Resolution resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Violations

Questioning suspects is not surveillance

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n99. Id. Two agencies responded but stated that they were still in the process of locating and sending their policies. The agencies that did not comply with the FOIA request typically cited to Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-3706(2), which relates to criminal records and does not apply to interrogation related policies, and Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-3705.2(6), which applies in part to "operational, procedural, tactical planning or training manuals, or staff meeting minutes or other records, the disclosure of which would reveal surveillance techniques." Va. Code Ann. §§2.2-3705(6), 2.2-3706(2) (Repl. Vol. 2014). Policies for interviewing and interrogating suspects do not involve "surveillance techniques."