Alhurra article on Al-Khoei

Matthew Petti filed this request with the United States Agency For Global Media of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

21-110

Status
Completed

Communications

From: Matthew Petti


To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any emails sent to or from employees of U.S. Agency for Global Media, Voice of America, or Radio Farda on February 17, 2021 and June 14, 2021, containing one or more of the following non-case-sensitive keystrings:
- Tabatabai
- طباطبایی‎
- طباطبايي
- طباطبائی
- twitter.com/VOAIran/status/1362110544841433091
- freebeacon.com/biden-administration/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate
- www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/02/exclusive-lawmakers-demand-answers-accountability-on-state-dept-appointee-tied-to-iranian-regime
- ir.voanews.com/persiannewsamerica/us-lawmakers-state-dept-ariane-tabatabai
- responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/06/04/lawmakers-smear-iranian-american-biden-adviser-with-unsubstantiated-conspiracy-theory

If any part of these documents are exempt from disclosure, please be sure to review and release all reasonably segregable nonexempt portions of responsive documents, as the FOIA requires. If emails are among the responsive documents, please include any files attached to those emails as well.

I request that I be properly classified as a media requester. I am an investigative journalist who has written numerous articles on topics of public interest for the Daily Beast, the Asia Times, Responsible Statecraft, the National Interest, Reason Magazine, America Magazine and the Armenian Weekly, and I am requesting these documents in an editorial capacity. Please contact me if you have any questions about my media status.

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,

Matthew Petti

From: United States Agency For Global Media

Dear Mr. Petti,

Please find an acknowledgment letter attached, and let us know if you still have need of the agency records you requested in this FOIA request.

James McLaren
FOIA Officer
US Agency for Global Media

From: Matthew Petti

Hello James,

I am writing in response to my June 14, 2021 FOIA request number FOIA21-110. Thank you for responding to my inquiry. As you wrote in your letter, "If we do not hear from you within three (3) weeks from the date of this letter, we will assume that you no longer need the records and will close out your request." I am still interested in the records despite the time that has elapsed. Please continue to process this request.

Best regards,
Matthew

From: United States Agency For Global Media

Dear Sir,

We have found materials responsive to request FOIA 21-110. Some of the materials are written in Farsi, so our office has to wait for these materials to be examined by a Farsi speaker.

We anticipate providing responsive documents within the next 10 working days.

James McLaren
Acting Deputy General Counsel
US Agency for Global Media

From: United States Agency For Global Media

Dear Mr. Petti and MuckRock News,

Please find attached a closing letter and responsive documents to your FOIA request faxed on June 14, 2022, to U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

If you have any questions about your request, please contact the FOIA Office at (202) 203-4550 or foia@usagm.gov<mailto:foia@usagm.gov>.

Respectfully,

The U.S. Agency for Global Media FOIA Team

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