NSA/CSS FOIA appeal authority

Well, it has finally arrived.  I actually forgot all about it.  What has arrived is my response from the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority.

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Dear Mr. [],

This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 1 September 2011, which was received by this office on 1 September 2011, for "The release of all information of me, [] [] [], a New Zealand citizen... my file (as I believe I have one)."  Your letter has been assigned Case Number 65373.  Please refer to this case number when contacting us about your request.  For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester.  Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA.

We have determined that the fact of the existance or non-existance of the materials you request is a currently and properly classified matter in accordance with Executive Order 13526, as set forth in Subparagraph (c) of Section 1.4.  Thus, your request is denied pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA which provides that the FOIA does not apply to matters that are specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign relations and are, in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order.

In addition, this Agency is authorized by various statutes to protest certain information concerning its activities.  The third exemption of the FOIA provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute.  Thus, your request is also denied because the fact of the existance or non-existance of the information is exempted from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption.  The specific statutes are applicable in this case are Title 18 U.S. Code 798; Title 50 U.S. Code 403-1 (i); and Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 402 note).

The initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Deputy Associate Director for Policy and Records, Diane M. Janosek.  As your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures.  Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority.  The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calender days of the date of the initial denial letter.  The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJP4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248.  The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted.  The NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances.

Sincerely,

Michelle Smith for Pamela N. Phillips
Chief
FOIA/PA Office

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Note they spelt existence wrong and called my neighbourhood Aratari, instead of Arataki.

I have been denied, putting it simply, and I have sixty working days to try again.  The letter, the appeal, has been filed nevertheless.  Wow, it has been over a month for them to get back to me as its the 11th of October today.

I just want them to leave me alone, whoever they are.

Nothing to write about...

Well today is different.  Today is a different day as was yesterday because then and now I didn't feel all angered up.  This is how it should be, how it should have been, throughout.

I don't know whether this has been on the international news stations but there is a container ship in the bay that has hit a reef and an attempt is going to be made soon of salvaging the ship.  The risk is an environmental disaster unlike New Zealand has never seen before if all the oil gushes out in a leak, especially if the ship breaks in half.

Like, wow.  It seems to me there has to be a disaster once every three to six months or so to keep the ball rolling.  The ball?  Like planet Earth?  I will say right here and now that the captain or whoever was piloting the ship at the time could be charged with something.  I have seen the position of where the ship is and it appears to be in the same place where other ships have puffed on by.  So with that, maybe the ship wasn't intentionally piloted into the reef to cause something like this happening.

The prime minister is due to be visiting today (it is already 3PM) to see for himself where the ship is and perhaps a few words for the six o'clock news, a photo or two for the newspapers, of course.  That's important.  Thinking about it now, I'd like to get on my bike and cycle down to where I think he could be visiting to protest against him.  Yell things like,"OPPRESSION!  MURDEROUS JEW!  GO HOME DONKEY!".  I think that's a new one, the latter.  Donkey.  John Key, donkey, get it?  Or I could make up a chant,"GST HIKES?  NO.  ACC LEVYS?  NO.  ASSET SALES?  NO."... and so on and so forth.  Actually, I might just do that.  But I would like to know where he actually will be visiting along our sandy white beach and when.  He could have already been and already on the plane to his next appointment somewhere up or down this country of the long white cloud.

I don't think I'll be voting for him, somehow.  I didn't like his connection, in whatever form it was, to the Exclusive Brethren, a religious sect.  Neither will I be voting for the opposition.  You know, its like they really do want to prove themselves to me, and only me, that they're worthy of my one vote.  I might sit this election out again, for a second time.  I have one regret voting for our former prime minister Helen Clark.  I won't let you know what it is, but it must have been her feminist side that made it happen in the first place.  But on the other hand there were many other good things about her government that were the reasons why I did vote for her to be prime minister FOR A FIFTH TIME!  She was very capable.  She wasn't our first woman prime minister, that was Jenny Shipley.  Yes, even she worshipped me when I was thirteen years old.  Paying attention Chinese government?

How do I feel about John Keys government?  He campaigned on change, likened himself to Obama, and like Obama, has been pretty much the same as National governments in years gone by.  Nothing special, nothing different.  Just the same old bullshit.  Special interest groups, I suspect.

Well Mr. prime minister (not sure whether I should capitalise prime minister), do your thing and get the hell out of Tauranga with or without me witnessing your visit and I think I have said this once before, tell your government muscle heads to go easy on me from now on.

Random things...

I think I should get more into the music of the Beatles.  I would like to hear Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band again.  Was that actually some side project of the Beatles or just a song?  I own the Beatles 'Love' album of 2005, I still think that is a good album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJGDC10lZw

Were the Beatles overrated?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a3NcwfOBzQ

My favourite, although this isn't the re-mastered version, that is 'Tomorrow Never Knows'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dq9NDRfb5Y&feature=related

Above is the re-mastered version.

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month

Hahahar.

But its actually the second of October here, I'm a day late.  Well, summer is coming around again.  I can still remember me sitting at my dining table and writing these entries down on paper about this time last year and about six months after.  I don't do that anymore.  Why?  Because I own my own computer now and I should have been doing this about five years ago.  Actually, I own two.  The second computer is a backup in case this system gets nuked.  But who would want to nuke me?  IT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE PERSON I LEAST EXPECT!  Hahahar.

Really, there are people out there that not only want to nuke me, but kill me too.  That's their problem.  Its like, I'M GAY, GET OVER IT!  Hahahar.  However the deviance is deeper than that, I will let you know.  But actually, could be lawful surprisingly.  It would just be whether its morally wrong or something.  You know, a twenty five year old dating a sixteen year old.

I have problems.  There is nothing I can really do about them unless I am left alone to live.  But I will never be left alone, no matter where I am in this world.  I need a time machine to get me to a safe place.  I SEE THAT NEVER HAPPENING BECAUSE I'M AN ENEMY OF GOD!  HAHAHAR!  AND ALSO BIG GANGSTERS WANT ME DEAD TOO!  I HAVE A REPUTATION, I HAVE PRIDE, I HAVE TO BE A GOOD MAN!  HAHAHAR!

Heh.  I love it when I can type in capital letters like that to exaggerate what I want to say.

Review of aliens vs. predator

Okay.  So some time ago now I made up a review of WWE Smackdown VS. Raw 2011 that pretty much fell flat on its ass.  I repeat, the characters, the wrestlers, appeared strange, I encountered many bugs while playing and in fact another one later on which I discovered by accident during online play.  Everything about the current WWE didn't go hand in hand with any game that could be made to simulate it that would be decent.

I have played Aliens VS. Predator, on Xbox 360, and can give this game a better review than my last.  20th Century FOX has something to do with this offering, to my shame, because like I said the game was actually pretty good in my view.  You'd think that if FOX had something to do with anything, it would be cobbled together and have hidden messages referring to the N.R.A. in it.

I decided to play this game first out of five others I bought for no reason other than I thought it would be just a good game to start with.  I looked at the achievement list, checked for story achievements (there are some in this game I guess obviously), checked for online achievements (there are ranked match achievements that now are a challenge to unlock because of the availability of ranked matches online), and weapon/kill related achievements that can be unlocked either during online or offline play.  The game has I think forty seven, but don't take my word on that.

I wasn't happy with the bland (although this wasn't the intention I think) looking loading screens and menu.  If I had my way, they would have been black, green and red to represent marine, alien and predator in colour.  Actually, I think it looked stupid.  But it was to do with like a startup screen to do with the Weyland (Weyland?  Weyland?  Smithers?  Get it?) Corporation, to do with the marines, throughout the game except for when you are playing in the game as alien and predator.  You see the flickering grey television closed circuit broadcast in the game on television and computer screens but every time in loadup screens and the menu.  I would have done things differently.

I started as a marine and made my way through the campaign.  Each campaign is short, but overall makes the game, a lengthy game.  Like many games, you experience a tutorial as you play at the start, Aliens VS. Predator is no different.  Shooting an alien at close range will nine times out of ten kill you so keep your distance.  Somebody else complained they didn't like that about this game.  Using the flamethrower can be fun and makes short work of killing a pack of aliens as long as you shoot the flame, hit the aliens, then run around until they die from their burns.  This device that the marine has that detects alien movement can be haunting and no lie, after I had turned off the console and television to take a break from playing I could still hear it in my head.  What it also does is make the game experience a suspenseful one because an alien can be right behind you or some distance in front on their way to attempt to kill you, of course.  You can tell by the pace of the bleeping how close an alien is, like reverse sensors on a modern car.

The jungle mission had me in awe when I first saw the vast open scape of small hills, shallow crystal clear water and plant life...  plus also aliens wanting to kill you.  It was like a game of Myst (I imagine anyway because I haven't played it).  That was about the only highlight however.  You have to battle three bosses one after the other to complete the game and that includes killing Professor...?  Commander...?  Weyland.  Be prepared for the very end of the game as marine, it can take you by surprise.

As alien, you can see marines through walls and tell the difference between marine and civilian by red for marine and green for civilian.  An achievement is awarded if you harvest all the civilians by using facehuggers.  What more can I say?  Take your time playing as an alien and don't rush as it can be tempting by how fast the alien can move especially when holding down the left stick to sprint.  Stalk and attack your prey without being detected if you can.

Playing as the predator was satisfying especially at the end when you use the kombi stick.  The kombi stick is a weapon like a javelin or giant dart that you throw and explodes when it hits a target but otherwise, like a wall, will not detonate.

Something made me cheat, I will admit, playing Aliens VS. Predator.  I don't know what exactly, but I experienced auto-aiming as marine and regenerating life as predator.  I don't think this was a bug.

In the end, the game gets a seven or eight from me.

Oh my god! oh my god! second s.a.s. soldier dies!

http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10754982&ref=rss

I haven't seen one poll in this country that asks whether the people of New Zealand want the S.A.S. there in Afghanistan.  I thought all of them were suppost to be brought home for the world cup to do duty here but while the tournament continues I know of none as security and another one has died!  I think the S.A.S. should have been asked by the prime minister as to whether they wanted to serve in Afghanistan.  Apparently within the group that has gone, there are some that don't want to be there.

This obviously doesn't help the New Zealand government.  This will add to public opinion that they should be brought home.  They are suppost to be part of a reconstruction team over there that is part of the whole occupation and nation building idea.  The United States, the head of it, I feel just doesn't have the resources to pull it off. 

He had a vision, crusader Bush, it all began with him.  A Christian vision of a perfect world, of a heaven on earth, a better world than we live in now, a world where freedom reigns... under god of course.  That is a contradiction because I believe god isn't about freedom.  Jesus was an advocate of torture and murder and I also believe that Jesus had a mental illness, was just a crazy man, and really was never meant to perform any miracles at all.

I almost joined the military and if I had of, I might have come out of it better for it.  It isn't true that I would have done any weapons training, that's a lie.  But trying to get a job in the end and having a good time doing it was a chance I didn't want to pass up and now its almost too late to try again.  In fact I saw evidence in a DVD that was shown that our military was under attack by American and Israeli forces by sick and perverted twisted mind control.  This is not spiritual, its technology.  Anyone who thinks it isn't technology is wrong and I am right, perhaps unfortunately.

Anyway, another one can be chalked up on the side of the Taliban Toyota Landcruiser.  Terrorists win once again like in a game of Counterstrike.

Birthday

Well, its my nephews birthday tomorrow.  He must be turning eleven.  Wow, its already been eleven years.  He probably isn't into Bob the Builder anymore but this Ben 10 cartoon character.  In fact, Ben 10 is I think Japanese anime.  So happy birthday and one day you might know me more than just someone who is only raised on occasion like when your mother and your father are talking in bed.

Tomorrow is also the same day I attempted suicide about two years ago and then left home to live out of my car for about four or five months because I had enough of how it was there. 

I dropped twenty kilograms in that time.

Wow, it is so much more easier to type these entries up than it was before. 

You would know this by now but I'm an enemy of the state and they will do whatever it takes to kill me.  It must be during the day, because of a satellite in the sky, that makes me feel how I feel.  I hate it.  Well, screw them.  They aren't going to get any more cooperation from me.  A government in this world has the power to kill people from space such as by heart attacks and so on. 

I think they're American.