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Author: CGM Reviewed: TLC 3/10/21, 3/11/21 Deliberative Process/Attorney-Client/Attorney Work Product Privileged IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK RADAR ONLINE LLC and JAMES ROBERTSON, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant. Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-03956-PGG DECLARATION OF MICHAEL G. SEIDEL I, Michael G. Seidel, declare as follows: (1) I am the Section Chief of the Record/Information Dissemination Section ("RIDS"), Information Management Division ("IMD"), Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Winchester, Virginia. I joined the FBI in September 2011, and prior to my current position, I was the Acting Section Chief from May 26, 2020 to July 26, 2020; Assistant Section Chief of RIDS from June 2016 to May 25, 2020; Unit Chief, RIDS Litigation Support Unit from November 2012 to June 2016; and an Assistant General Counsel, FBI Office of General Counsel, Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") Litigation Unit, from September 2011 to November 2012. In those capacities, I had management oversight or agency counsel responsibility for FBI FOIA and Privacy Act ("FOIPA") litigation cases nationwide. Prior to my joining the FBI, I served as a Senior Attorney, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") from September 2006 to September 2011, where among myriad legal responsibilities, I advised on FOIPA matters and served as agency counsel representing the DEA in FOIPA suits nationwide. I also served as