F-2016-02216 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06592202
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2022
• Case Number: F-2017-00390
• Publication Date: July 22, 2016

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RE: Renewed Expedited FOIA request
Comments:
From: Kel McClanahan
Date: 7/22/2016
Pages: 1
This is a renewal of the FOIA request submitted on 5 May 2016, quoted below.
On 5/5/2016 12:43 AM, Kel McClanahan, Esq. wrote:
> This is a request on behalf of my client Jeff Stein under the Freedom
> of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. A� 552, et seq., for copies of
> all records, including emails and other forms of electronic
> communication, about national security briefings given or to be given
> to Donald Trump due to his Presidential candidacy. You may exclude
> the substance of the briefings and focus only on records about
> logistics, security concerns, and similar issues. To clarify, Mr.
> Stein has no interest in learning what Mr. Trump is briefed about; he
> is only interested in the process, and he is specifically interested
> in records discussing any security concerns.
> Mr. Stein is to be considered the only requester for your
> administrative purposes; National Security Counselors is not to be
> considered a requester.
> To permit my client to reach an intelligent and informed decision
> whether or not to file an administrative appeal of any denied
> material, please describe any withheld records (or portions thereof)
> and explain the basis for your exemption claims. This description
> must include an estimate of the volume of matter withheld in full.
> The volume of withheld documents may be indicated by the number of
> pages, number of records, or both, or for large volumes of records, by
> other measures such as number of boxes, or linear feet of file cabinet
> drawers. See FOIA Update, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (Spring 1997), at 2 ("FOIA
> Counselor: Questions & Answers"), available at
> http://www.justice.gov/oip/foia_updatesNol_ XVII1_2/page2.htm.
> Mr. Stein qualifies as a representative of the news media. He is an
> investigative reporter of long standing, specializing in U.S.
> intelligence, defense, and foreign policy. An Army Intelligence case
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