Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (Naval Supply Systems Command (navsup))

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* Tracking Number: DON-NAVY-2020-005155
* Requester Name: Christopher Sheats
* Date Submitted: 03/02/2020
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
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 Supply Systems Command (navsup) 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

Dear Christopher Sheats,

Your FOIA request dated March 2, 2020 was received in this office on March
3, 2020. Your tracking number on FOIA Online is DON-NAVY-2020-005155.

The records in which you seek are:

" Copies of internal presentations, reports, studies, memorandum, or
proposals created or received by Naval Supply Systems Command (navsup)
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.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires."

Your request is currently being evaluated for proper assignment. Additional
information from you may be required in order to determine the proper
command and/or department to conduct a search for responsive records.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your request, please feel
free to email me at <mailto:donald.a.rhoad@navy.mil>
donald.a.rhoad@navy.mil or call me at (717) 605-9371.

Respectfully,

Don Rhoad

FOIA Coordinator

Naval Supply Systems Command, HQ

717-605-9371

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Dear Christopher Sheats:

This is in reference to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
March 2, 2020 and your tracking number is DON-NAVY-2020-005155. We are
writing to respond to your request. After a thorough search of our files, it
has been determined that Naval Supply Systems Command did not locate records
responsive to your request.

In this instance, the fees associated with processing your request were
below the minimum threshold and have not been assessed. Please be advised,
however, that fees, fee categories, and fee waivers are determined on a
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the Office of Government Information Services at: (https
://ogis.archives.gov/), (202) 741-5770, ogis@nara.gov.

Sincerely,

Don Rhoad

FOIA Coordinator

Naval Supply Systems Command, HQ

717-605-9371

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) - PRIVACY SENSITIVE. Any misuse or

unauthorized disclosure may result in both civil and criminal penalties.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How are we doing? We would love to hear from you. Please give us your
feedback online using the NAVSUP

Customer Service Survey:www.surveymonkey.com/r/N1B2