EFF "Legal Cases - Privacy/FOIA - Gilmore v. NSA (Crypto Docs)" Archive

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07-18-93_opposing_dismissal.statement

Lee Tien's July 1993 NSA suit update memo concerning the NSA's illegally slow response time for FOIA requests.

09-09-93.letter

Robert Prestel's (NSA) response to Lee Tien's request through FOIA for portions of "Military Cryptanalysis" by William Friedman and "Military Cryptanalytics" by Lambros Callimahos. Mr. Tien claims he is being denied access to these documents. Prestel advices patience.

10-02-93.letter

Michael Smith's (NSA) October 1992 letter to Lee Tien upholding the "classified" rating of the documents sought after by Tien. It also deals with the process of processing requests.

continuation.agreement

stipulation and agreement between plaintiff (Lee tien/John Gilmore) and defendant (NSA) to continue the December 21, 1992 hearing and status conference regarding the FOIA suit.

itar_1st_amend.biblio

June 1993 letter from Lee Tien on to Clyde Bryant DoS) explaining why ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), which includes information about cryptography, violates first amendment rights.

michael_smith.declaration

Michael Smith's (NSA) November 1992 declaration to the US District Court for N. Calif regarding the NSA arguments for secrecy regarding the documents John Gilmore requested through FOIA (Freedom of Information Act).

nsa_defense.answer

NSA's answers to questions posed by John Gilmore and Lee Tien regarding file complaint. NSA claims the records requested under FOIA are exempt.

nsa_status.certificate

Sept 1992 summary of the status of the FOIA lawsuit. This stuff is really tedious...

staying_order.memo

December 1992 arguments in support of defendant's motion for protective order staying discovery; preliminary statement.

summary_judgement.memo

NSA's arguments for why the court should rule in favor of the NSA, dated December 1992.

summary_judgement.notice

December 1992 notice of motion and motion for summary judgement.

summary_judgement.order

court ordered grant of defendant's (NSA) summary judgement.

undisputed_facts.statement

defendant's statement of material facts not indispute ("In support of defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, and in accordance with Local Rule 220(7), defendant states the following material facts as to which there is no genuine dispute...')

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Related FOIA cases, incl. Gilmore & Tien v. NSA

Related On-Site Resources

CPSR v. FBI FOIA case Archive

CPSR v. NSA FOIA case Archive.

EPIC v. FBI FOIA case Archive.

John Gilmore's ITAR FOIA requests Documents

obtained by John Gilmore via FOIA requests, relating to ITAR export restrictions on crypto.

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