Yep. Who would have guessed 25 years later I'd be bored and then a year later this packet showed up at my doorstep? It's oddly perfect timing, around all the AI discourse. :)
I always wanted to see the chain of events that led to the Special Branch turning up on my door step in England.
[0] I FOIA'd this a couple of years back, but I changed address and never got the documents, only a letter to say it was being worked on.
The NSA FOIA form is actually really easy: https://www.nsa.gov/about/contact-us/Submit-a-FOIA-Request/
I simply asked for what I wanted (information about policy memos about 'Furby Alerts' and recording devices at the NSA from late 1998 to early 1999) and submitted the form. About a month later I got a response back from the NSA acknowledging they got my request, and located records that were part of another FOIA request being processed as well, so I'd get those documents as well once released.
And then... yesterday afternoon I got the message "hey what did you get from the DoD?" - bewildered, sending me a photo of the cover (in the full article). They finally delivered, and I hastily scanned my spoils for everyone. :)