Richard Zuley (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Records related to any trainings received by Richard Patrick Zuley (born October 3, 1946) that your agency may posses.

In late 2002 Zuley was called into service in the Naval Reserve to serve as an interrogator at the Guantanamo detainee camp established by President George W. Bush. Specifically Zuley was involved in the "interrogation of Mohamedou Ould Slahi at Guantánamo" (Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/18/american-police-brutality-chicago-guantanamo). This was done under the "Rendition, Detention and Interrogation" (RDI) program by the CIA.

I am further requesting any records related to communications between Zuley and other federal agencies.
I am further requesting any records related to invoices, expense reports, checks or payments, to Zuley.

Please be aware that this request is being made by Open the Government, a non-partisan nonprofit who advocates for government transparency.

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,

Freddy Martinez

OIP,

We write to appeal this official denial. We believe the application of a GLOMAR is wholy inadequate as there are records that exist, being that this individual works with the FBI in the past in their work at Guantanamo Bay.

Further, I believe the agency is acting in bad faith in applying this exemption.