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Graham Kates filed this request with the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.
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2020-HQFO-00947

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From: Graham Kates

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Graham Kates, I'm a reporter for CBS News.

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

All documents and communications related to the creation, editing and publication of the following linked tweet — including the video attached to the tweet — sent on April 20, 2020, from the official account of DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf.

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 to graham.kates@cbsinteractive.com.

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,

Graham Kates
Reporter
CBS News
graham.kates@cbsinteractive.com

From: Department of Homeland Security

Good Afternoon,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA request.  If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at foia@hq.dhs.gov (mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov)
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone:  1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax:  202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)

From: Department of Homeland Security

Good morning,

Records have been located and they are being processed at this time. Thanks for your patience.
Regards,

DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website

From: Graham Kates

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 20, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-HQFO-00947.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Graham Kates

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 20, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-HQFO-00947.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Homeland Security

Good morning Mr. Kates,

Back in 2020, you submitted this request to our office for information about a tweet.

As we are in a backlog situation, we are reaching back to you to confirm that you are still interested in this request.

Thanks in advance.

Maura Busch
Senior Program Specialist
Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Main: 1.866.431.0486
Direct: (202) 570-2018
Fax: (202) 343-4011
Visit our FOIA website

From: Graham Kates

Hi there, I'm checking in on this request from April 2020.

Best,

Graham Kates
Reporter
CBS News

From: Department of Homeland Security

Good afternoon,

This request was closed out since no response was provided after following up.

Thank you.

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