LOVEINT

To Whom It May Concern:

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

1. The total number of FBI agents, staff, and employees that were found to be involved in activity related to "LOVEINT" or "love intelligence" (the intentional use of technology resources and privileges by intelligence officials to eavesdrop on and/or surveil love interests, spouses, partners, exes, etc.) between 1/1/2011 and the present date, aggregated by year. Please make sure to also include whether or not any administrative or disciplinary action was taken in those situations.

1a. For clarification about the specific activity I am referring to, please refer to the following article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/loveint-nsa-letter-discloses-employee-eavesdropping-girlfriends-spouses-flna8C11271620

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and may be used in future journalism efforts that are not primarily commercial in nature. However, the requested information may also be used in fine art projects for profit, which may be considered commercial.

Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government. Because of this, I request a waiver of all fees.
 If a fee waiver is not granted, I am willing to pay up to $25 for the requested information. If the fee for this request exceeds this amount, please notify me in writing prior to beginning work on the request.

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,

Erin Marie Miller

Hello,

I am writing in response to the rejection of FOIA request NFP-130739.

I was instructed to contact you to ask for advice on how to reasonably describe my request.

My request asked for the total number of FBI agents, staff, and employees that were found to be involved in activity related to "LOVEINT" or "love intelligence" (the intentional use of technology resources and privileges by intelligence officials to eavesdrop on and/or surveil love interests, spouses, partners, exes, etc.) between 1/1/2011 and the present date, aggregated by year, and whether or not any administrative or disciplinary action was taken in those situations. (For clarification about the specific activity I am referring to, refer to the following article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/loveint-nsa-letter-discloses-employee-eavesdropping-girlfriends-spouses-flna8C11271620).

I was told in my FOIA rejection letter that the requested subject matter is not searchable in the FBI system. Can you please offer some suggestions for wording this request in a way that is deemed reasonable in order to access this information?

Thank you.

Hello,

In my FOIA rejection letter for request NFP-130739, which was dated August 26, 2021 and sent to me by Michael G. Seidel, Section Chief of the Record/Information Dissemination Section of the Information Management Division, I was instructed to contact you -specifically- to ask how to reasonably word my revised request.

In that letter, Mr. Seidel wrote, "For questions on how to reasonably describe your request, please email us at foipaquestions@fbi.gov. You may also visit www.fbi.gov and select “Services,” “Information Management,” and “Freedom of Information/Privacy Act” for additional guidance."

Since your office is FOIPAQUESTIONS@FBI.GOV, it appears to be the correct email address to ask FOIA questions, given Mr. Seidel's specific instructions to me.

That said, can you please offer guidance on how to reasonably word my next request related to this matter?

Thank you,

Erin Miller