STRATEGIC_GUIDANCE_EMAIL.PDF

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Phillips Pamela N NSA-DJ4 USA CIV 
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FW (U) R1ck/Trum -- Media Leaks. Strategic Guidance Needed on Engaging FOIA 
Requesters 
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All, 
(U//FOUO} Thought you'd like to see Dave's vote of confidence for the entire FOIA/PA Staff! Dave and I and 
OGC met with Rick Ledgett yesterday afternoon to go over the GLOMAR process, and he was totally comfortable with it 
after the meeting, as well as ·every…

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{U//FOUO) In the meantime, I am very appreciative of the fact that they concur with the approach to 
negotiating with the media requesters. I will gather those up and determine the best way to approach them 
and start making calls today or tomorrow. I will keep you posted on how those calls go. 
Pamela 
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Pamela N. Plullzps 
Chief, DJ4 
Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act OffKe 
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(U//FOUO) We concur with maintaining the current approach as you outlined below, that you reach out to 
those reporters with requests so broad as to be impossible to respond to and see if we can develop ways of 
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NSA Deputy Chief of Staff 
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We traditionally have leaned forward in contacting requesters whose FOIAs are so broadly drawn as 
to make a response impossible. 
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We attempt to negotiate more focused requests meeting their needs. 
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We have taken this approach as such engagement is in line with the President's direction regarding 
transparency in government. 
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It also may reduce the chances of a requester citing lack of responsiveness on our part and opting 
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for litigation. 
(U//FOUO) The nature of current media and privacy NGO requests suggests that we revalidate this approach. 
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We've received…

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understand matters, there are grounds for withholding ...._ __________________ __. 
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..... ~ut we would have to indicate that we were withholding them and provide the reasons. 
(U//FOUO) On balance, our recommendation is that we continue to reach out to those with requests so 
broad as to be impossible to respond to and see if we can develop ways of meeting their needs and thus 
have a better chance of providing what we can consistent with our obligation to protect classified or 
otherwise exempted information. In the currenftontext, the alternative of being portrayed…

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