'TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY' STATE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY---A FORMER FULL-TIME EMPLOYER OF MINE IN AUSTIN---ON JULY 12, 2001, STATES TO ME IN A SIGNED LEGAL REPLY LETTER FROM THE DPS OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL THAT THE DPS IN AUSTIN HAS NO RECORD OF ANY 'ILLEGAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF YOURSELF (JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN) SINCE MARCH 1986':

(PLEASE NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNED REPLY LETTER FROM THE DPS TWICE MIS-SPELLED MY LAST NAME AS 'McMillian'. The text below contains corrections on that typographical error by the DPS.)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
5805 N. LAMAR BLVD
BOX 4087
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78773-0001
512/424-2000

THOMAS A. DAVIS, JR.
DIRECTOR

DAVID McEATHRON
ASST. DIRECTOR

FRANKIE WALLER
ASST. DIRECTOR

COMMISSION
JAMES B. FRANCIS, JR.
CHAIRMAN

ROBERT B. HOLT
M. COLLEEN McHUGH
COMMISSIONERS

July 12, 2001

Mr. John K. McMillan
P.O. Box 11517
Austin, Texas 78705

Re: Public information request for records concerning illegal electronic surveillance of yourself since March 1986.

Dear Mr. McMillan:

Please be advised that after a thorough search of departmental files, we have been unable to locate any information responsive to your request. Since the Department has no information responsive to your request, I will be closing our file on this matter.

Please feel free to contact me at (512) 424-2890, if you have any questions regarding your request for information.

Sincerely,

Allen W. Smiley
Legal Assistant
Office of General Counsel

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