U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DC. 20535 June 30, 2015 MS. RUNA A. SANDVIK MUCKROCK NEWS DEPT MR 10617 POST OFFICE BOX 55819 BOSTON, MA 02205-5819 FOIPA Request No.2 1269336-000 Release: 310935 Subject: Dear Ms. Sandvik: This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request. Material consisting of 69 pages has been reviewed pursuant to Title 5, U.S. Code, Section 552, and this material is being withheld in its entirety by the FBI pursuant to subsection See attached explanations of exemptions. In further explanation of the withholding, the material consists of three, copyrighted articles: Easy to Crack USB Thumbdn'ves, March 12, 2008 by Daniel Bachfeld; Network?, April 2014 by Greg Fulk; Techno Forensics Conference, October 2007 at NIST by Dave Reiser, and a training slide presentation, Anti-Forensics, November 2, 2007 by Secure Computing. For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the 5 U.S. C. 552(c) (2006 Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard noti?cation that is given to alt our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. For questions regarding our determinations, visit the website under ?Contact Us." The Request number listed above has been assigned to your request. Please use this number in all correspondence concerning your request. Your patience is appreciated. You may ?le an appeal by writing to the Director, Of?ce of Information Policy (OIP), U.S. Department of Justice, 1425 New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, DC. 20530?0001, or you may submit an appeal through portal at Your appeal must be received by OIP within sixty (60) days from the date of this letter in order to be considered timely. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked ?Freedom of Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA Request Number in any correspondence to us for proper identi?cation of your request. Sincerely, David M. Hardy Section Chief, Record/Information Dissemination Section Records Management Division Enclosure (10(1) 00(3) (10(4) (10(5) (10(6) (10(7) EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552 (A) speci?cally authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classi?ed to such Executive order; related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; speci?cally exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 5521) of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld; trade secrets and commercial or ?nancial information obtained from a person and privileged or con?dential; inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; personnel and medical ?les and similar ?les the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of con?dential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a con?dential basis, and, in the case of record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a con?dential source, would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or( could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf ofagency responsible for the regulation or supervision of ?nancial institutions; or geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells. SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552a information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action proceeding; material reporting investigative efforts pertaining to the enforcement of criminal law including efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime 0r apprehend criminals; information which is currently and properly classi?ed pursuant to an Executive order in the interest of the national defense or foreign policy, for example, information involving intelligence sources or investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes, other than criminal, which did not result in loss of a right, bene?t or privilege under Federal programs, or which would identify a source who furnished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence; material maintained in connection with providing protective services to the President of the United States or any other individual pursuant to the authority of Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056; required by statute to be maintained and used solely as statistical records; investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or quali?cations for Federal civilian employment or for access to classi?ed information, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence; testing or examination material used to determine individual quali?cations for appointment or promotion in Federal Government service he release of which would compromise the testing or examination process; material used to determine potential for promotion in the armed services, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who ?Jmished the material pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in con?dence. 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