"Day of jihad" fusion center bulletins (Virginia Fusion Center)

Tom Nash filed this request on behalf of Matthew Petti with the Virginia Fusion Center of Virginia.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

24-6002
Multi Request "Day of jihad" fusion center bulletins
Submitted July 16, 2024
Status
Rejected

From: Matthew Petti

Subject: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: "Day of jihad" fusion center bulletins (Virginia Fusion Center)

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

All Advisories, Suspicious Activity Reports, Tips, Intelligence Briefs, Intel Reports, Leads Information or Data, Maps, Bulletins, BOLOs, and/or Joint Bulletins from 7 October 2023 to 14 October 2023 (inclusive) regarding an alleged pro-Hamas "day of jihad" or "day of rage."

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Tom Nash, a citizen of Virginia, in coordination with Matthew Petti.

From: Virginia Fusion Center

Subject: Your Virginia State Police public records request #24-6002 has been opened.

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Virginia State Police

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Your record request #24-6002 has been submitted successfully.

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From: Virginia Fusion Center

Subject: [External Message Added] Virginia State Police public records request #24-6002

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Virginia State Police

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #24-6002:

Due to the volume of requests and manpower constraints, it is not practical for the agency to respond in the 5 days permitted under Virginia Freedom of Information Act. You are hereby notified that, pursuant to § 2.2-3704(B)(4), the agency is entitled to, and here by asserts its right to claim, seven work days in addition to the five provided for in § 2.2-3704(B) in which to provide one of the responses set forth in § 2.2-3704.

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From: Virginia Fusion Center

Subject: Your Virginia State Police public records request #24-6002 has been closed.

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Virginia State Police

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Record request #24-6002 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Thank you for your correspondence to the Virginia Department of State Police (the Department). As you may be aware, requests for records of the Commonwealth, its agencies and political subdivisions are governed by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), § 2.2-3700 et. seq. of the Code of Virginia. 

 

Pursuant to § 2.2-3704 of the Code of Virginia “all public records shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizens of the Commonwealth” except as otherwise specifically provided by law.  The materials you are requesting constitute records relative to criminal intelligence or any terrorism investigation and are governed by specific statutory authority and are excluded from the provisions of FOIA pursuant to § 52-48. Your request is denied in its entirety.

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