Clinton Museum built-in disincentive

I received a response from the Clinton Museum yesterday — $1,080 for PDFs is daylight robbery, especially when most of that cost is just a built-in disincentive to keep people from requesting bulk records.

We’ve got:

1,350 pages × $0.25/page

• 1,000 × 0.25 = $250.00
• 300 × 0.25 = $75.00
• 50 × 0.25 = $12.50

Total = $250 + $75 + $12.50 = $337.50

So if you went to Little Rock and copied them yourself in the research room, it’d be $337.50.

If you had them copy & send electronically at $0.80/page, it would be:

• 1,000 × 0.80 = $800.00
• 300 × 0.80 = $240.00
• 50 × 0.80 = $40.00

Total = $1,080.00

That’s why narrowing the scope or getting a fee waiver is key here — you’re looking at over a thousand dollars otherwise.

The $0.80/page rate isn’t about actual staff costs — it’s set high because NARA wants you in the research room instead, where you’re already paying to get there and still hit with $0.25/page if you want hard copies.

I therefore wrote to them again as it was clear I was asking for the itinerary and agenda, not a rain forest which is already disappearing.

Subject: FOIA 2025-1058-F – Fee Waiver, Scope Clarification & Request for Document List

Dear FOIA Officer,

I acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding FOIA request 2025-1058-F.

I am concerned by your statement that you have identified approximately 1,350 pages of “potentially responsive” records to a narrowly defined request for information on Tony Blair’s visits to the United States between 1995 and May 1997 involving President Bill Clinton, particularly any itineraries, agendas, and related meetings. TO be frank this meeting covered  dates of less tham one month 2010 Inauguration statements by Mr. Trump specifically dates:

1. May 29, 1997 (Wednesday): Newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair met with U.S. President Bill Clinton in London, at 10 Downing Street.
2. Blair’s April 1996 U.S. Visit: Strategic Education Dialogue … April 10–12, 1996: Blair travels … talks 1996 Jeffrey Epstein NY, D.C. Active in elite social circles tied to education May 1996 Dunkley

It is difficult to see how a simple itinerary and meeting agenda could realistically produce 1,350 pages. This suggests either:

1. A broad, unfocused retrieval of unrelated records, or
2. That the results may in fact be responsive to a different requester’s FOIA.

Accordingly, I request that you:

1. Provide a detailed list of the specific documents you have already identified and processed as responsive to this request — including document titles, dates, originating offices, and number of pages for each item.
2. Confirm the record series searched, the date ranges applied, and the search terms used.
3. Provide a page count by category (e.g., Presidential Daily Diary, WAVES/visitor logs, Blair House guest records, NSC files, briefing materials, correspondence, photographs).

Fee Waiver Request:
Under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii), I formally request a full fee waiver. The subject matter is of significant public interest, directly relating to Presidential-level diplomatic activity between the U.S. and U.K., and will be used solely for non-commercial, public dissemination purposes through publication and media outreach. If a full waiver is not granted, I request a cost cap of $60 and that processing be paused before exceeding that limit.

Escalation Notice:
If you fail to process and provide the responsive records in accordance with FOIA and the PRA, I will write directly to the U.S. Department of Justice and request that the relevant subpoena for President Clinton be enforced to include these materials. These records are critical to an ongoing matter, and withholding them under inflated page counts or mis-categorisation will be treated as obstruction.

Please confirm:

• That the 1,350 pages are indeed unique to my FOIA request;
• That you will process this request on a rolling release basis with electronic delivery of PDFs;
• When I will receive the full document list for what has already been processed.

I look forward to your confirmation.

Kind regards,
Martin Newbold
martinnewbold.mn@gmail.com

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM Racheal Carter-Ragan <racheal.carter-ragan@nara.gov> wrote:

Dear Mr. Newbold,

Attached to this email is the FOIA response letter for your request 2025-1058-F.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely, 

Racheal Carter-Ragan

FOIA Coordinator

William J. Clinton Presidential Library

1200 President Clinton Avenue

Little Rock, AR 72201

• CommentJust Now Clinton Museum built-in disincentive I critiqued the $1,080 fee for PDFs from the Clinton Museum, arguing it discourages bulk record requests. They detail costs for self-copying versus electronic delivery, emphasizing the need to narrow their request or seek a fee waiver, as the large page count seems exaggerated, potentially indicating unrelated records.House Oversight Committee Ramps Up Epstein Investigation
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• Comment19h So what about the others at the meetings in Wahington  with Clinton , Blair , Dunkley why do you think you will get honest answer from any of these three the real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” what about the others at the meetings in Washington with Clinton, Blair, and Dunkley? Why do you think you will get an honest answer from any of these three? The real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” — Blair’s speech — point to a trilogy of men, or perhaps a “divine trinity” in his mind. No official detail has ever been given on who else was in the room.? When are the others receiving Subpoena?High-Profile Depositions Scheduled on Epstein Case

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#Journalists among at least 13 arrested during #immigration-related protest in #CincinnatiOH

Police in #CovingtonKY, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.

By John Seewer | The Associated Press

"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the #immigration #detention of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the #OhioRiver.

"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for #CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.

"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against #ImmigrationRaids in #LosAngeles.

"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a #NoKings protest near #AtlantaGA. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with #UnlawfulAssembly, #obstruction of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.

"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration #DetentionCenter. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but #ICE is trying to deport him.

"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.

"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.

"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.

"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.

"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.

"The arrests happened during a protest in support of #AymanSoliman, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.

"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '#BuildBridgesNotWalls.'

"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking #CriticalInfrastructure, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' "

Read more:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/