In July 2009 EFF filed suit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a half-dozen other federal agencies involved in intelligence gathering demanding the immediate release of reports about potential misconduct.
The agencies were required to submit periodic reports of "any intelligence activities of their organizations that they have reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential directive" to the Intelligence Oversight Board. The board consisting of private citizens with security clearances was tasked with reviewing those reports summarizing them and forwarding to the president those that it believed described violations of the law.
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FOIA Releases - CIA
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June 7, 2011
This is a 6-page letter dated 9/6/2007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB). The letter states that on 8/29/07 the PFIAB requested clarification of an OIG "determination that there were no illegal activities by the CIA or any of its officers during the course of the reported incident." This reported incident seems to have involved a "particularly serious problem" that the CIA Office of Congressional Affairs reported to the Congressional Oversight Committees 3/22/06. This "particularly serious problem" was also discussed in CIA_Part049.pdf.
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June 7, 2011
This is a 3-page letter dated 11/7/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the IOB. It supplements the third quarter 2007 report to the Board (see CIA_Part067.pdf) and discusses one additional item that was left off that report "for classification and security reasons." Not surprisingly, the CIA has withheld all information about this additional item.
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June 7, 2011
This is a 5-page "Spot Report" to the IOB. It is undated, except for a handwritten note at the top that says "2007-12." The CIA has redacted almost all information from the report, however, the agency left in an interesting footnote. The footnote cites 50 U.S.C. 403-7 and notes "It is the policy of the United States that an element of the Intelligence Community may not use as an agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence any individual who" is a representative of the media unless "the President or the DCIA" waives this prohibition.
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February 25, 2010
This cover letter encloses the CIA's release of its IOB reports from January 2001 through June 2009. The reports are almost entirely redacted.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
August 22, 2001 Letter to Acting Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2001
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February 25, 2010
Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2001
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February 25, 2010
Semiannual Report to Director of CIA dated July - December 2004. This report mentions investigations concerning detainee abuse and other improper agency practices in Iraq, and notes that "more than half of the Staff's personnel are devoted to investigations concerning agency activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report also, cryptically, refers to another investigation concerning "misuse of a government intelligence collection system."
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
May 26, 2005 Letter from CIA Office of General Counsel to Chair of IOB regarding quarterly report for first quarter of 2005 — letter notes there are some "reportable items" (i.e., "intelligence activities" that the OGC has "reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or Presidential directive"), but all information about these items has been withheld.
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February 25, 2010
August 1, 2005 Letter to Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2005.
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February 25, 2010
Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - January to June 2005.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
September 15, 2005 Letter from CIA Office of General Counsel to Chair of IOB regarding quarterly report for fourth quarter of 2004 — letter notes there are some "reportable items" (i.e., "intelligence activities" that the OGC has "reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or Presidential directive"), but all information about these items has been withheld.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This document is a letter dated 11/8/2005 and includes cover sheets for two Reports from the Counsel for the Inspector General to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board relating to two Reports of Investigation. The Reports have been withheld, and even the titles of the Reports, which would convey the subject matter of the investigations, have been redacted. One of these reports was attached to an August 9, 2007 letter from the OIG to the General Counsel of the IOB (see CIA_Part064.pdf).
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February 25, 2010
This is a letter dated 1/10/2006 from the Senior Deputy General Counsel of CIA to the IOB relating to reporting pursuant to Section 2.4 of Executive Order 12863, for the third quarter of 2005. The letter notes there are "three reportable items" for that quarter, however all information about the items has been redacted.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
March 2, 2002 Letter from CIA Acting Deputy Inspector General to Acting Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence for July to December 2001.
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February 25, 2010
Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - July to December 2001
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February 25, 2010
March 15, 2002 Letter from CIA Office of General Counsel to Chair of IOB regarding quarterly report for fourth quarter of 2001 — letter notes there are no "reportable items" but "three informational items of significant interest." Unfortunately, all information about these items has been withheld.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
February 4, 2003 Letter from CIA Inspector General Office to Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board, enclosing Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence for July to December 2002. The letter notes that there are additional "matters that have recently come to [the letter writer's] attention, even though not within the above time period." However, further information on those matters has been redacted.
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February 25, 2010
Semiannual Report to Director of Central Intelligence - July to December 2002 — This report mentions that a "Special Assessment was issued on Agency compliance with Executive Order 12333 with respect to electronic surveillance and physical searches directed at US persons." However, all further information has been withheld.
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February 25, 2010
March 24, 2003 Letter from Scott Muller, CIA General Counsel's Office to Chair of Intelligence Oversight Board. The letter includes the quarterly report from the fourth quarter of 2002 and reports on "two transgressions of policies embodied in Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regulations." However, all further information on those transgressions has been redacted.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
The is a letter dated 8/4/2006 from the Inspector General of CIA to the Intelligence Oversight Board. It attaches the Semiannual Report to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2006 (see CIA_Part051.pdf).
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February 25, 2010
This is a 62-page Semiannual Report from the OIG to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2006. Most of the information in the report is redacted, but the introduction notes that the report discusses "the Agency's detention and interrogation activities associated with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan," and focuses on the "circumstances surrounding the movement, confinement, and in some cases, abuse or death of detainees."
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February 25, 2010
This document is a 14-page letter dated 9/27/2006 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the second quarter of 2006. It notes there were "seven reportable items" for this period. The CIA has redacted all information about the items.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a 4-page letter dated 1/22/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board providing a report for the third quarter of 2006. The letter mentions "four reportable items" for this period, however the CIA has redacted all information about the items.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a 4-page letter dated 4/9/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the fourth quarter of 2006. The letter notes there were "three reportable items," and highlights item 1, which was reported to congressional oversight committees as a "spot report." The CIA has redacted all information about the items.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a 7-page undated letter from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) for the second quarter of 2007. The letter notes there were <b>thirteen</b> reportable items ("intelligence activities that [the OGC has] legal reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or Presidential directive") during that quarter. The CIA has redacted all information about the items.
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February 25, 2010
This is a 4-page letter dated 6/18/2007 from the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the first quarter of 2007. It notes there were "seven reportable items" for that quarter. The CIA has redacted all information about the items.
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February 25, 2010
This is a 3-page letter dated 7/25/2007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. It attaches a 49-page Semiannual Report to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2007 (see CIA_Part062.pdf). The letter notes that although the OIG "learned of no CIA intelligence activities that were potentially unlawful or contrary to executive orders or Presidential directives," the OIG "did file seven reports with the Attorney General . . . pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding on Reporting of Information Concerning Federal Crimes."
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February 25, 2010
This is a 49-page Semiannual Report to the Director of CIA for the period of January - June 2007. Much of the report is heavily redacted, however it contains this interesting note on page 37: "The nature of investigations faced by the Investigations Staff has broadened dramatically in the past several years. The Staff has conducted investigations of deaths, child pornography, significant thefts of money and property, and numerous firearms-related matters. At the same time, the Staff has had to become less reliant on assistance from the FBI and other traditional law enforcement agencies."
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February 25, 2010
This is a two page letter dated 8/612007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the IOB regarding completion of a Special Report. The letter notes that the "Office of Inspector General completed its investigation into the circumstances surrounding" some issue, however that issue has been redacted. The CIA also withheld in full a 115-page report attached to the letter.
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February 25, 2010
This is a 3-page letter dated 8/9/2007 from the Inspector General of CIA to the IOB regarding a Report of Investigation. It is followed by a CIA Inspector General Report of Investigation, nine of ten pages of which have been denied in full. This Report was also attached to an earlier November 8, 2005 letter from the OIG to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (see CIA_Part019.pdf).
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a 7-page letter dated 8/7/2008 from an Associate General Counsel of CIA to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board for the second quarter of 2008. The letter discusses 8 "reportable items." The CIA has redacted all information about these items, even though the letter notes that "[n]one of these incidents had any significant impact on national security or international relations."
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February 25, 2010
This is a 5-page letter dated 9/29/2008 from the Inspector General of CIA to the Inspector General for the Director of National Intelligence relating to a Report of Investigation. It includes a letter from the CIA Inspector General to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Attached to the letter was a 289-page enclosure which is the Report of Investigation. The CIA withheld this enclosure in full but later informed EFF that the report was titled "Procedures Used in Narcotics Airbridge Denial Program in Peru, 1995-2001." The letter notes the "report has also been furnished to leadership of the Intelligence Committees, as various committee members and staff have periodically expressed interest in this investigation and have asked that the Report be provided to the Committees upon completion."
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a letter dated 7/6/2004 from John Helgerson, Acting Inspector General of CIA, to the Intelligence Oversight Board. The CIA withheld in full a 6-page document enclosed with the letter. The letter and enclosure conveyed to the Intelligence Oversight Board the comments of the Department of Justice on the CIA Inspector General's report to the Board. The letter notes a recommendation that the CIA's General Counsel "request a current legal opinion from DoJ." Apparently, once CIA requested a legal opinion, the DoJ requested the CIA "make certain changes to the Report itself." The CIA "determined this to be impracticable." All other information about the report and the DOJ's determination on the report has been redacted.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a letter dated 9/21/2004 from John Rizzo, the Acting General Counsel of CIA to the Intelligence Oversight Board. It provides a quarterly report for the first quarter of 2004. The letter notes there are "two reportable items," though information about these items has been withheld. A list of 11 additional items is attached but heavily redacted.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
November 3, 2004 letter from John Helgerson, Inspector General of CIA to the Chair of the IOB. The letter refers to the OIG's May 2004 Report of Special Review, Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (September 2001-0ctober 2003) and notes the IOB requested source documents referenced in that report. Those source documents appear to be attached to this letter, however, 34 pages were withheld in full.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
This is a letter dated 2/4/2005 from John Helgersen, the Inspector General of CIA, to the chair of the IOB. It references a Semiannual OIG Report to the Director of CIA for the period of July - December 2004 (see CIA_Part011.pdf above).
FOIA Releases - FBI
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March 30, 2011
IOB Report documenting FBI monitoring of "young children" as a consequence of a "John Doe" wiretap.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007.
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October 10, 2010
This file consists entirely of duplicate pages.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007.
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October 10, 2010
This file contains a cover letter describing the FBI's third release of documents to EFF.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2003 and 2008.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006 and 2007.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2003 and 2006. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2001 and 2008.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2001.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2001 and 2002.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2004. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, 2004.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006 and 2007. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006 and 2007. This file contains a large number of duplicate pages.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2003, 2004, and 2005.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006 and 2007.
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August 13, 2010
This file contains a cover letter describing the FBI's second release of documents to EFF.
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July 16, 2010
This file contains a cover letter describing the FBI's first release of documents to EFF.
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July 16, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2008.
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July 16, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2007 and 2008.
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July 16, 2010
This file contains FBI intelligence violation reports to the IOB. The reports are from 2006, 2007, and 2008.
FOIA Releases - NSA
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April 15, 2010
Reports describing Adrienne Kinne's whistleblower activity in 2006.
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April 15, 2010
Reports describing Adrienne Kinne's whistleblower activity in 2006.
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February 25, 2010
Referred to NSA from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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December 16, 2009
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June 8, 2009
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June 8, 2009
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June 8, 2009
FOIA Releases - ODNI
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March 23, 2010
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March 23, 2010
Correspondence to and from the ODNI re: IOB reports.
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March 23, 2010
IOB reports forwarded to the ODNI from other agencies.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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December 16, 2009
FOIA Releases - Department of Defense
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March 3, 2010
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March 3, 2010
Referred to NORAD from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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February 25, 2010
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February 25, 2010
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December 2, 2009
Extremely poor quality photocopy.
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May 8, 2008
FOIA Releases - Department of Homeland Security
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February 1, 2010
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January 15, 2010
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December 16, 2009
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April 30, 2009
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April 30, 2009
FOIA Releases - Department of Justice
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January 15, 2010
Litigation Documents: EFF v. CIA
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December 21, 2009
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November 17, 2009
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November 10, 2009
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November 4, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
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October 27, 2009
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October 27, 2009
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September 28, 2009
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September 28, 2009
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August 28, 2009
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July 22, 2009
FOIA Releases - Department of State
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December 16, 2009
FOIA Releases - Department of Energy
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November 17, 2009
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November 17, 2009
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January 12, 2009
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
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December 12, 2008
FOIA Releases - DEA
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June 25, 2009
FOIA Releases - Department of Treasury
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November 17, 2008
FOIA Releases - National Reconnaissance Office
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August 25, 2008