Adrian Lamo FBI file
| Tracking # |
1488234-000 |
| Submitted | Jan. 26, 2021 |
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From: Jacob Appelbaum
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
A copy of FBI files on Adrian Lamo, a known federal informant, whose death was widely reported in the media on March 14, 2018.
Records relating to or mentioning Adrian Lamo, also known as Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood, or Adrián Lamo, or R. Adrián Lamo, or "The Homeless Hacker" (Born February 20, 1981 – Died March 14, 2018). Adrian Lamo was born in Malden, Massachusetts on February 20, 1981
and has been reported deceased in Wichita, Kansas on March 14, 2018. Major media outlets across America as of March 14, 2018 have reported his death including The Wichita Eagle: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article205629184.html and follow up article https://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article210989594.html
Please conduct searches of the Central Records System, including but not limited to the SENTINEL system, FBI email system, the Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR) Records System, the Microphone Surveillance (MISUR) Indices, the Physical Surveillance (FISUR) Indices, Technical Surveillance (TESUR) Indices, Counter-drug Information Indices System (CIIS), Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW) including but not limited to Investigative Data Warehouse - Secret, IDW-S Core, SPT, and DOCLAB-S, FBI Automated Case Support system (ACS), subset of the Electronic Case File (ECF) system, National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), Interstate Photo System (IPS) and/or Facial Recognition Databases such as those used by FACE (Facial Analysis, Comparison, and Evaluation) specialists, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications and/or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) record filings, for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant names, individuals, agencies and companies. Please further consult all available cross-reference indices, databases, and records, in addition to any other data sources containing potentially-responsive materials related to Adrian Lamo.
It is my understanding that Mr. Adrian Lamo's DNA is on file in the CODIS database, as well as his fingerprints in the IAFIS database, are held by the FBI due to the very public court battle on the matter as published by Wired in 2007: https://www.wired.com/2007/06/hacker-adrian-l/
Please include all potentially responsive materials, including but not limited to all communications, reports, investigations, inquiries, audio files, photographs or image files, video files, memos, email systems, directives, network packet captures, meeting minute notes, calendar entries, and any other data or data format that is used by the FBI. Please include all materials found in other subject files and all materials associated with any potentially-related names and any other known aliases, code names, nicknames, or any other identifying pseudonyms or references utilized by this agency or any other agency that is known to the FBI. Please additionally include searches for inter-agency or non-agency communications accessible by the FBI about Adrian Lamo.
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. If previously released records are available, then I request a rolling release consisting of those records while additional records are located and processed for release.
It is my understanding that your agency is required to search the records stored at NARA’s Washington Records Center in Suitland, MD, which remain technically under your agency’s control (see 36 CFR 1250.8). Please also conduct a search of records at NARA's Washington Records Center in Suitland, for records related to Adrian Lamo.
Furthermore, I request the FOIA log and copies of all other requests for information on Adrian Lamo including the responsive documents.
Mr. Adrian Lamo was a controversial public figure. This request is a critical part of a journalistic research project which requires the responsive documents for informing the public.
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,
Jacob Appelbaum
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 Jan. 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
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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.
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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 Jan. 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
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 Jan. 27, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #1488234-000.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Hello,
I am writing to request an update about my FOIA request FOIPA Request No.: 1488234-000 regarding Adrian Lamo. I have not received any documents or any notification since 2021. I did see that recently there have been some limited documents posted on the FBI vault site, I was not sent anything. Furthermore, it appears that most of the responsive documents are more than twenty years old. The documents do not seem to cover substantial events known in public such as a military trial which has long since ended.
Could someone please send me any responsive documents directly?
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good morning,
Thank you for contacting foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>. Your request has been closed. Per letter dated November 15, 2021, responsive material has been posted to the vault. If you wish to seek any additional information, please submit a new request.
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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~WRD0000
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Hello,
I am writing in regards to Freedom of Information Act Request #1488234-000. In yesterday's reply from the FBI, I was informed that there was a letter from the FBI dated November 15, 2021 informing me of something. Unfortunately, it seems that I did not receive any such letter in November of 2021. The last previous communication received regarding this case was on May 17th, 2021 where I was informed: "The FBI’s FOIPA Program is searching the FBI’s indices for potentially responsive documents. You may be contacted via formal letter for all fees and/or negotiation issues that may apply."
A record of all of our communications regarding this case is available at the following url: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/adrian-lamo-fbi-file-107317/
I have not received any documents directly in response to my request and I request being sent these documents directly as a response that may be examined in the context of my original request. The documents posted to the FBI vault do not appear to cover the full scope of my original request which has been pending for two and a half years.
Could someone involved in this request please resend the letter from November 2021, and additionally send the responsive documents as well?
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good morning,
Thank you for contacting foipaquestions@fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@fbi.gov>. Please provide an updated mailing address and a new copy will be mailed to you.
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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~WRD0000
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Hello,
I am writing regarding Freedom of Information Act Request #1488234-000. In the FBI response from 08/18/2023 I was asked to provide an updated mailing address to receive copies of this request.
Please send the responsive documents to the following address:
MuckRock News
263 Huntington Ave
DEPT MR 107317
Boston, MA
02115
Sincerely,
Jacob Appelbaum
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI has received your additional correspondence regarding your Freedom of Information/Privacy Act (FOIPA) request and it has been forwarded to the assigned analyst for review. A new copy is forthcoming.
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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~WRD0005
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any. Postmark: September 20, 2023
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good morning,
Thank you for contacting foipaquestions@fbi.gov. Please visit http://vault.fbi.gov and on the right hand side of the home page, under the heading “Vault Links” you can search your subject by entering the search term “Adrian Lamo” into the search box, not the request number. If you are still unable to locate documents, please let us know.
Respectfully,
Public Information Officer
FBI - Information Management Division
200 Constitution Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
O: (540) 868-4593
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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