FOIA - Communications with DoD/NSA regarding George Floyd protests (Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management)

J Ader filed this request with the Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management of Minnesota.
Multi Request FOIA - Communications with DoD/NSA regarding George Floyd protests
Submitted May 30, 2020
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: J Ader

Subject: Minnesota Government Data Practices Act Request: FOIA - Communications with DoD/NSA regarding George Floyd protests (Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management)

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To Whom It May Concern:

On May 30th 2020, Minnesota officials held a presser on the protests in Minneapolis pertaining to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. During this presser, Gov. Tim Walz explained how the state administration as well as the National Guard have been in touch with the Department of Defense and National Security Agency to explore options in undertaking Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) to obtain information on protesters in the area.

Here is a video excerpt from the broadcast of this presser: https://twitter.com/wsmith825/status/1266744367043100672 (archived link: https://archive.is/aX6iR ).

Pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, I hereby request the following records:

- All transcripts, memos, and/or notes pertaining to any calls between any of your agency officials which included Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper
- All transcripts, memos, and/or notes pertaining to any calls between any of your agency officials which included Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley
- All internal emails, presentations, bulletins, memos, advisories, assessments, and/or analysis documents mentioning any of the following phrases (separated by comma): SIGINT, Signals Intelligence, Signal Intelligence, Signals Intel, Dept. of Defense, Department of Defense, DOD, DoD, D.O.D., National Security Agency, NSA, N.S.A.

I would like the time-frame for any responsive records for this request to be anything created from May 28th, 2020 to the date of this request (May 30th, 2020).

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 10 business days.

Sincerely,

J Ader

From: Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Subject: May 30 data request

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Good afternoon. I am in receipt of your June 15th email seeking the status of your May 30th data request. As you can imagine, we have received numerous data requests following the death of George Floyd. We are currently reviewing these requests and determining what public data, if any, is available for disclosure. We will be responding as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued patience.

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Minnesota Department of Public Safety
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