6 July 2000

Justice Department/Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Kevin O'Brien
Chief, FOI/PA Section, Rm. 6296 JEH
Washington, D.C. 20535


Dear FOIA Officer:

This is a request filed under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request that all materials regarding the below enumerated topics be
provided to me under the Freedom of Information Act.

Said materials should include, but are not limited to documents in
paper or electronic/digital form, audio and video recordings and still
photographs in any and all media (including but not limited to
electronic/digital, tape, or hard/paper formats), for the relevant
discovery, planning, response, action, and after-assessment periods
related to the below enumerated topics.

Said materials should include, but are not limited to, any materials
bearing in any manner upon the below enumerated topics, from the
tactical and immediate operations level, to agency- and
administration-wide directives, policies, or strategies.

Said materials should include, but are not limited to, those included
in the Bureau's planning and implementation of policy and action
regarding the below enumerated topics, and those brought to the
Bureau's attention or gathered or developed in the course of
agency-wide or operation-specific activity, but rejected for inclusion
in the aforementioned planning and implementation.

I request that all documents containing information regarding the
following topics be provided to me:

 * protests of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund,
   Washington DC, on or about April 16, 2000;

 * FBI intelligence gathering in support of security for the protests
   of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Washington DC,
   on or about April 16, 2000;

 * performance reviews of FBI or law enforcement agencies or personnel
   during the protests of the World Bank and International Monetary
   Fund, Washington DC, on or about April 16, 2000;

 * any video or audio or still photography taken of the protests or
   protesters of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund,
   Washington DC, on or about April 16, 2000;

 * FBI monitoring of Web sites, electronic mailing lists, newsgroups
   or any other electronic, online or Internet forums in which occurred
   discussion of protests of the World Bank and International Monetary
   Fund, Washington DC, on or about April 16, 2000;

 * FBI monitoring of Web sites, electronic mailing lists, newsgroups
   or any other electronic, online or Internet forums related to
   organizations, groups or persons involved in sponsoring,
   organizing, or providing support services for the protests of the
   World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, on or
   about April 16, 2000;

If your agency response is not satisfactory, I am prepared to make an
administrative appeal.  Please indicate to me the name of the official
to whom such an appeal should be addressed.

I am aware that if my request is denied I am entitled to know the
grounds for this denial.

I am aware that while the law allows your agency to withhold specified
categories of exempted information, you are required by law to release
any segregable portions that are left after the exempted material has
been deleted from the data I am seeking.

In order to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I
am a representative of the news media, and this request is made as
part of a news gathering effort and not for commercial use. I am
affiliated with Monkeyfist.com.

I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the
requested information to me is in the public interest because it is
likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the
operations or activities of the government, particularly of operations
or actitivies of the government in monitoring, analyzing, and
assessing the activities of political protest groups or
organizations. The requested information is not primarily in my
commercial interest.

Thank you for your consideration of my request.

Sincerely,



Kendall Clark, Editor
Monkeyfist.com
3525 Normandy #12
Dallas TX 75205-2292
(214)520-0959

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