David Michael dos Santos Miranda

To Whom It May Concern:

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

A copy of FBI files on David Michael dos Santos Miranda (Born May 10th, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - died May 9th, 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), who worked as a journalist, an activist, a politician, and whose death at age 37 was widely reported in the media in May, 2023. He was the husband of the American award winning journalist Glenn Greenwald.

Records relating to or mentioning David Miranda. Major media outlets across America as of May 11th, 2023 have reported his death including: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/david-miranda-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/10/david-miranda-brazil-greenwald-dies/

Related records may include communication with authorities and/or the governments of Germany, the United Kingdom, and/or Brazil proceeding, during, or relating to his detainment and arrest under the British "Section 7" on the 18th of August 2013 while traveling between Berlin, Germany and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a transit connection in London. His travel was directly related to his work with Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian relating to reporting about fraud, waste, and abuse by the intelligence community as described in this Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow

Additional related records may include relevant record related to his work as a public figure and politician with PSOL (the Socialism and Liberty Party of Brazil) and as well as PDT (the Democratic Labour Party of Brazil).

Furthermore incidental collection and other related records regarding surveillance, and other activities around his husband, American citizen Glenn Greenwald may contain relevant records.

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 David Miranda.

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 David Miranda.

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 David Miranda.

Furthermore, I request the FOIA log and copies of all other requests for information on David Miranda including the responsive documents.

Mr. David Miranda was a 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.

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

Hello,

Please do not closed my request as it has not been completed.

I see that the FBI has confirmed that Mr. Miranda is deceased and has already conducted a search However, I note that this search as described ("Based on the
information you provided, we conducted a main and reference entity record search of the Central Records System (CRS) per our standard search policy") is much more limited than my request outlined.

For example, I would expect that the FBI would find relevant records in files related to his husband Glenn Greenwald, and I would expect for there to be relevant records as well as in case files relating to the Snowden publications as Mr. Miranda's arrest in the UK was a matter of global importance in the journalistic realm. Additionally any coordination that the FBI did with the U.K. regarding Mr. Miranda's Section 7 arrest in London in relation to investigation of journalists reporting on the Snowden related materials.

Were the systems that I requested incorrect or renamed by the FBI? Was my request in some way unclear or incorrect?

I am willing to revise my request if this can assist in locating appropriate records regarding Mr. Miranda.

Thank you for your time,
Jacob Appelbaum

Hello,

I am writing regarding Request No.: 1592906-000, Subject: MIRANDA, DAVID MICHAEL DOS SANTOS.

Please do not closed my request as it has not been completed.

I see that the FBI has confirmed that Mr. Miranda is deceased and has already conducted a search. However, I note that this search as described ("Based on the
information you provided, we conducted a main and reference entity record search of the Central Records System (CRS) per our standard search policy") is much more limited than my request outlined.

For example, I would expect that the FBI would find relevant records in files related to his husband Glenn Greenwald, and I would expect for there to be relevant records as well as in case files relating to the Snowden publications as Mr. Miranda's arrest in the UK was a matter of global importance in the journalistic realm. Additionally any coordination that the FBI did with the U.K. regarding Mr. Miranda's Section 7 arrest in London in relation to investigation of journalists reporting on the Snowden related materials.

Were the systems that I requested incorrect or renamed by the FBI? Was my request in some way unclear or incorrect?

I am willing to revise my request if this can assist in locating appropriate records regarding Mr. Miranda.

Thank you for your time,
Jacob Appelbaum