Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (Naval Research Laboratory)

Christopher Sheats filed this request with the Naval Research Laboratory of the United States of America.
Multi Request Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301
Submitted March 1, 2020
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From: Christopher Sheats

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (Naval Research Laboratory)

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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 Naval Research Laboratory 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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Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (Naval Research Laboratory) Response

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Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Emerald Onion's request about
USG Tor usage 20200301 (Naval Research Laboratory)

Dear Christopher Sheats:

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request dated March 20, 2020
in which you requested:

".Copies of internal presentations, reports, studies, memorandum, or
proposals created or received by Naval Research Laboratory 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)."

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