The Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht

Nicole Bousquet filed this request with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America.
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15-00254-F

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From: Nicole Bousquet

To Whom It May Concern:

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

I am looking for documents referencing The Silk Road anonymous marketplace, Ross Ulbricht, or Dread Pirate Roberts.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Nicole Bousquet

From: Nicole Bousquet

To Whom it May Concern,

I would like to narrow this request to documents in the offices of the DEA San Francisco Domestic Field Division and the DEA New York Domestic Field Division, created between 2011 and 2015.

Thank You,
Nicole Bousquet

From: Drug Enforcement Administration

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

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. 23, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-00254-F.

Thank you for your help.

From: Drug Enforcement Administration

A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.

From: Nicole Bousquet

Hello,

Thank you for responding to my FOIA request 15-00254-F.

In the attached response letter, the DEA FOIA office has classified me as a non-media requester for the purpose of fees, based on the allowance of 2 hours of search time and 100 pages of duplication at no charge. I hereby request that the DEA correct my status to media requester to reflect that I submitted the present request in my capacity as a journalist working on a story for publication.

Here are two examples of my recent work:

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/mar/09/fbi-felt-westborough-baptists-fred-phelps-needed-p/

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/feb/26/fbi-files-congressman-dickstein-show-close-relatio/

Please confirm that all appropriate documentation has been corrected to reflect my status as a media requester, and provide a revised fee estimate given this status.

Thank you for your help.

From: Nicole Bousquet

Hello,

Please confirm that my status has been changed to media requester to reflect that I submitted the present request in my capacity as a journalist working on a story for publication.

Thank You,
Nicole Bousquet

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. 23, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-00254-F.

Thank you for your help.

From: DEA.FOIA

I talked to Ms. Branch and your request is being processed. She can’t give you a date as to when you can expect a response. If you wish to contact us in 30 days, you can do so to check the status of your request.
Thank you

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. 23, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-00254-F.

Thank you for your help.

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. 23, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-00254-F.

Thank you for your help.

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. 23, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #15-00254-F.

Thank you for your help.

From: Drug Enforcement Administration

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

From: Drug Enforcement Administration

A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any.

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