Dear Ms. Savell:
1. Pursuant to the Electronic FOIA, I hereby request release in electronic format of all FBI forms 302, FBI tapes and transcripts and the presentence report in United States v. Thomas Manuel.
2. Please post them on the U.S. Attorney's website for all Americans to read.
3. As I am sure that you and the U.S. Attorney will agree, since there has already been a plea, there is no principled reason for any further withholding of the people's evidence. FOIA Exemption 7 should not be a problem.
4. I respectfully request a full waiver of any fees in that the release of the requested information is in the public interest in understanding government. I have been filing FOIA requests and publicizing government actions since the 1970s. I won Department of Energy declassification of the largest mercury pollution event in world history (4.2 million pounds by Union Carbide at Oak Ridge, Tennessee's Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant).
5. Under FOIA and the Electronic FOIA fee waiver guidelines, I have the ability to inform the people of St. Johns County about this data, and was the person who shared the Shoar-McClure transcript with the public, after it appeared on PACER. See Shane Griffis, "Manuel lawyer releases transcript," Ponte Vedra Recorder, December 18, 2009, stating inter alia:
Ed Slavin, St. Johns County resident and activist, posted the transcript on his blog Wednesday.
"I think people need to be able to read how their government talks when they don’t think the people are listening," Slavin said. "[Hopefully this] opens up a lot of peoples' eyes and will go a long way to restoring democracy."
Slavin said people are disgusted by what they have read.
http://www.pontevedrarecorder.com/content/1599_1.php
6. Please let me know if you need any further details in support of the fee waiver.
Happy holidays.
Sincerely,
Ed Slavin
Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida
www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
Box 3084
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
904-829-3877
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