(2020-0553-F) Mail covers

5 folders, approximately 100 pages

This collection contains materials regarding mail covers. This is an investigative technique in which the postal service records information from the outside of packages or letters and passes it to the law enforcement agency that has requested the mail cover. The records available in this collection consist of two cables that mention the use of mail covers in connection with international law enforcement.

The materials in FOIA 2020-0553-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains records regarding the use of mail covers. Mail covers are an investigative technique in which the postal service records information from the outside of packages or letters and passes it to the law enforcement agency that has requested the mail cover. The records responsive to this FOIA case include an unclassified March 1997 cable on policies in Greece concerning parental child abduction and an unclassified July 2000 cable on United Nations Drug Control Program training in Vietnam. The majority of the records related to this FOIA case are closed for national security reasons.

Textual

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in this collection areas— 2 Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2022. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2020-0553-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1995-Dec 1996 [OA/ID 510000]
[mail covers]
[05/31/1996]
Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [OA/ID 520000]
[mail covers]
[03/18/1997]
Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000]
[mail covers]
[04/12/1999 – 07/20/2000]
NSC Email
Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000]
[mail covers]
[09/07/2000 – 09/27/2000]
Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000]
[mail covers]
[01/05/1998]