I know the wheels of the government at work move slowly, but with covid am I going to wait over a year to hear back?

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chiefkeef wrote on December 15, 2020 at 4:00 AM

If they don't have anything on you, they'll let you know within a month. If they do, though, they will take their sweet time providing records... I have an open request that has been processing for 2+ years now.

rm_rf OP wrote on December 15, 2020 at 4:11 AM

FFS that's a really long time. I figured it'd be a matter of months, not years.

How did you submit your request?

chiefkeef wrote on December 15, 2020 at 4:37 AM

FBI eFOIA portal. The FBI happens to be pretty infamous for its long drawn-out response times, which is something I found out after I submitted my request.

txt wrote on December 15, 2020 at 1:53 PM

Meant to make you give up.

Rambler wrote on December 15, 2020 at 5:38 PM

I've wanted to do this as well. Figured though if you weren't on anyone's radar before, then you will be now. I was a bit taken back when I deleted all my social media accounts earlier in the year and downloaded the data that they had collected on me. I'm sure the alphabet boys have more, though I'm not sure what all they'd share.

chiefkeef wrote on December 20, 2020 at 7:12 PM

though I'm not sure what all they'd share

If you haven't actually done anything to merit them investigating you (e.g. federal crimes, applying for a job with them requiring a background check) then not much. They certainly have access to a lot of data about you, but if they haven't slapped it in a report and filed it somewhere then it's not getting released under the FOIA. I only really bothered filing one for myself in the first place because I knew for sure there'd be something there.