Electronic Harassment Technology & Organized Stalking Request (Department of Homeland Security)

Roddell Thomas filed this request with the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.
Multi Request Electronic Harassment Technology & Organized Stalking Request
Submitted Sept. 15, 2020
Status
Rejected

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From: Roddell Thomas

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Electronic Harassment Technology & Organized Stalking Request (Department of Homeland Security)

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

I hereby request copies of the following records for the years 2008-2020 [or all records containing the following information]:

Evidence of any city, county, state or federal programs or contractors of any of these agencies listed operating in the City of Mexico, Missouri, Audrain County, and the State of Missouri including, but not limited to;

Grants or Source of Funding for Surveillance Programs, watch programs, Body Area Network programs, medical devices programs or any other tracking programs relating to watching people, individuals or companies, via electronics, microwave devices, sonic devices, in person by persons, or any other means, operating in the Mexico, whether neighborhood watch, CAPS, COPS, federal, state, county or otherwise, through corporate, individual or other sources;

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE. Installations of operational/controlling equipment which operates or controls Installations of or on towers of dishes, transmitters, transponders, in public places or private residences, or handheld transmitters, transponders or devices or any kind transmitting radio or microwave or sonic frequencies, relaying devices or any devices whatsoever, whether installed in city infrastructure, commercial places of business, mobile, in police cars, fire department vehicles, ambulance or any other city vehicle or place of operation or handheld used by city employees, volunteers or others being used in surveillance or used in transmission of frequencies (whether light spectrum or sonic (whether infra or ultra) for any purpose, including the operation of the Body Area Network by city employees, contractors, volunteers, or any person whatsoever for the purpose of tracking or surveillance or interference with any person or business or communication of any kind whatsoever;

Plans, maps, contracts, licenses given to any business or contractors in the City of Mexico to install any installation or device in 3 above, for the purposes of tracking or surveilling, covertly or overtly, legal or illegal, whether between the City, county, state or federal agencies.

If any records or information in any form is withheld, please comply with the legal request as to which ones are being withheld or redacted and why they are being withheld or redacted in part or in full.

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am:
-a representative of the news media affiliated with the Citizens Against Harmful Technology newspaper/magazine/ television station/Web site/etc., and this request is made as part of news gathering activity and not for commercial use.
-affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest. Therefore, I request waiving any payment of fess in regard to copies of any information requested for copying.

If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at roddellthomas.2@gmail.com. I look forward to receiving your response within the twenty day statutory time period. Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

Roddell Thomas

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,

Roddell Thomas

From: Department of Homeland Security

Subject: Department of Homeland Security FOIA 2020-HQFO-01865 Acknowledgment

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Good Morning,
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 866-431-0486 or 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

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Electronic Harassment Technology & Organized Stalking Request (Department of Homeland Security)

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Good afternoon,

This case was closed because more clarification was not provided.

Thank you

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