NSA: Please Stop Mailing Us FOIA Requests

Re:NSA: Please Stop Mailing Us FOIA Requests by tsaoutourpants on Friday June 21, 2013 @05:41PM (#5921198)

I'm not "assuming" anything. I simply print and mail documents. I actually can't do more to review the forms, because it would be crossing the line into giving legal advice. If the form looked like it was filled out, I mailed it.

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Re:NSA: Please Stop Mailing Us FOIA Requests by jack-r-abbit on Friday June 21, 2013 @06:27PM (#5921411)

Actually... you can do more. You have a web form. Process the results with some error checking. I'm pretty sure Google (maybe someone else) has an API that lets you pass them an address and they will validate it. So you could pretty easily throw an error for forms that do not have a complete address. That is not legal advice... that is "Form Processing 101".

Having said that, I think it is rather comical you are using old school snail mail to request the NSA to provide people with their digital records. Plus I'm sure the paper form is a bit more work for someone to process. I like it. I'm all about using inconvenience as a middle finger.

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Re:NSA: Please Stop Mailing Us FOIA Requests by dfc on Friday June 21, 2013 @05:49PM (#5921242)

I'm sorry but rejecting form submissions that are imcomplete is not "giving legal advice."

Don't forget; I am still interested in hearing what behavior would constitute recognition that this is a "protest"?

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