FOIA Logs

Dear FOIA officer:

Pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I
request copies of all documents requested under DLA‐HQ‐2020‐002051.

I specifically request that you include so-called "non-responsive"
material per the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
in American Immigration Lawyers Association v. EOIR, 830 F.3d 667 (D.C.
Cir. 2016) which found that FOIA “does not provide for . . . redacting
non-exempt information within responsive records.” As declared by the
court, “once an agency identifies a record it deems responsive to a FOIA
request, the statute compels disclosure of the responsive record—i.e.,
as a unit—except insofar as the agency may redact information falling
within a statutory exemption.”

This request includes all appendixes, annexes, and similar documents. Failure to do provide such documents shall constitute a reason for appeal and a waiver of any rights to said redact documents.

As a representative of the news media I am only required to pay for the
direct cost of duplication after the first 100 pages. Please notify me
by email prior to your incurring any expenses in excess of $ .01.

If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all
deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also
expect you to release all segregable portions of otherwise exempt
material. I, of course, reserve the right to appeal your decision to
withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.

As I am making this request as a member of the news media and this
information is of timely value, I would appreciate your communicating
with me by email, rather than by mail, if you have questions regarding
this request. Please do not close this request, for any reason, unless I
explicitly request it in writing.

I look forward to your reply within 20 business days, as the statute
requires. Thank you for your assistance.

Regards,

Nick


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Nick Turse, PhD, MPH