Emerald Onion's request about USG Tor usage 20200301 (United States Secret Service)

Submitted on Monday, March 2, 2020 - 14:49
Submitted by user: Anonymous
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Select the DHS component you wish to submit your request to: : United States
Secret Service (USSS)
Title:
First Name: Christopher
Middle Initial:
Last Name: Sheats
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Email Address: requests@muckrock.com
Country: United States
Address 1: 411A Highland Avenue
Address 2: MR89054
City: Somerville
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 02144
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Please describe the records you are seeking as clearly and precisely as
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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 United States Secret Service 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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