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FOIA Log - Cases Received Between 1/1/2016 and 12/31/2016 7/26/2018 FOIA Log - Cases Received Between 1/1/2016 and 12/31/2016 7/26/2018 REQ_REF REQ_NAME SUBJECT RECEIVE_DATE CASE_STATUS (b) (6) F-2016-00039 Daniel L Weiss Visa records regarding 01/04/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00042 Bill Streifer A report of Freedom of Speech vs. Hitler and the extermination of the Jews during World 01/04/2016 OPEN War II; and records regarding General E. Tomlin Bailey's transfer from Consul General, Hamburg to a subsequent post outside of Hamburg F-2016-00044 Jovan Miles Records regarding a data set (csv or excel) of all state registered food establishments in 01/04/2016 CLOSED the U.S. F-2016-00045 Michael P Lare Copy of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens autopsy report involving his death at the 01/04/2016 CLOSED U.S. compound in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 F-2016-00049 Richard J Hayes Communications initiated and/or received from/to former Secretary of State Hillary 01/04/2016 CLOSED Rodham Clinton (b) (6) B(b) (6) F-2016-00050 Investigations or watch list records regarding6 01/04/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00051 Victoria A Wilson Records regarding writer/physicist Mitchell Albert Wilson from 1940-1973 01/04/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00052 Dannette Turner Police report regarding the circumstances involving a Memphis Police Officer and 01/04/2016 CLOSED Rodney Turner (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00053 Roberta Wilson I-130 immigrant visa petition filed by on behalf of 01/05/2016 OPEN (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00054 Charles H Kuck Immigrant visa petition records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00055 Christopher A Gaston Non-immigrant visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00057 Douglas Gillison State Department cable 08State101210 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00066 Adonia Simpson Non-immigrant B1/B2 visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00069 Sofia Castedo Non-immigrant tourist B1/B2 visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00071 Hans C Meyer Immigrant visa petition records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00073 (b) (6) DS-2019/IAP-66 form, J-1, J2 visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/04/2016 CLOSED Page 1 of 402 Appeals = REQ_REF REQ_NAME SUBJECT RECEIVE_DATE CASE_STATUS (b) (6) F-2016-00074 Gabriel E Campos A-file and entry records regarding 01/04/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00076 Christine A Spolar Visa records regarding 01/03/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00077 Christine A Spolar Visa records regarding 01/03/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00078 Paul Szoldra All records regarding the DOS policy for social media postings to the accounts for "Think 01/06/2016 CLOSED Again Turn Away" (b) (6) F-2016-00079 Claudia Hernandez Records regarding 01/06/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00080 Carl J Smith All records between(b) (6) and DOS 's Office of Children's Issues regarding 01/06/2016 CLOSED the issuance of passport to (b) (6) (minor) (b) (6) F-2016-00081 James A Welcome A-file immigration records for 01/06/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00082 Stephanie M Black Records regarding the 01/06/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00083 Patrick H O'Neill Grant records from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Internet 01/06/2016 OPEN Freedom Annual Program from 2012 to the latest F-2016-00084 Dave Maass DOS cables from January 1, 2011 until January 1, 2016 with the term "CODEL" in the 01/06/2016 OPEN subject line. F-2016-00085 Louis-Philippe Lesieur Documented report of all injuries reported to the FDA in relation to the usage of 01/06/2016 CLOSED non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses in the United States from the years of 2011 to 2015 (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00086 (Public Trust Certification) Employment records of 01/06/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00087 Stephanie Yutkin Immigrant visa petition regarding 01/06/2016 OPEN F-2016-00088 Ricardo Ramirez Non-immigrant visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/06/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00089 James C Broeck Immigrant visa petition regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00090 Anayancy R Housman Visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00091 Luiggi Perdomo Immigrant visa petition filed by on behalf of 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) Page 2 of 402 Appeals = REQ_REF REQ_NAME SUBJECT RECEIVE_DATE CASE_STATUS (b) (6) F-2016-00092 Margaret O'Donnell Visitor visa or Border Crossing Card records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00093 Louis-Philippe Lesieur Documented report of all injuries reported to the FDA in relation to the usage of 01/06/2016 CLOSED non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses (use on the cornea to correct the vision) in the United States from the years of 2011 to 2015 F-2016-00094 (b) (6) Non-immigrant visa application regarding(b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00095 Sarah R Non-immigrant B1 visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED Sherman-Stokes (b) (6) F-2016-00096 Priscilla Rodriguez Visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00097 Jamie M Bailey Border Crossing Card or tourist visa records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00098 Steven M Polansky Records regarding the work of former Ambassador Sol Polansky 01/06/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00099 Steven Emerson Records regarding Michigan based cleric Ahmad Jebrill 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00100 Jerry D Hebert Records about Patricia C. Schmidt who was imprisoned Havana Cuba on a murder 01/06/2016 CLOSED conviction for killing John Lee Mee, between 1947 and 1949 F-2016-00101 Colin Byrd All emails sent to or from John Kerry that relate to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 01/06/2016 OPEN trade promotion, or trade assistance (b) (6) F-2016-00103 Matthew T Luening H2B visa records regarding 01/06/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00104 Julia Cassels Visa records regarding 01/05/2016 OPEN (b) (6) F-2016-00105 Jose S Tellez B1/B2 non-immigrant visa/Border Crossing Card regarding 01/06/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00106 Michael Schreyer Employment and medical records regarding DOS employee Jennifer R. Anderson 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00108 Marcia S Kasdan I-130 immigrant visa petition filed by(b) (6) on behalf of 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00109 Adelaide Chen Diplomatic cables between State Department and any Argentine embassy date between 01/06/2016 CLOSED Feb 27, 2010 to Jan 4, 2015 where the following keywords appear; Sheldon Adelson and Nisman, Israel Hayom and Nisman' Jorge Elbaum and Nisman' and PaulSinger and Sheldon Adelson F-2016-00110 Flomy J Diza J-1 non- immigrant visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED Page 3 of 402 Appeals = REQ_REF REQ_NAME SUBJECT RECEIVE_DATE CASE_STATUS F-2016-00111 (b) (6) Immigrant visa petition records filed by (b) (6) on behalf of (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00112 Immigrant visa petition regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00113 Miguel Manna Immigration records regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00114 Julia P Rosales US consulate Nicaragua birth regristration records regarding 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00115 Emails sent from to embassies, military personal, 01/06/2016 CLOSED and Vatican officials from 2011-2013 F-2016-00116 Michael J Wildes B1/B2 non-immgrant visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00117 Jaime Barron Border Crossing Card or tourist visa regarding(b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00118 Antonio Villeda Immigrant/non-immigrant visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/07/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00119 Divyesh Gopal Immigrant visa petition filed by (b) (6) on behalf of (b) (6) 01/06/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00120 Emily A Willard Document identified as "MILGP 192315Z Oct 81" in another cable: San Salvador 8010, 01/06/2016 OPEN titled "Helicopter Incident" from 11 October 1981 F-2016-00121 Lauren Lantz Non-immigrant visa records regarding(b) (6) 01/06/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00122 Alan R Klein Immigrant visa petition filed by (b) (6) on the behalf of 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) (b) (6) F-2016-00123 Passport renewal of (b) (6) and (b) (6) 01/07/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00124 Selina Cheng Most recent telephone directory of all staff members working for the " U.S.-China Joint 01/06/2016 OPEN Liaison Group (JLG) on Law Enforcement Cooperation:, and of its subsidiary, the "Anti-Corruption Working Group" F-2016-00125 Callista M Puchmeyer Visa status of (b) (6) 01/07/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00126 Jeremy Wagstaff Records concerning the untimely death of Shane Truman Todd (US passport holder 01/07/2016 OPEN 047507887) on 24 June 2012 in Singapore F-2016-00127 Antonio Rodrigues 1960 Mission records of the US Naval Attache to the Embassy in Lisbon 01/06/2016 CLOSED Page 4 of 402 Appeals = REQ_REF REQ_NAME SUBJECT RECEIVE_DATE CASE_STATUS F-2016-00128 Nikki M Jacobson Non-immigrant visa records regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED F-2016-00129 Viviana Mendez Diversity lottery visa application regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00130 SEVIS records for (b) (6) and her number during her study at Arroy Pacific Academy 01/05/2016 CLOSED is (b) (6) F-2016-00131 Norberto Cardenas Non-immigrant visa records and immigrant visa inquires regarding (b) (6) 01/05/2016 CLOSED (b) (6) F-2016-00132 Colin Byrd Emails that were sent to or from John Kerry that relate to the Iran nuclear deal.
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