Obama Library: NSC Correspondence Related to May 2013 "Drone Playbook" Fact Sheet

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All information, analyses, summaries, assessments, email threads, or similar records included in National Security Correspondence related to the drafting of the May 2013 publication on the Whitehouse.gov website of a "drone playbook fact sheet." The formal name of this document is: "U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside of the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities." This document was a carefully crafted public statement regarding drone use by the Obama administration. Please be sure to include a search of pre-publication emails that transmitted all fact sheet drafts (including as attachments) before it was published.

An archived version of this document is located at: https://web.archive.org/web/20130525000828/https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/2013.05.23_fact_sheet_on_ppg.pdf
News media coverage of controversies surrounding the release of this playbook can be easily found online: https://www.politico.eu/article/obama-to-release-drone-playbook/

In order to limit the scope of this request, please limit the time range for relevant documents from January 20th 2009 until the date in May 2013 when the fact sheet was published. In order to expedite this request, documents related to the 2013 to 2016 battle to release the "Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG)" memo need NOT be part of this request.

Thank you for the Obama Presidential Library's commitment to transparency, and I look forward to working with you towards resolving this request

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,

Robert Delaware