Alphonse D'Arco
| Tracking # |
1445687-000 |
| Submitted | Aug. 26, 2019 |
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From: T. McElwee
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records pertaining to Alphonse D'Arco (aka, "Alfonse" and "Little Al"), a former capo and acting-boss of the Lucchese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN).
The death of D'Arco was widely reported in March 2019; please see attached PDF for proof.
Please conduct a search of the Central Records System, including but not limited to the ELSUR Records System, the Microphone Surveillance (MISUR) Indices, the Physical Surveillance (FISUR) Indices, the Technical Surveillance (TESUR) Indices, and Counterdrug Information Indices System (CIIS), for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant names, individuals, agencies and companies.
If any potentially responsive records have been destroyed and/or transferred to NARA, then I request copies of the destruction or transfer slips as well as any other documentation relating to, mentioning or describing said transfer or destruction, to include but not be limited to confirmation that the Bureau has no other copies of said records.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
T. McElwee
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI - Information Management Division
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Winchester, VA 22602
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E: foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 27, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1445687-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
Good Afternoon,
Thank you for your continued partnership on this request. Please know that we have not yet received the responsive documents for this request. If you had submitted them to the following mailing address, please know that we did not receive them. If possible, please email them in an email attachment.
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If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
MuckRock Staff
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good afternoon,
Thank you for contacting foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>. Correspondence in response to this request was emailed in May 2023.
Respectfully,
Public Information Officer
FBI - Information Management Division
200 Constitution Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
O: (540) 868-4593
E: foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>
Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at http://www.fbi.gov/foia
Please check the status of your request online at https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps Status updates are performed on a weekly basis.
Note: This is a non-emergency email address. If this is an emergency, please call 911 directly. If you need to report a tip for immediate action, please contact FBI Tips at http://tips.fbi.gov/ or reach out to your local field office.
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~WRD0002
From: T. McElwee
To whom it may concern,
I received a message stating that a FOIA production was emailed to me in May concerning FOIA Tracking Number 1445687-000 (subj: Alphonse D'Arco).
I have received no such email. I believe this may indicate it was sent ot an incorrect email address.
Please send the response to FOIA Tracking Number 1445687-000 to this email as soon as possible.
-T. McElwee
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good Afternoon,
The PDFs have been re-uploaded and are now available. You should have received an email with links for the documents listed below.
Public Information Officer
FBI - Information Management Division
200 Constitution Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
O: (540) 868-4593
E: foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>
Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at http://www.fbi.gov/foia
Please check the status of your request online at https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps Status updates are performed on a weekly basis.
Note: This is a non-emergency email address. If this is an emergency, please call 911 directly. If you need to report a tip for immediate action, please contact FBI Tips at http://tips.fbi.gov/ or reach out to your local field office.
-
~WRD0003
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
You can download the files at:
* [E7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424_Q64767_D2331127.pdf](https://efoia.fbi.gov/download-file/submission-7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424/LDsxqSVrgjsCDiZ/E7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424_Q64767_D2331127.pdf)
* [E7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424_Q64767_D2331128.pdf](https://efoia.fbi.gov/download-file/submission-7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424/pW5QBH8ECnXsjjf/E7148718815f75fdd1bf4b9a16bd543c8e6db5424_Q64767_D2331128.pdf)
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updates are performed on a weekly basis.
From: T. McElwee
To whom it may concern,
This is in response to an ongoing FOIPA request, given Tracking # 1445687-000, originally sent in August 27, 2019. The FBI FOIA vault states "The FOIPA number entered has been closed, and appropriate correspondence has been sent to the address on file."
On September 8, 2023 I received an email stating that the Bureau sent me a response in May 2023 –my assumption was that this was a long awaited production of records. I informed the Bureau I had received no such response and asked for it to be re-sent.
Today I received an email of two linked PDF's; these are only acknowledgments dated from 2019 without any documents. I believe you can understand that after a four year wait, this is confusing and frustrating.
I would like to have it clarified whether the Bureau, in May 2023, made a production, or if I just got a 2019 acknowledgment letter for no apparent reason?
If the documents are ready, then may I please get the actual documents and not just the acknowledgment letters?
If this is not the case, then this correspondence should serve as notice of appeal of the Bureau's inappropriate and rude closure of the FOIPA case, with a request to remand the request with instructions not to properly search for records and produce them.
-T. McElwee
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good afternoon,
Thank you for contacting foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>. The information released in May 2023 will be resent to you via standard mail.
Respectfully,
Public Information Officer
FBI - Information Management Division
200 Constitution Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
O: (540) 868-4593
E: foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>
Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at http://www.fbi.gov/foia
Please check the status of your request online at https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps Status updates are performed on a weekly basis.
Note: This is a non-emergency email address. If this is an emergency, please call 911 directly. If you need to report a tip for immediate action, please contact FBI Tips at http://tips.fbi.gov/ or reach out to your local field office.
-
~WRD0005
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
A copy of documents responsive to the request. Postmark: September 18, 2023
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
A copy of documents responsive to the request. Postmark: September 18, 2023
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