Anonymous (OIA)

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

All records on, about, mentioning, or concerning Anonymous. Records searched should include, but not be limited to reports which are numbered using the numbering system "IA-0000-11" where 11 is the year of the report and 0000 is the number of the report which is updated sequentially. Please search all records created between 1/20/2001 and the date this request is processed.

Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, chaotic, global brain.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Jason Smathers

You said that you "have received several inquiries into your attached FOIA case." Can you please explain who is inquiring and what exactly they are inquiring about?

My request said: "Records searched should include, but not be limited to reports which are numbered using the numbering system "IA-0000-11" where 11 is the year of the report and 0000 is the number of the report which is updated sequentially."

Can you please inform me if you have searched the aforementioned records yet?

Also, do you have any suggestions as to how you would like my request narrowed? If you wish me to narrow the request to a specific group within anonymous, can you first provide me with a list of groups within anonymous you have records on? Concerning the reports mentioned above, please search them for any group within anonymous.

You can limit the search to the larger group "Anonymous" rather than any specific smaller group that identifies with Anonymous.

Thanks!

Can you please use [redacted]@requests.muckrock.com in the
future for this specific request?

Also note the physical address I used for this request is different.

I want to be sure to keep requests separate when they are news media requests via MuckRock or personal, non-commercial requests made from another address in most cases.

On Oct. 28, 2011, I informed you that "you can limit the search to the larger group 'Anonymous' rather than any specific smaller group that identifies with Anonymous." In my inital request dated Oct. 17, 2011, I provided the following description: "Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, chaotic, global brain."

Further, I have asked that this request include a search of reports for the term "anonymous." I further specified the specific types of reports to seach by including: "reports which are numbered using the numbering system "IA-0000-11" where 11 is the year of the report and 0000 is the number of the report which is updated sequentially."

I have informed you of the specific reports to search and provided a single search term to use. There is no reason to hold this request in Abeyance, as I have been very clear.

If the results of the search end up with a large number of reports, I would agree to first recieving an index of reports or the title page and abstract of each report so that I can pick the specific reports which I wish to see in their entirety.

Please conduct a search as soon as possible.

Regards,
Jason Smathers

Can you please provide me with the current status of this request?

Your letter states it is a final response, however, the letter leaves me expecting further communication. Can you please clarify?

Furthermore, please note that I did respond limiting the search. Additionally, I'd be willing to limit the search further to more recent records if you feel it would be of help.

Please let me know.

Regards,
Jason Smathers

Thanks for working with me on this request. Let's limit the search to records created since 1/1/2011.

Regards,
Jason

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.

FBI FOIA office:

According to the attached letter, a number of pages of responsive documents were being reviewed by the FBI for this FOIA request as of September 2012. Please provide an update on the status of those documents.

Thank you.

Hello,

According to the attached letter from OIA, 7 potentially responsive pages for the described FOIA request were referred to the FBI for direct review and response. To date, no such response has been received.

Please advise, and provide an estimated date of delivery.

Thank you.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2011. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #12-OIA-0005.

Thank you for your help.