch more
connected with other agen-

be

stances" An example is the current use of the b2f b7e Glomar response for

cies in our use of exemp tisns- This is particularly

evident in the intelligence

FOIA.

If you thumb through the

'Yellow Book', you wiil see that Ftsl cases comprise a

for watch list records. Vl/atch tist requests were unknown

requests
before 9111 and reguired

tion of the FBI's post-9/1 1 role aS a member of this

community. We are in the infant stages of developing

coffimunity and is a reflec-

ne

bTC

Thoughts frorn
Directsr Hoqver

significant portion of the footnotes in the book. This is logical given we are the

a new approach to re-

fe&ral agencies to adopt

a Sharepoint

coordinatisn

largest federal law enforcement agency. ln a more basic aspect, it means that the quatity and consistency of your work can impact the entire law enforcement comrnunity.

spond to this type of request. OGC's FOIA Liti-

gation Unit, working with RIDS, was at the core of

devetoping the new approach.

tion and FOIA

methodology that will be used for both declassificarequests

that cut across the intelligence cornmunity. This, in turn, will require us to have more LASs with SCI
clearances and, euentually, larger $CfF spaces.

The developrnent of the Glomar response high-

Congressmon John "JoGk" Potrick Murlhs Releose

RIDS recently released
Democratic Party for threat was real and whether or years and chaired the not a crime had been commitMurtha. Pennsylvania's long- fense Approprialions submm- ted. et-serving congressman-died miltee of the House Approy:111y-":i1,":_a subjectof priations commtttee. on Februa-ry e, z-oro. He

files of Representalive John

the P.

many Der'iirs

was

ik:"":Lt -"r*r,m,* l;;";*,ru:Fiip serving

nam Wars.

rine Corps in bo-th confiicts and

in rhe

Ma-

star, two Purple Heans and vielnarn cross of

a Bronze rhe investigated. Gallantry' Like many p.ominent public Murtha served as a regesenta- figures, Mr. Murtha received a live in Congress fi'oqr 1973 nurnberof violentthreats. -tle *ast a rank- The FBI investigateo eacii of unt,r nis a".t[. ing membr of tie these to determine if the
He us
awarded

tirreats made against Murtha pubtic corruption gations in wnicn illurttra

ii-T-d:tfl?llBl operalion iniesli 1':l::TjF late 1970s into the ria's i?ly-]Y-?;. ^-T-1"- investigation originally targeted individuals trafficking in stolen property, but tater turned into a public corrup{ion investigation.

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RID$ Q & A/Herr ContoctsfReminder

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Can watching the movie lhe lnformant count towards credits on the l-4S Continuum or should I still read the book? Yes, you still should read the book The lnformant. fhe book goes into greater detajls that the movie does not capture. Reading the book will be beneficial to learning how the FBI conducts investigations,
etc..

You can still receive the 2.5 credit hours for watching the movie in addition to the credit hours from reading the book.

4996, which appears on rnany FOI/PA correspondence has been transferred

The Fax Nurnber (540) 868-

to Name Check and

rnoved

to a new location. Fax Num-

Submitted by:

ber (540) 868-4997, is still available and located in the

nnailroom.

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OIP E-mail addresses lnitial Requests:

DO=LO I P. hit ia I. Req ues. t$ (A u,s-doj.ggv

Appeals:
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Conlinued frorn poge 2: Ifiougftfs frorm Direcfor ffooyer ln his trademark sarcastic ln another, he chose the follow- year. Ifiis can't be true! The style, Mr Hoover had gleefuily ing: "Professional football has "dear Soys" would fievet let
latched on to the accusations

af corruption in the NFL with

strokes could rnuster. ln a paragraph mocking the "work out regirnens" of professional
players he highlighted:
".. . what yvith all-night drinking bouts, tours of the night club circuit and a rendezvous or two with chicks as extracurricular exercises far getting

all the strength his

pen

blundered through this crisis. by their "dear public" down like teeth. . . Reports this!!!, he writes to conclude persist, however, that two other the merno. Though one National League forward pass- would not think that the deal ers are dominated by the ings of the relatively new Namobs. . . lt is no secret that, in tional Football League would the private boxes of some team demand the Directo/s notice owners, bookmakers are weekly (especially as he maintained guests." the Mob did not exist), this

the skin of its

a football fan, but he certainly

Mr. Hoover may not have been

memo would certainly seem

in shape,

"

seemed to detight in lhe scandal that plagued the NFL that

to rllustrate that nothing was ever too small to be missed by Mr. Hoover's eye. .. or his
wit.

On lhe LightGr Side - Two FSI JOKES

Bulls Eye-One of the marksmen in the FBI
best was

rylanship I have even seen," said the FBI man. "How irr "Nothing

passing through a small town. Everywhere he saw evidence of the most amazing shooting.

:he world do you do

to it," said the

On trees, on walls, and

"l shoot first and draw

r:ircles afterward."

it?" idiot.

the

President decides to give ttrern test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and eaeh of them has to catch it.

the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they rnake no apologies. The rabbit had
it coming.

on

in dead enter The Ftsf rnan asked one of the toirvnsmen if he could rneet the perssn re$ponsible for this wonderful marksmanship, The man turned out to be the village idiot. "This is the best rnarks-

fences there were numerous bull's-eyes witlr a bullet hole

The LAPD, FBI and CIA-The rnent (l3PD), The FEl, and

The CIA goes in They place anirnal informants throughout the forest They question all plant and mineral witnesses.
After

l-os Angeles Police kpafi-

thre

months of extensive

investigations they conclude

thet rabblts do not exist.

The LAPD goes in. They corne out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okayl l'm a rabbit! I'm a
rabbit!

the CIA are all trying to ppve that they are the best dt ."apgrrehending criminals. The

in After two weeks with no leads they burn

The FBI goes