On 7/7/15, odinn <odinn.cyberguerrilla@riseup.net> wrote:
... The NSA failed to respond within the 20 business days required by federal law and sent back a "Glomar response." Technically, as of today, I only have 49 days left to write and send an appeal (based on the date when they sent me their Glomar reply).
this is par for the FOIA course, of course.
if you have ever done a SUCCESSful appeal of a Glomar response, please reply back to me and let me know (give me some advice, etc). Thanks in advance.
two things: 1) there is a list, FOI-L@listserv.syr.edu where this might find more useful responses. 2) muckrock.com - they handle re-submission to follow up on late responses, and it's all automagic.
I've copied a portion of the letter they sent below:
"As you may also be aware, ...
this is waaaay too wordy. one thing i've learned, is to keep any request as short, and laser guided as possible. some agencies will find whatever excuse they can to deny a request, and if one element of your query falls into the deny bin they'll send the whole thing back or deny outright as "unreasonable". good luck!