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From: J.M. Porup [mailto:[FOI #3685 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 2:42 AM
To: ASIO.BLU <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Breaking International Law

Dear Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,

According to a legal memo in the Snowden documents, GCHQ will break international law as long as it's "acceptable among the 5-eyes community."

Source:

https://twitter.com/toholdaquill/status/...
https://theintercept.com/document/2015/0...

How often does ASIO break international law?

Please provide any legal memos, correspondence, or other documents that discuss ASIO breaking international law. Please include statistics per year from 1995 to present day on how often ASIO breaks international law.

Please also include any and all processing notes associated with this FOI request.

Yours faithfully,

J.M. Porup
National Security Reporter
www.JMPorup.com

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Good afternoon,

Thank you for your email requesting internal review under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act). ASIO is an exempt agency under subsection 7 (1) of the FOI Act. Internal review under the FOI Act is therefore unavailable in relation to ASIO's decision making.

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-----Original Message-----
From: J.M. Porup [mailto:[FOI #3685 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 16 July 2017 7:39 AM
To: ASIO.BGLU <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Breaking International Law

Dear Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's handling of my FOI request 'Breaking International Law'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/b...

Yours faithfully,

J.M. Porup

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