Eddie Gallagher - Records (SECNAV/CNO FOIA Office / Chief of Naval Operations (DNS-36))

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* Tracking Number: DON-NAVY-2020-003320
* Requester Name: George Johnston
* Date Submitted: 01/07/2020
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

All records and/or communications pertaining to President Donald Trump's intervention into the Eddie Gallagher affair for calendar year 2019.

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,

George Johnston

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On behalf of R. Patterson, Head, DON FOIA/PA Program Office (DNS-36), please find attached, an official response to the subject FOIA request

Good morning Mr. Johnston,

this email is confirming receipt of your respose to our 20-day response letter we sent you. Via FOIA online, you specified you are "looking for emails between the beginning of October of 2019 until the end of November 2019 related to President Trump's intervention in the affair."
Please note that in our letter we sent via email, we clarify a need for " a specific time frame, the office(s) to search, specific individual(s), and the specific category (or categories) of subject matter. " Though we know what you are looking for and the timeframe of records, we cannot conduct a reasonable search for those records unless you specify a specific individual, such as the Secretary of the Navy or Chief of Naval Operations, who would preside over or have jurisdiction over the subject matter..
Without this determination, the request is too broad and would consistute far too many offices, departments and orginizations to provide responsive records.
Mr. Christian Amarillo
CNO/SECNAV FOIA/Privacy
Department of the Navy
Office: 202-685-0412
Fax: 202-685-6580
DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil <mailto:DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil>
NOTICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) - Privacy Act Data - Privacy Sensitive - Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal penalties.

The information contained in this e-mail is subject to review in accordance with the Department of the Navy's acceptable use policy.  All written communications fall under the records retention policy for official records and should accordingly be archived.  If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact the sender. Thank you.

Good morning Mr. Johnston,

Our office wanted to reach out again to clarify the scope of the request so that we can assist you in obtaining the records you are seeking.
Currently, your request does not indicate which Navy Office you are seeking from.
Which specific Navy Office are you seeking records from in regards to your request?

Good morning Mr. Johnston,

Our office wanted to reach out again to clarify the scope of the request so
that we can assist you in obtaining the records you are seeking.

Currently, your request does not indicate which Navy Office you are seeking
from.

Which specific Navy Office are you seeking records from in regards to your
request?

Very Respectfully,

Mr. Christian Amarillo

CNO/SECNAV FOIA/Privacy

Department of the Navy

Office: 202-685-0412

Fax: 202-685-6580

DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil <mailto:DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil>

NOTICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) - Privacy Act Data - Privacy Sensitive -
Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal
penalties.

The information contained in this e-mail is subject to review in accordance
with the Department of the Navy's acceptable use policy. All written
communications fall under the records retention policy for official records
and should accordingly be archived. If you have any questions regarding
this notice, please contact the sender. Thank you.

Good morning Mr. Johnston,
as a point of reference, SOCOM is not a Navy office, but a joint DoD command. By Navy Office, we refer to the organization or leader of an organization, such as the Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), whose Director is the Chief of Naval Operations, or the Office of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), whose Director is the Secretary of the Navy.
Our office can only search for Navy-specific records, not SOCOM records. As such, in order to fulfill your request, we need to identify where and/or whom you are seeking communications from. Which office or individual are you seeking records from?

Good morning Mr. Johnston,
Our office wanted to reach out again in regards to this request since you haven't responded to our previous inquiry.
Which office or individual are you seeking records from?

Good afternoon Mr. Johnston,

Our office has attempted to reach out to you about the scope of the FOIA
request listed in the subject. According to the Correspondence logs in FOIA
online, you have not responded to either follow up sent on February 24th or
March 12th .

Before our office closes your request, we wanted to make sure you were aware
of our attempts to reach out to you, and follow up one last time via email.

Please let us know if we can assist further.

Very Respectfully,

Mr. Christian Amarillo

Information Specialist/ FOIA-PA

CNO/SECNAV, DNS-36

Department of the Navy

Office: 202-685-0412

Fax: 202-685-6580

DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil <mailto:DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil>

NOTICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) - Privacy Act Data - Privacy Sensitive -
Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal
penalties.

The information contained in this e-mail is subject to review in accordance
with the Department of the Navy's acceptable use policy. All written
communications fall under the records retention policy for official records
and should accordingly be archived. If you have any questions regarding
this notice, please contact the sender. Thank you.

Good morning Sir,

We just wanted to follow up on this attempt to reach out.

Very Respectfully,

Mr. Christian Amarillo

Information Specialist/ FOIA-PA

CNO/SECNAV, DNS-36

Department of the Navy

Office: 202-685-0412

Fax: 202-685-6580

DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil <mailto:DONFOIA-PA@navy.mil>

NOTICE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) - Privacy Act Data - Privacy Sensitive -
Any misuse or unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal
penalties.

The information contained in this e-mail is subject to review in accordance
with the Department of the Navy's acceptable use policy. All written
communications fall under the records retention policy for official records
and should accordingly be archived. If you have any questions regarding
this notice, please contact the sender. Thank you.

DON-NAVY-2020-003320 has been processed with the following final disposition: Records Not Reasonably Described.
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