Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (Bush 43)
| Tracking # |
2014-0080-F |
| Submitted | Jan. 20, 2014 |
| Est. Completion | March 26, 2021 |
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From: Jason Smathers
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
All records concerning the possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction by Iraq. You may limit the search to records created during the presidential term of Bush (43).
I prefer records provided in electronic format, by email is possible and by CD if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Jason Smathers
From: Elizabeth Lanier
Dear Mr. Smathers,
My name is Elizabeth Lanier and I am an archivist at the George W. Bush
Presidential Library. I'm working on the initial search for your FOIA
request regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but I'd like to
ensure that we provide you with all of the information that you have
requested. I have a follow-up question for you regarding *all* of your
individual FOIA requests.
When providing electronic records, would you like us to include news
articles, publicly released documents (such as press releases), or mail
sent in from members of the general public?
We will apply your response to this email to all FOIA requests that include
electronic records that we have received from you, unless otherwise
directed.
Thank you,
Elizabeth Lanier
Archivist
George W. Bush Presidential Library
2943 SMU Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75205
From: Jason Smathers
You can exclude news articles, publicly released documents (such as press releases), and mail sent in from members of the general public. However, in my request for records on "spiritual counsel" - some of the records I am interested in may fall into that system of records. In that request I am interested in communication that actually was read by the president or communicated to him somehow, not every random person that wanted to give him advice. But, if for example, some pastor wrote advice to the president and it made it past whatever filters are in place or was summarized to the president in some way, I would want to see that, particularly if the president interacted with that pastor. For all the other requests, you can exclude these types of records.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Thank you for contacting the George W. Bush Presidential Library and
Museum. Please see the attached letter concerning your FOIA request.
If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Lewis
FOIA Coordinator
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Thank you for contacting the George W. Bush Presidential Library and
Museum. Please see the attached letter concerning your FOIA request.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Lewis
FOIA Coordinator
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Thank you for contacting the George W. Bush Presidential Library and
Museum. Please see the attached letter for an updated estimated completion
date for FOIA request 2014-0080-F.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa (Lewis) Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #2014-0080-F.
Thank you for your help.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Thank you for contacting the George W. Bush Presidential Library
and Museum. Please see the attached letter for an updated estimated
completion date for FOIA request 2014-0080-F.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
This FOIA request, 2014-0080-F, may be up for processing soon. Since this
is such a large request, we will process 50,000 pages of your request in a
segment. Once the first segment has been completed, your request will go to
the back of the queue and we will continue processing 50,000 page segments
until it is complete. Is there a particular time period of emails you'd
like us to begin with when processing your request? Or a particular staff
member you would like emails to or from? Please let us know where you'd
like us to begin our processing.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: Jason Smathers
Malisa,
I would like to suggest that you begin process records created on September 11, 2001 and move forward in time. Once complete, moved to September 10, 2001 and move backward in time.
Thank you.
Regards,
Jason Smathers
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #2014-0080-F.
Thank you for your help.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Thank you for contacting the George W. Bush Presidential Library and
Museum. Please see the attached letter for an updated estimated completion
date for FOIA request 2014-0080-F.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #2014-0080-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Please see the attached letter for an updated estimated completion date for
your FOIA request 2014-0080-F.
If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: GWBush Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Please see the attached information concerning the completed processing of
the first segment of your FOIA request 2014-0080-F.
If you wish to order copies, visit our research room, or need any further
assistance, please contact our staff at 214-346-1557 or
gwbush.library@nara.gov.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
From: George W Bush (43) Presidential Library
Dear Mr. Smathers,
Since it has been some time since your FOIA request was submitted and some
records have already been provided, we are contacting you to determine if
you are still interested in your request. If you are still interested in
pursuing this FOIA request, please let us know. Your request will remain
open for 60 calendar days from the date of this letter and then will be
closed if we have not received a reply from you. The attached letter
regarding your FOIA request contains more information about this process.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Malisa Culpepper
FOIA Coordinator
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