c/o General Delivery Gadsden [zip code exempt] ALABAMA STATE March 17, 1997 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Disclosure Officer Drug Enforcement Administration [street location] Washington [zip code exempt] DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dear Disclosure Officer: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 et seq., and regulations thereunder. Please provide first an estimate of the cost to answer this request, if the cost should exceed $25. If some of this request is exempt from release, please furnish Me with those portions reasonably segregable. I am requiring certified copies of the documents requested, in lieu of personal inspection of same. Certified ocuments requested: 1. All financial records for the past ten (10) years of United States (federal government) financial assistance to the Etowah County Drug Task Force, Etowah County, Alabama state, inclusive of all cash payments to employees of the State of Alabama, in whatever office or capacity they were employed. The requested records are not exempt from disclosure because they: (A) could not reasonably be expected to interfere with law enforcement proceedings; (B) would not deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication; (C) could not reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal property; (D) could not reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source; (E) would not disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, and would not disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions; (F) could not reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual. [see Exemption 7 in FOIA] Under the common law, and under commercial law, we are all equal before the law. This maxim is fundamental. If you are not the correct person to whom this Freedom of Information Act Request should be directed, kindly forward it to the correct person. Time is of the essence. If you have any questions about your rights and obligations under 5 U.S.C. 552, may we recommend that you contact the office of the Attorney General, or the Solicitor General, in Washington, D.C., for immediate assistance. Thank you very much for your consideration, and for your timely obedience to the controlling laws in this matter, specifically the Freedom of Information Act and the Constitution for the United States of America, as lawfully amended. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Mike Kemp William Michael Kemp, Sui Juris Citizen of Alabama state all rights reserved without prejudice # # #
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