{"id":1689,"date":"2015-05-18T00:08:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T00:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2015-05-18T03:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T03:09:31","slug":"oldest-record-on-file-at-the-national-security-agency-nsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/oldest-record-on-file-at-the-national-security-agency-nsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Record on File at the National Security Agency (NSA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Freedom of Information Act, you can request quite a few different things. Most commonly, is requesting information on certain projects, operations or investigations by the government and military.<\/p>\n<p>However, in this request, I asked the National Security Agency (NSA) for their oldest document on record. Nothing specific &#8211; just whatever the oldest document was. \u00a0This request was filed in November of 2013. This is what I asked for:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>I respectfully request a copy of the oldest document, report, or letter, chronologically, that your agency currently archives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After some wait, they wanted me to clarify what I was looking for. Not sure what part of the original request was confusing, but, alas, they asked:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>\u00a0&#8211; Are you seeking the oldest NSA record that we currently hold in our\u00a0Archives?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My answer was simply, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After waiting another 19 months, I finally received the document.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/NSA-Oldest.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0The Oldest Document the NSA Has On File, according to FOIA Case 75793A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><![if !IE]><iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblackvault.com%2Fdocumentarchive%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F05%2FNSA-Oldest.pdf&amp;embedded=true\" class=\"pdf\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"height:1000px;width:788px;border:0\" width=\"788\" height=\"1000\"><\/iframe><![endif]><!--[if IE]><object width=\"788\" height=\"1000\" type=\"application\/pdf\" data=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/NSA-Oldest.pdf\" class=\"pdf ie\">\n \n<div style=\"width:788;height:1000;text-align:center;background:#fff;color:#000;margin:0;border:0;padding:0\">Unable to display PDF<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/NSA-Oldest.pdf\">Click here to download<\/a><\/div>\n \n<\/object><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Freedom of Information Act, you can request quite a few different things. 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