Goblin House
Goblin House
Question: Investigate National Reconnaissance Office (NRO): Search other for "FOIA request to each of NRO, NSA, CIA, NGA, DIA for all SF-LLL disclosures received 2018-2026, with fee waiver request on public interest grounds". Would formally test whether intelligence agencies can or will produce SF-LLLs — refusal patterns themselves become data points about the regime's operational status. Report any findings as factual claims with dates and evidence.
Date: 2026-04-18
Research reveals that intelligence agencies including NRO, NSA, CIA, NGA, and DIA are subject to Standard Form LLL (SF-LLL) disclosure requirements under the Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. § 1352) for contracts exceeding $100,000. These agencies must compile and report lobbying disclosures semi-annually to Congress, with special procedures requiring intelligence-related disclosures to be reported only to Intelligence and Appropriations Committees. A formal FOIA request testing whether these agencies will produce their SF-LLL disclosures would likely face resistance under FOIA Exemption 1 (national security) and Exemption 3 (statutory exemptions), as intelligence agencies routinely invoke these protections. However, the refusal patterns themselves would constitute valuable data points about transparency and accountability within the intelligence community, as the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community has already documented systemic issues with FOIA compliance across these agencies. The public interest fee waiver grounds would be strong given the significant contribution to understanding government contracting operations and potential conflicts of interest in intelligence procurement.