How the FBI will disregard your FOIA request:
1) We made a request for docs/calendar entries relating to meetings held in DC on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Previous research showed that the case was run from DC. We want names.
2) FBI records send a letter saying “records responsive to your request are currently being processed.”
3) Check the status of the FOIA request online: “The FOIPA number entered has been closed”
They didn’t even look.
4) Confront the FOIA Officer about the discrepancy. He asks if I looked in the FBI Vault under "Jeffrey Epstein."
If he had looked in the FBI Vault he'd know there were no responsive documents... but he never looked.
5) Tell FOIA Official the documents aren't in there. Response: "It has been forwarded to the assigned analyst for review."
Be diligent, friends.
6) To those who have asked, the correspondence took place this week. Will update on developments as they come. (No documents yet.)
FOIA hell, updated: Sept. 2018 letter makes these 2 claims in the same paragraph.
1) The records were released to you.
2) The records you seek have been withheld.
In reality, the records were never released. Appeal submitted. This is death by paperwork.
UPDATE: The DOJ has denied my appeal. The new excuses:
1) The request is "unreasonably burdensome" and cannot be located w/ a reasonable amount of effort
This is AFTER they told me they sent me the records and AFTER the DOJ said they found the records but withheld them.
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