DoD IG: Inspection of DoD Detainee Transfers and Assurances

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Final report for DODIG-2013-127

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,

Shawn Musgrave

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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 Nov. 1, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2014-00208.

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

OSD/Joint Staff, Freedom of Information
ATTN: Appeals Office
1155 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC, 20311-1155

To Whom It May Concern:

This is an appeal of the partial redaction of responsive documents for FOIA #14-FC-0030 (see attached letter), for which Mr. Steven W. Dabey, Chief of Staff, Detainee Affairs, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, in his capacity as an Initial Denial Authority, determined that certain portions of an inspector general report were properly classified. I originally submitted this request to the Department of Defense Inspector General in November 2013. The DOD-IG assigned my request tracking number FOIA-2014-00208.

Given the length of time that has passed since the report at hand, which was issued in September 2013, I assert that the justifications cited by Mr. Dabey are overruled by the public interest in knowing how the Defense Department has conducted detainee transfers. I thus respectfully request that this report be remanded to the DOD IG for release in full.

Best,
Shawn Musgrave

USCENTCOM
Office of the Chief of Staff
ATTN: FOIA
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill Air Force Base, FL 335621-5101

To Whom It May Concern:

This is an appeal of the partial redaction of responsive documents for FOIA #14-0035C (see attached letter), for which Major General Michael X. Garrett, in his capacity as Initial Denial Authority for CENTCOM, determined that certain portions of an inspector general report were properly classified. I originally submitted this request to the Department of Defense Inspector General in November 2013. The DOD-IG assigned my request tracking number FOIA-2014-00208.

Given the length of time that has passed since the report at hand, which was issued in September 2013, I assert that the justifications cited by Major General Garrett are outweighed by the public interest in knowing how the Defense Department has conducted detainee transfers. I thus respectfully request that this report be remanded to the DOD IG for release in full.

Best,
Shawn Musgrave

Hello -

Per the attached response from the DOD FOIA office dated July 5, my appeal for partial redactions as submitted has been sent back to DoDIG. Please note that I sent my appeal to DOD FOIA office in the first place at the direction of DODIG's partial denial letter dated May 17 (attached). I also appealed the partial redactions by CENTCOM, per directions in the same May 17 response letter. Please confirm whether my appeal of those redactions were appropriately sent to CENTCOM, or whether DODIG will address my appeals of those redactions, as well.

Best,
Shawn Musgrave

Hello -

Thank you for your response.

In May 2016, I received a redacted copy of the requested document.

I appealed those redactions to the OSD/Joint Staff FOIA Appeals Office as well as to the CENTCOM Office of the Chief of Staff in a letter dated May 20, 2016. The final response letter from DoDIG (attached), directed me to appeal redactions to these two agencies.

However, OSD passed along my appeal to DoDIG, which acknowledged the same in a letter dated July 6, 2016 (also attached). Please note that this letter includes a new tracking number — FOIA-2016-00475 — but clearly refers to the same requested documents as for 2014-00208.

In light of the discrepancies as to the appropriate appeal authority, on July 20, 2016, I inquired to DoDIG whether my appeal had been appropriately forwarded. Since that date, I have only received responses from DODIG to the effect that this request is being processed. I received interim responses from DODIG to this effect on: December 19, 2016; February 17, 2017; March 22, 2017; April 21, 2017; and May 23, 2017. In each such response, the DODIG FOIA team indicated that the relevant request was DoD IG-2014-000208.

According to my records, I have never received any communication indicating that my appeal on DoD IG-2014-000208 / FOIA-2016-00475 has been closed.

Please confirm the current status, then, of this request and its corresponding appeal of redactions in the responsive document.

Best,
Shawn