Operation Lemon Aid
| Tracking # |
A-2023-01458 1523067-000 |
| Submitted | Feb. 27, 2022 |
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From: Paul Galante
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records relating to, mentioning, or generated during the course of Operation Lemon Aid, a counterintelligence operation involving the FBI and the Naval Investigative Service in 1978. A monograph on Operation Lemon Aid in the CIA's archives was previously declassified and published in 2008: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP02T06251R000600010001-7.pdf
Please conduct a search of the Central Records System, including but not limited to the Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR) Indices, the Microphone Surveillance (MISUR) Indices, the Physical Surveillance (FISUR) Indices, and the Technical Surveillance (TESUR) Indices, for both main-file records and cross-reference records for all relevant names, individuals, agencies and companies. This search is also to include any responsive records held in offsite locations, such as the Alexandria Records Center. Please include both investigatory and non-investigatory records in your search. If any potentially responsive records have been destroyed and/or transferred to NARA, then I request copies of the destruction or transfer slips as well as any other documentation relating to, mentioning or describing said transfer or destruction, to include but not be limited to confirmation that the Bureau has no other copies of said records. If previously released records are available, then I request a rolling release consisting of those records while additional records are located and processed for release.
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,
Paul Galante
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
From: Paul Galante
To Whom It May Concern:
This is an appeal of FOIA request 1523067-000. I am appealing the integrity of the search performed and all exemptions applied to released records. An abstract of the Lemon Aid case was written for a unclassified 1989 Naval Intelligence Service publication on espionage which identifies Art Lindberg as the NIS's double agent, a detail not reported in the 1979 FBI monograph. A copy of the NIS abstract is enclosed.
Sincerely,
Paul Galante
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Office of Information Policy has received your FOIA Appeal. Please see the attached acknowledgment letter.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Office of Information Policy has made its final determination on your FOIA Appeal Number A-2023-01458 . A copy of this determination is enclosed for your review, along with any enclosures, if applicable. Thank you.
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