Document "JSP900: UK Targeting Policy". Editions, dates, and policy changes.

Dear Ministry of Defence,

1. Please provide a full list of all editions of the document "JSP900: UK Targeting Policy " including dates of these editions, highlighting the most current edition.

2. Please provide full copies of each edition of "JSP900: UK Targeting policy" with policy changes from previous editions highlighted.

3. Please provide related drafts of these documents and any records showing reasons for policy changes in each new edition.

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

Dear Ministry of Defence,

According to FOIA 2000 the MoD should have responded to this request promptly and no later than 20 working days. It has not done so and is now in violation of the law.

Please provide a substantive response by the end of this week.

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Your office has failed to respond promptly to this information request or within the statutory 20 working days.

The Ministry of Defence has now violated the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If no response is made by end of business on Monday 10th July 2019 I will file a complaint with the Information Commissioner.

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Defence's handling of my FOI request 'Document "JSP900: UK Targeting Policy". Editions, dates, and policy changes.'.

The long delay in response to this request violates Section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2001.

Please respond.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Defence's handling of my FOI request 'Document "JSP900: UK Targeting Policy". Editions, dates, and policy changes.'.

On 5 June 2019 the MoD responded to an Internal review my earlier FOI request (FOI2018/12834) for "JSP 900. UK Targeting Policy. Edition II (September 2015)" .

IR response available here
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/5...

In paragraph 8 of that MoD Internal Review response the 2015 document was described as "an earlier version" of UK targeting policy. However in the MoD response to this current request received today, no versions of the document are listed that are produced later than that of September 2015.
These appear to be inconsistent responses. Please review the statements and explain their inconsistency.

If the current UK Targeting Policy document has a different title, please assist me under Section 16 of FOIA and provide the title of this current document.

The response received today identifies the USA as the country that has provided information used in the targeting document. For this reason it is argued that Section 27 is engaged.

However as the MoD will be aware from reports from the APPG on Drones and the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, amongst others, it is a concern with the lack of clarity over the UK relationship with US targeting that has led expert to call for the publication of JSP 900 - UK Targeting Policy.

When parliamentary scrutiny committees warn of possible UK criminal complicity in US serious violations of international law, and are obstructed in their investigations by government, there is clearly a public interest in disclosure that has greater weight than protecting UK relations with the USA.

For the MoD to knowingly withhold information from public and parliamentary scrutiny places fundamental democratic principles of UK parliamentary sovereignty, and the UK reputation as a state that abides by it international obligations in question . The overriding public interest grounds for disclosure of these documents are therefore clear.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons