Response to FOIA Appeal #75823A Sent to NSA November 2014

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Debra Poulsen filed an appeal to the NSA in the requested 60 day time frame last November 2014, and has not gotten a response. Debra Poulsen was informed in the initial FOIA response: "please be advised that because the existence or non-existence of responsive records . . . in accordance with EO 13526. . .," and the NSA is authorized to engage in signals intelligence activities.

Currently, Debra Poulsen believes Intelligence Agencies are required by Executive Order 12333 to comply with all sub parts of 45 CFR part 46 to human research activities, including intelligence activities. The Common Rule is supposed to affirmatively protect us from abuses in research activities, including tracking online behavior and experiments related to intelligence activities.

This federal policy purportedly binds agencies per Executive Order 12333, to have consent of research subjects and to ensure the safety and protection of the United States, its people, and its national security interests.

Therefore, also under Executive Order 13526, Section 1.7, Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations - (a) IN NO CASE SHALL INFORMATION BE CLASSIFIED, CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AS CLASSIFIED, OR FAIL TO BE DECLASSIFIED IN ORDER TO: (1) CONCEAL VIOLATIONS OF LAW, INEFFICIENCY OR ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR; (2) PREVENT EMBARRASSMENT TO A PERSON, ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. . .

Debra Poulsen has been physically assaulted, threatened, harassed by surveillance groups, and other crimes committed against herself and her property under the guise of collecting intelligence on a "noncriminal civilian" as stated in Fusion Center Guidelines.

Debra Poulsen would like an answer to her Appeal filed nearly two years ago.

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 be 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,

Debra L. Poulsen

I am appealing your response to my FOIA request asking why my appeal (Case75823) - filed over two years ago, has not been answered, as to why Debra Poulsen, an innocent, upstanding United States citizen, no criminal history, the ex-wife of a law enforcement officer, who has been scooped into the NSA's Signals Intelligence net, and why it would take so long, over ten years, to come to the conclusion that Debra is not a candidate to be under 24/7, 365 scrutiny.

The NSEERS program has been ended, so should wasteful spending used to collect intelligence on an innocent 56 year old woman.

Debra Poulsen filed an appeal to the NSA in the requested 60 day time frame last November 2014, and has not gotten a response. Debra Poulsen was informed in the initial FOIA response: "please be advised that because the existence or non-existence of responsive records . . . in accordance with EO 13526. . .," and the NSA is authorized to engage in signals intelligence activities.

Currently, Debra Poulsen believes Intelligence Agencies are required by Executive Order 12333 to comply with all sub parts of 45 CFR part 46 to human research activities, including intelligence activities. The Common Rule is supposed to affirmatively protect us from abuses in research activities, including tracking online behavior and experiments related to intelligence activities.

This federal policy purportedly binds agencies per Executive Order 12333, to have consent of research subjects and to ensure the safety and protection of the United States, its people, and its national security interests.

Therefore, also under Executive Order 13526, Section 1.7, Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations - (a) IN NO CASE SHALL INFORMATION BE CLASSIFIED, CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AS CLASSIFIED, OR FAIL TO BE DECLASSIFIED IN ORDER TO: (1) CONCEAL VIOLATIONS OF LAW, INEFFICIENCY OR ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR; (2) PREVENT EMBARRASSMENT TO A PERSON, ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. . .

Debra Poulsen has been physically assaulted, threatened, and harassed by surveillance groups, and other crimes committed against herself and her property under the guise of collecting intelligence on a "noncriminal civilian" as stated in Fusion Center Guidelines, with no due process.

Debra Poulsen would like an answer to her Appeal filed two years ago.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Sincerely,

Debra Poulsen

I have contacted Attorney Rahul Manchanda regarding the surveillance programs that come into communities, run by government contractors after someone in that community is listed as some kind of threat or "suspicious". He states that “Community-Oriented Policing,” (“COPS”) is a strategy of policing that focuses on police “building ties and working closely with members of the communities,” and originated in 1994 when then Senator Joseph Biden wrote and then President Bill Clinton enacted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (“VCCLEA”) establishing the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (“COPS”) within the US Department of Justice, which works closely with the National Security Agency.

Common implementations of community-policing include: (1) relying on community-based crime prevention by utilizing “civilian education,” neighborhood watch, and a variety of other techniques, as opposed to relying solely on police patrols; (2) restructuring the patrol from an emergency response based system to emphasizing proactive techniques such as foot patrol; (3) increased officer accountability to civilians they are “supposed to serve;” and (4) decentralizing police authority, allowing more discretion among lower-ranking officers, and more initiative expected from them.

In other words, federal and state sanctioned and approved surveillance harassment stalking of the individual placed on a threat list or swept up in an NSA signals intelligence gathering program.

These are the crimes that I have referred to that are being perpetrated against me under your intelligence gathering program of EO 12333 and EO 13526. However, as stated in EO 13526, the State Secrets clause cannot be used to cover up criminal acts.

Followed around and placed under surveillance by groups of organized civilian spies/snitches 24/7, 365 days a year. Blacklisted in the community which is then used to monitor, prosecute, and harass me. These actions are being used to mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, socially, and psychologically destroy me.

Mr. Manchanda stated that when a person under this surveillance moves, the harassment continues, which it has. This is why I sent the NSA FOIA requests for Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and Walworth County, Wisconsin.

The same defamation, lies, libel, and slander has spread, and the systematic harassment has continued. Online defamation, libel, and slander on the internet has also occurred.

Arguably, the most accurate term for this form of harassment would be “counterintelligence stalking.”

Crimes committed have included online and personal slander, libel, defamation, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in public), “black bag jobs” (residential break-ins), abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, and other forms of bullying.

This is a form of psychological terrorism, it is essentially a form of extrajudicial punishment, and as such, the harassment is illegal – even when done by the government; it clearly violates the US Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unwarranted searches, and the Sixth Amendment which guarantees the right to a trial. Such operations also violate similar fundamental rights defined by state constitutions. Stalking is also specifically prohibited by the criminal codes of every state in America. Therefore, EO 13526 cannot be used to hide behind in my case.

As you stated in your original response to my first FOIA request, Edward Snowden did indeed reveal the National Security Agency's programs in 2013 and 2014, which generated a great deal of public discussion about mass surveillance, however, US domestic counterintelligence activities such as the COPS Program received relatively little attention.

These programs have an enormous potential for abuse as a personal or political weapon by enemies currently employed or friendly with these governmental institutions. I am the ex wife of a police officer.

This program has destroyed my life since at least the year 2000, if not longer. Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay have been released in a shorter amount of time. Mr. Manning has been granted a pardon after releasing "state secrets".

I should NOT be in any government program, research program, or any such program for ANY reason. I have done nothing wrong. I love my Country and wish to continue supporting it as I have done ALL of my life.

Debra Poulsen
Wisconsin

Chris M.
FOIA/PA Appeal Authority Staff
Office of Policy and Records
National Security Agency/Central Security Service

I am awaiting a response to my appeal filed over two years ago as to why Debra Poulsen, a U.S. non-government employee citizen, has been placed in your 12333 SIGNIT program for now over ten years. Please explain and remove me from all types of signals intelligence testing, surveillance and any type of training or research done under the guise of "national security". EO 13526 cannot be used as your defense as law have been broken in the plight to make me look guilty of a crime that I have not and would never commit, as stated under Section 1.7 of EO 13526.

Debra Poulsen

I believe reports have been falsified in order to place my name on a threat list/watch list. This needs to be investigated. Also, my name has then been "unmasked" and disseminated to agencies, down to community groups, to keep me under surveillance 24/7 by law enforcement and their "civilian army" for profit, believing they are being patriotic but, instead, they are breaking laws in the name of patriotism, to keep the "threat" in line, including assaults, home break-ins, cyber stalking, threats, intimidation tactics and harassment. This has been reported to be happening again and again through fusion centers and other radio connections between law enforcement and fire department across the state. I have even been threatened and intimidated by a man with a gun. This needs to stop.

I no longer live at 2312 Washington Road in Kenosha Wisconsin. It is unfortunate that the Kenosha, Wisconsin, Postal Service, a DHS entity, did not advise you that this letter was not delivered to me because I have not lived at this address since July of 2014, and the letter was not sent back to you. I am not surprised as you sent this letter to the very City and County that has been found to be under investigation for corruption, intimidating witnesses, retaliation and falsifying reports to cover up police misconduct. I moved from Kenosha, Wisconsin, because they have been found guilty of falsifying records to cover misconduct and corruption. I now live at 112 Eames Street in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 53121. I would appreciate a copy of this letter to be sent to me at this address as I do not have any record of your response.

If the NSA is not conducting research, SIGINT or HUMINT regarding Debra Lynn Poulsen (myself) or in my vicinity, I would advise that the NSA investigate the illegal use of RADAR RF/MW intentional radiators/locators (used for monitoring and tracking) and TTWS devices being used by criminal elements in Southeast Wisconsin. These devices (RF Transmitters) can be purchased on Amazon.com, RADAR TTWS devices are in the hands of law enforcement across the Country, RADAR TTWS are being researched by the DOJ through government contractor ManTech International, and have been in military use on the battlefield. Through the 1033 program, these powerful devices are now home in the U.S. Unfortunately, there are people who are abusing this technology for pleasure, revenge, retaliation or whatever sick terror. Spectrum Analyzers are in the hands of local cable companies, local government, the FCC, our electric companies and more to measure these signals. It should be quite simple to find where they are coming from.

The surveillance/illegal criminal activities of attack on innocent citizens have continued at this new address. I look foward to receiving your letter at my new address to see what is going on and to figure out this disgusting scenario of assault.

Debra Poulsen
112 Eames Street
Elkhorn, Wisconsin 53121

Mr. DAVID J. SHERMAN
Chief, Strategy, Plans and Policy
Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Appeal Authority

As to your 11 May 2017 response to my Appeal stating, "I have reviewed your initial request, the Agency's 1 October 2014 response to you, and your letter of appeal. I have determined the Agency's response was correct. Therefore, I am denying your appeal for the reasons explained below. [You chose NOT to put this response to Appeal letter through Muckrock.]

The NSA's mission is to provide foreign intelligence that promotes the security of the United States. Threats to that security can involve an individual acting alone, as part of a group, or on behalf of a hostile foreign power. The public release of the Agency's intelligence records on such individuals could compromise national security by alerting them to information that the Agency has collected about their activities and possibly enabling them to thwart U.S. countermeasures.

Moreover, even admitting that the Agency either does or does not possess records on an individual could enable that person to assess whether he or she was under surveillance or had successfully evaded it. Were the Agency to do so in the case of any one person requesting intelligence records--even an individual who poses no risk to U.S. national security--the Agency would have to do so for all persons making such requests. . ."

Mr. DAVID J. SHERMAN, I am again stating and reminding you and the National Security Agency of Executive Order 13526, Section 1.7 which states:

Classification Prohibitions and Limitations. (a) In no case shall information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;

I list only numbers 1 and 2 because I believe these apply to me, Debra L. Poulsen. As I have stated in previous follow-up letters to the NSA through Muckrock.com, I have been assaulted, my home broken into, my life threatened, I apparently have no due process rights as I believe someone has falsified records and labeled me a threat as no law enforcement personnel will assist me, and technology used for the collection of information and surveillance has been misused and abused. There is no doubt, Mr. Sherman, that I know I am, indeed, under surveillance. Or there are active human rights violators in my former city of residence who relocated with me to my new city of residence. Under the circumstances, I believe this is a surveillance effort gone wrong. Therefore, it is now a crime which cannot be concealed in order to prevent embarrassment to a person, organization or agency.

The use of intrusive technical collection and surveillance technology sometimes causes harm in its own right, which was stated by John Sipher, former CIA’s National Clandestine Service.

The DOJ has been working with contractor ManTech International on RADAR, which is radio detection (which detects a person) and radio direction (which tracks a person's direction and tracks or follows a person) in the millimeter range; it (radio frequency) can go through walls to pick up the resonance of a person's voice (used as a surveillance device); and can pick up the slightest of motion (which includes a person's heartbeat at the wrist pulse point, and breath rate, which is a person's chest heaving) by bouncing radio frequency off of a person and back to the surveillance device.

When the microwave/radio frequency is appropriately 'BEAM-FORMED', through walls, with great precision and accuracy, it can vibrate a specific body part (brain, leg, arm, bone, etc.), it can burn, it can cause cavitation (swelling of tissue as the water molecules are excited by heating), and it can cause Radio Frequency (RF) anesthesia, cataracts, neurological disturbances, RF Ablation (causing necrosis or killing of tissue), and "concussion" to the brain when the head is continuously heated and resonated.

I know these symptoms personally.

One of the most capable Through The Wall Sensor (TTWS), micro-Doppler RADAR radio-frequency devices, which is being researched by the DOJ and ManTech International, is the S.T.O.R.M.S. device (Sense Through Obstruction Remote Monitoring System) by VAWD Engineering. NO, IT IS NOT USED FOR THE WEATHER.

It has been available in a hand-held model since 2012 and has a stand-off range of 300 meters (which means it can be 1,000 feet away from a person's external wall) and do all the above tasks using various pulsed radio-frequencies. On page 26 in the https://www.justnet.org/pdf/00-WallSensorReport-508.pdf is the prototype in this report to the DOJ:- THROUGH-THE-WALL SENSORS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT – Market Survey (2012).

These are surveillance devices. Or, in the wrong hands, used for voyeurism. These TTWS devices have also been used by law enforcement to illegally watch people in their homes, as stated by the ACLU. As stated by the Supreme Court, this is illegal search and seizure/trespass.

The U.S. Diplomats experienced attacks in Cuba, which were most likely due to eavesdropping/surveillance/information collection. This technology uses radio frequency in the microwave spectrum and, according to the DOD and research going back to 1972 and further, radio frequency/microwave causes harm, such as symptoms of a concussion, and so much more.

I am asking that the home break-ins, the threats against my life, the surveillance stalking and the dangerous radio frequency surveillance assaults CEASE AND DESIST. Anyone who is advised that this is happening to me, a fellow U.S. countryman, and does nothing--that person, I believe, is a threat to our Country.

I respect and obey our laws. I respect our government and law enforcement. It is unfortunate that there are rogue men/women who wear uniforms or have a badge or a place in our government who do not respect our laws. Perhaps those people should be watched through their walls.

I am the ex-wife of a law enforcement officer.

Regards.

Debra Poulsen