Delving into Delicate Dossiers


TO: Director U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
ATTN: Freedom of Information Manager
Washington, DC 20535

FROM: Larry W. Bryant

DATE: July 23, 2004

U. S. Army Vietnam-era veteran John Joseph McCarthy, Jr., has every reason to expect the existence of, and his entitlement of access to, all F.B.I.-generated and F.B.I-received records pertaining to his military-career and post-military-career activities/associations/events (said records also being known as the official agency dossier). For background information on that expectation, please visit the Internet web site of http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/hall/Mac.html

Accordingly, pursuant to the enclosed notarized Notice of Authorization from Mr. McCarthy, I hereby request that, under terms of the U. S. Privacy Act and U. S. Freedom of Information Act, you provide me a copy of all the records described in the first paragraph of this request.

Since I make this request as an independent writer focusing on actual and/or potential whistleblower-derived evidence exposing official wrongdoing at the highest levels of government, and since such exposure would significantly educate the general public as to all related government activities/policies/programs, I hereby request that you waive all records-search fees incident to your fulfilling this request.

Please note that I'm snail-mailing to you a signed printout of this e-formatted letter.

LARRY W. BRYANT

Copies furnished to:

Mr. McCarthy

Mark S. Zaid, Esq. (Washington, D.C.)

FOIA Request to CIA, re the McCarthy Saga


TO: Director
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
ATTN: Freedom of Information Manager
Washington, DC 20505

FROM: Larry W. Bryant

DATE: August 8, 2004

While certain CIA officials continue to deny the public full access to any government records pertaining to the CIA-created "Project Cherry," there remains at least one victim of that rogue operation who is continuing to seek full vindication and justice as to the "Cherry"-related crimes of omission/commission perpetrated against not just him but also against one or more citizens of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

I refer of course to one former U. S. Army captain John Joseph McCarthy, Jr., who clandestinely had been trained by, and operated as a trainer within, "Project Cherry's" central mission: the fielding of assassination teams throughout key regions of Vietnam-war-era Southeast Asia. For details on his involvement in, and eventual victimization by, that mission, please visit the Internet web site of:

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/hall/Mac.html

With Mr. McCarthy's proxy (i.e., the enclosed copy of his Notice of Authorization), I hereby submit this letter as a formal, written freedom-of-information/Privacy Act request that you send me a copy of all CIA-generated and CIA-received records pertaining to Mr. McCarthy's military career, his CIA-directed activities, his associated communications, his post-"Cherry" litigation history, and his CIA-managed "case file."

Since I make this request as an independent writer focusing on actual and/or potential whistleblower-derived evidence exposing official wrongdoing at the highest levels of government, and since such exposure would significantly educate the general public as to all related government activities/policies/programs, I hereby request that you waive all records-search fees incident to your fulfilling this request.

By snail-mail, I'm sending to you a signed printout of this e-formatted letter.

LARRY W. BRYANT

Copies furnished to:

Mr. McCarthy

Mark S. Zaid, Esq. (Washington, D.C.)

Chairman, U. S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Cambodian Ambassador to the United States