Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel)

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* Tracking Number: DON-NAVY-2020-005160
* Requester Name: Christopher Sheats
* Date Submitted: 03/02/2020
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel
FOIA Office
Room 5A532
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1000
March 2, 2020
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Copies of internal presentations, reports, studies, memorandum, or proposals created or received by Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel concerning software developed by The Tor Project, Inc., including but not limited to:
- Tor
- Tor Browser
- Tor bridges
- Tor onion sites (v2 or v3, sometimes called "darkweb" or "darknet" sites)
- Tor onion services (v2 or v3, sometimes called "hidden services")
- Tor bandwidth authorities or directory authorities
- Tor pluggable transports (obfs4, meek, ScrambleSuit, etc)
- Tor relays (also known as "routers" or "nodes", sometimes called "guard", "middle", or "exit" relays)
Please limit this request to documents from 2010-January-01 through the date the search for responsive records is conducted.
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,
Christopher Sheats
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DON-NAVY-2020-005160 has been processed with the following final disposition: Duplicate Request.

Good morning Mr. Sheats,

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) received your Freedom of Information Act
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You are seeking: “Copies of internal presentations, reports, studies,
memorandum, or proposals created or received by Department of the Navy,
Office of the General Counsel concerning software developed by The Tor
Project, Inc., including but not limited to:

- Tor

- Tor Browser

- Tor bridges

- Tor onion sites (v2 or v3, sometimes called "darkweb" or "darknet" sites)

- Tor onion services (v2 or v3, sometimes called "hidden services")

- Tor bandwidth authorities or directory authorities

- Tor pluggable transports (obfs4, meek, ScrambleSuit, etc)

- Tor relays (also known as "routers" or "nodes", sometimes called "guard",
"middle", or "exit" relays)

Please limit this request to documents from 2010-January-01 through the date
the search for responsive records is conducted.”

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