The Post & Email ^ | May 03, 2011 | Sharon Rondeau
Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:39:31 AM by RobinMasters
WAS SHE IN HAWAII OR OVERSEAS FROM 1961-64?
(May 3, 2011) — Following a lawsuit filed by Mr. Christopher Strunk against the U.S. State Department which resulted in the release of some of Stanley Ann Dunham’s passport applications and travel records, The Post & Email contacted Mr. Jonathan Rolbin at the State Department, whose cover letter to Strunk had implied that the remainder of her records had been ordered destroyed in the 1980s.
Since Mr. Rolbin’s letter to Strunk stated that the General Services Administration was responsible for ordering the destruction of passport files, we first contacted that agency. The GSA denied ever issuing such a mandate. Another researcher contacted the GSA independently and was told the same thing.
The GSA suggested that we contact Mr. Jay Olin, Deputy FOIA Officer at the NARA. On September 18, 2010, we did so, requesting “any and all documentation that such a directive was given by the NARA” regarding the destruction of passport records during the 1980s.
After several months, we concluded that the NARA was not going to respond to our FOIA request. However, in early March, we received a letter from Mr. Olin stating that he had gathered all of the available information pertaining to any discussion of destruction of passport records during the specified time frame.
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