JSOC: USD Banknotes Captured in Iraq, Q1 2009 • MuckRock

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From: David Scantling

02/13/2017

Subject: Freedom of Information Request: JSOC: USD Banknotes Captured in Iraq, Q1 2009

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

The serial numbers of U.S. currency (including $20, $50 and $100 denominated banknotes) captured in Iraq by the Joint Special Operations Command ("JSOC") during its Q1 2009 operations against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force ("IRGC-QF") and the various Iraqi Special Groups (including Promised Day Brigades, Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, Sheibani Network, and Kataib Hezbollah); limited to the following constraints:

1. The inclusive dates of January 1, 2009, to March 31, 2009;
2. Excluding any records containing the agency’s deliberative material or recommendations;
3. Excluding any records classified Top Secret (“TS”), Sensitive Compartmented Information (“SCI”), and/or Special Access Program (“SAP”); however,
4. Including all of the agency’s responsive records classified below the TS, SCI and/or SAP levels; for example, any documents marked: Unclassified ("U"), Sensitive But Unclassified ("SBU"), For Official Use Only ("FOUO"), Confidential ("C"), Law Enforcement Sensitive ("LES"), and/or Secret ("S").

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,

David Scantling

From: USSOCOM FOIA

02/16/2017

Subject: USSOCOM FOIA 2017-115 Acknowledgement

Dear Mr. Scantling,

We have received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted to U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which is copied below. It has been assigned USSOCOM FOIA 2017-115. Please refer to this number should you have any questions concerning your request.

Your request is being processed in accordance with procedural requirements promulgated in Department of Defense (DoD) Regulation 5400.7-R which is available on the internet at: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi. The actual processing time will depend upon its complexity, whether it involves sensitive records, voluminous records, extensive searches, consultation among DoD components or other agencies, and our administrative workload.

We have placed you in the "all others" fee category, which means you are obligated to pay for all search time beyond two hours and duplication costs after the first 100 pages.

The USSOCOM FOIA Office has a substantial number of pending FOIA cases, therefore, we process requests in a multi-track processing system based on the date of receipt and the amount of work and time involved in processing each request. We estimate the time for completion to be approximately 9 - 12 months; it could be more or less. If you wish to discuss this or have any other questions or concerns, please contact this office at FOIA@socom.mil.
Regards,

USSOCOM FOIA Team

From: MuckRock.com

03/20/2017

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: JSOC: USD Banknotes Captured in Iraq, Q1 2009

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 13, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.