Ben Byers writes: In-Reply-To: <01GZ6EDS7DHK003YG5@vax1.tcd.ie>

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Of course, requesting your own government file is likely to draw attention to yourself, so it's probably best not to do so unless you're sure that they already know that you know-that-they-know-something.

Yes, acoording to a 2600 article (admittedly not the best source), requesting a file on yourself causes one to be created if one does not exist.

Naturally they'll open a file on you to document the fact that you requested information under the FOIA and to file a copy of the information returned to you. Will they start an investigation on the basis of the fact that you requested information under the FOIA? How many people with rather, shall we say, unusual ideas do you think have pestered the CIA or NSA with FOIA requests? Of course, if you admit you learned about this on a cryptoanarchist e-mail list... :-) Bear Giles