The OKC Bombing thread: Surveillance Camera Footage

[Richard Booth]

Here is a FOIA request for O'Neill documents that I've crafted from one of my existing requests. The fourth paragraph indicates 'I am a member of the Constitution First Amendment Press Assocation', which I am, but if you were going to file this you'd want to remove that and just say you are a 'citizen journalist' or simply 'a historian.'

I doubt it would produce anything, the FBI is notoriously bad in fulfilling FOIA requirements for OKBOMB with one judge referring to the FBI's behavior in an OKBOMB FOIA lawsuit as 'shoddy conduct.'

Possibly worth sending though:

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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attn: FOIPA Request
Record/Information Dissemination Section
170 Marcel Drive
Winchester, VA 22602-4843
foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov

Dear FOIA officer,

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S. C. § § 552 et seq, I am requesting the following:

All documents/records[1] from the FBI's OKBOMB investigation in which the relevant documents/records were produced by, signed by, or contain the name of FBI Special Agent John O'Neill.

To clarify this request, when I say OKBOMB,' I am referring to documents contained in FBI File No. 174A-OC-56120 specifically.

In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am a reporter and member in good standing with the Constitution First Amendment Press Association, and the material requested is part of an educational and information-gathering research endeavor that is not intended for commercial purposes. I request a waiver of all fees for this request.

Finally, please confirm receipt of this request.

Thank you,

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[1] As used in this request, the term "documents/ records" means written, printed, typed, graphic or photographic matter of any kind or natureincluding but not limited to FD-302' reports, Inserts', Teletypes' and 1A's. Also included within the term "documents/records" is electronically stored informationsuch as writings, notes, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, video recordings, sound recordings, images, and other data or data compilations-stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation by the FBI into a reasonably usable form.



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