Ramo

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff Alan Ramo brought this action in April, 1976, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 , as amended, to obtain access to records about him kept by two government agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Naval Intelligence Service (NIS). These two agencies claim to have investigated him on matters of internal and military security; plaintiff characterizes these actions as general surveillance operations. Plaintiff requests that the Court order the release of the material excised from the records that have thus far been disclosed and that the FBI conduct a further search of its records for material pertaining to him.

This case has undergone a rather protracted procedural struggle. The agencies originally released a limited number of documents replete with various excisions. During the first two years after the commencement of the action, the agencies uncovered more documents which they released with some of the previously excised material. The agencies also submitted the unexpurgated records for in camera review. The parties have offered and then withdrawn several motions for summary judgment. The Court has denied…