Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Documents

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

FBI Files on “The Untouchables” Television Series, 1948-1962 - [PDF 6.6 MB 16-Jun-2014]

FBI High Visibility Memoranda – memos concerning the release of FBI Files that could have substantial media interest, 2010-2013 - [PDF 1.7 MB 02-Jun-2014]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “Ash Report,” 1977-1981 - [PDF 11.4 MB 03-Feb-2014]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File on Ike Turner, 1976, 1982, 1960-1961 - [PDF 13 MB 27-Jan-2014]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File on the SYNANON Foundation, Inc., 1963-1985 - [PDF 3.9 MB 20-Jan-2014]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file on the Comics Magazine Association of America, 1960 - [PDF 685 KB 07-Oct-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 80-HQ-760, Ultrasonic Listening Devices / Wiretapping, 1945 - 1989 - [PDF 61.7 MB - 24-Jun-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 65-HQ-38100, William Albertson, 1951-1972 - [PDF 135 MB - 17-Jun-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file; 135 Megabytes, containing over 2,500 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 105-HQ-229897, Contacts between representatives of the Soviet Union and members or staff personnel of the United States Congress, 1964-1972 - [PDF 39.4 MB - 10-Jun-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 62-HQ-318, Electronic Surveillance at the Department of Justice, 1966-1967 - [PDF 33.6 MB - 10-Jun-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FOI/PA High Visibility Memoranda, 1979 - 1986 - [PDF 13.7 MB - 10-Jun-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ-21440, Informational Brochure Concerning the FBI, 1929-1946 - [PDF 59 MB - 18-Mar-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file, 59 MB

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file: British Security Coordination/Intelligence Operations, 1939-1941 - [PDF 1.9 MB - 18-Mar-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 66-HQ-17381, Bureau War Plans, 1948-1956 - [PDF 163 MB - 21-Jan-2013]
NOTE: This is a large file; 163 Megabytes, containing over 3300 pages of reports

FBI File 65-HQ-59264 FBI Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference, 1950-1951 - [PDF 33 MB - 21-Jan-2013]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ-80750, Central Intelligence Group (CIG) - National Intelligence Authority (NIA), 1945-1948 - [PDF 34 MB - 24-Dec-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: Soviet Use of the Polygraph, June 1981 - [PDF 348 KB - 10-Dec-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 80-MM-1353, Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, Summer 1972, 1971-1975 - [PDF 260 MB - 29-Oct-2012]
NOTE: This is a very large file - 260 MB - containing over 6,400 pages of released records
Recommend you do not attempt to view this large file online - download the file and view offline. Windows: right-click, choose "Save Target as... " and save to your PC

Sections of FBI File 100-93216, Estimate of Soviet Capability for Waging Biological and Chemical Warfare (1954) - [PDF 1.4 MB - 29-Oct-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records pertaining to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1993-2001 - [PDF 849 KB - 08-Oct-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-3286, Destruction of Bureau Records, 1944-1996 - [PDF 469 MB -10-Sep-2012]
NOTE: This is a very large file - 469 MB - containing over 7,400 pages of released records
Recommend you do not attempt to view this large file online - download the file and view offline.  Windows: right-click, choose "Save Target as... " and save to your PC

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 105-HQ-19581, National Security Council Special Committee on Technical Surveillance Countermeasures, 1963-1964 - [PDF 4 MB - 06-Aug-2012]

Extracts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Foreign Counterintelligence Review, 1976-1979 - [PDF 1.7 MB - 23-Jul-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records re: Vice President Dick Cheney Interview on Leak of Valerie Plame's Identity, 2004 - [PDF 3 MB - 16-Jul-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file No. 65-HQ-74480, Foreign Intelligence Analysis, 1972-1988 - [PDF 20.6 MB - 25-Jun-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 62-HQ-46855: Book Reviews, 1959-1966 - [PDF 139 MB - 05-Mar-2012]
NOTE: This is a large file; 139 Megabytes, containing over 1800 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554: FBI Executives Conference, Sections, 29, 30, 34, and 35, 1945-1946 - [PDF 101 MB - 16-Jan-2012]
NOTE: This is a large file; 101 Megabytes, containing over 1000 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 71-HQ-5415, James Robert “Bob” Langston – Midwest Stag Film and Burlesque Showman, 1952-1953 - [PDF 10.7 MB - 09-Jan-2012]

Updated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Record/Information/Dissemination Section (RIDS) Dead List, (complete), 2011 - [PDF 27 MB - 09-Jan-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence Assessment: Assessment of Documents Relating to US Schools, 2004 - [PDF 855 KB - 09-Jan-2012]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ-97308, Security of Telephone Services, 1952-1995 - [PDF 66 MB - 26-Dec-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 66 Megabytes

FBI Monograph: Threat Assessment of Pro-Khomeini Shiite Activities in the U.S., 24-February-1984 - [PDF 3.4 MB - 19-Dec-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 100-HQ-343044, Soviet War Plans, 1945 -1948 - [PDF 34 MB - 12-Dec-2011]

FBI File No. 58-HQ-1548, 1940's FBI Leak Investigation Focusing on Lawrence E. Kerley, an editor with the New York Journal-American newspaper, and former FBI Special Agent - [PDF 62.3 MB - 21-Nov-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file 62 Megabytes containing over 1000 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file 52-HQ-94527 re: March 1971 break-in at the FBI Media, Pennsylvania Resident Office, 1971-1972 - [PDF 30.5 MB - 21-Nov-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on Ramparts Magazine, 1964-1975 - [PDF 52.8 MB - 14-Nov-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 52 Megabytes

Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) file re: the Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka, KS, 1996-2006 - [PDF 19.9 MB - 14-Nov-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files re: The Village Voice newspaper, 1969-1997 - [PDF 15.6 MB - 07-Nov-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-98634, Henry M. Blackmer, fugitive, 1928-1953 - [PDF 23.2 MB - 31-Oct-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 88-HQ-12, Charles Arthur Demers (and aliases) - White Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act), 1934-1948 - [PDF 52.6 MB - 24-Oct-2011]  NOTE: This is a large file 52.6 Megabytes containing over 800 pages of reports

Pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests administratively canceled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a fee dispute with researcher Ernie Lazar, 2004 – 2009 - [PDF 15.4 MB - 02-Oct-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 100-HQ-460495 re: The Berrigan Brothers and The Harrisburg Seven trial, 1970-1989 - [PDF 25.9 MB - 01-Aug-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 62-HQ-104045, September 1959 visit of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev to the United States, 1957-1959 - [PDF 65 MB - 25-Jul-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on Paladin Press, 1972-1998 - [PDF 6.6 MB - 18-Jul-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file on Loompanics Unlimited, Publishers/Sellers of Unusual Books, 1981 - 1995 - [PDF 6 MB - 18-Jul-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) New York File 100-NY-162260: Youth International Party (Yippies), 1967-1977 - [PDF 300 MB - 20-Jun-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 300 Megabytes, containing over 6600 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-16371, “Undercover Assignments in Atomic Energy Installations,” 1949-1952, 1964 - [PDF 7.8 MB - 30-May-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 105-HQ-14562, “Atomic Bomb in Unknown Consulate, New York City,” 1951-1954, 1964 - [PDF 2.7 MB - 30-May-2011]

Job description for the Second Assistant Section Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS), 2005 - [PDF 545 KB - 09-May-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Newsletter for the Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS), "RIDS FOIA BUZZ," 2009-2010 - [PDF 2.5 MB - 18-April-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554: FBI Executives Conference, Sections, 6, 7, and 8, 1937-1939 - [PDF 135 MB - 28-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 135 Megabytes, containing over 1400 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554: FBI Executives Conference, Sections, 10, and 11, 1939-1940 - [PDF 124 MB - 28-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 124 Megabytes, containing over 940 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554: FBI Executives Conference, Sections, 13, 15, and 16, 1941-1942 - [PDF 94 MB - 28-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 94 Megabytes, containing over 970 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554: FBI Executives Conference, Sections, 17, and 18, 1942-1943 - [PDF 81 MB - 28-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 81 Megabytes, containing over 690 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554, FBI Executives Conference Sections, 12, 19, 22, and 23, 1945-1946 - [PDF 128 MB - 21-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 128 Megabytes, containing over 1200 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554, FBI Executives Conference Sections 20, 21, and 26, 1943-1945 - [PDF 95 MB - 21-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 95 Megabytes, containing over 900 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2554, FBI Executives Conference Sections 28, 31, and 32, 1945-1946 - [PDF 126 MB - 21-Mar-2011]
NOTE: This is a large file; 126 Megabytes, containing over 880 pages of reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Headquarters File number 105-HQ-89923, Efforts to Overthrow Castro (Clip Program) Sections 1-4, 1960 - 1965 - [PDF 54 MB - 07-Mar-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 2004 Threat Task Force Prevention Plan (“October Plan”), September-November 2004 - [PDF 18.4 MB - 21-Feb-2011]
(additional material released on appeal)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number HQ 105-18233, searches of diplomatic shipments leaving the United States, 1952-1967 - [PDF 8.1 MB - 14-Mar-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on The Anarchist Cookbook, 1971-1999 - [PDF 9.8 MB - 14-Feb-2011] 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 62-HQ-405001, US Army Colonel John Reybold Ret., 1957-1973 - [PDF 1 MB - 07-Feb-2011]

Extracts from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File HQ 62-81484, War Plans, 1946-1967 - [PDF 19 MB - 24-Jan-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file number 66-HQ-19016 (section 1): Defense Plans –Presidential Emergency Action Documents, 1958 - 1979 - [PDF 4.2 MB - 17-Jan-2011]

Sections 5 through 7 (and enclosure 109) of FBI Headquarters file 66-18953: Defense Plans Department of Justice_1955-1982 - [PDF 12.2 MB - 03-Jan-2011]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 105-14879, International Organizations, Dangerous Aliens of Nations Outside the Soviet Bloc, 1951 – 1955 - [PDF 8.7 MB - 20-Dec-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 100-HQ-45751, FBI Wartime Investigation of Donald Nelson, head of the War Production Board under President Roosevelt (due to an extramarital relationship with Peggy Carson), 1941-1944 - [PDF 65 MB - 29-Nov-2010]  NOTE: Large PDF file: 65 MB.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-18953, War  Plans – Emergency Relocation Plans for the Department of Justice (DOJ), 1954 – 1956, 1966 - [PDF 32.9 MB - 29-Nov-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 62-HQ-92531, War Plans – White House, 1950 – 1967 (originally maintained in the FBI Confidential File Room) - [PDF 1.8 MB - 29-Nov-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Freedom of Information (FOIA) Work Processing Unit quality control checklist, 2010 [PDF 229 KB - 18-Oct-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) war/emergency plans and Bureau assistance for members of Congress in the event of war/emergency, 1955-1977 [PDF 5 MB - 18-Oct-2010]

Documents related to FBI policies for placing records on CD-ROM, 2003-2004 [PDF 3.6 MB - 01-Oct-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number HQ 157-10909: Possible Leak of Information, San Diego Office, 1968-1973 [PDF 1.8 MB - 06-Sep-2010]

Some Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files re: Bella S. Abzug, 1953 – 1990 [PDF 19.7 MB - 23-Aug-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ-70552 from the FBI Confidential File Room - investigation regarding allegations concerning Sheriff of Coffee County Tennessee, 1942-1945 [PDF 3.7 MB - 16-Aug-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files 9-HQ-26615 and 62-HQ-89229, investigation of Katherine Murphy Halle (AKA Kay Halle), 1949 - 1965 [PDF 16 MB - 02-Aug-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS) Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIPA) Process Board Minutes, 2008-2009 [PDF 912 KB - 05-Jul-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 62-HQ-60512, Subject: Investigation (“loyalty check”) of Edith Helm, Social Secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1940-1956 [PDF 3.7 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 25-HQ-277337, subject: Van Johnson, Selective Service File, 1945-1952 [PDF 2.3 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File 100-HQ-97391, Subject: Communist Infiltration of the FBI, 1941-1956 [PDF 4.4 MB - 19-Jul-2010]

FBI File Number 174-HQ-1804 from Confidential File Room on 1971 Maryland Bomb Plot [PDF 2.3 MB - 12-Jul-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File Number 66-HQ-2319, "Employee Suggestions File," 1927-1992 [PDF 62 MB - 28-Jun-2010]
NOTE: Large file: 62 MB

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) release of material from FBI file number 100-HQ-403320 Subject: The Mattachine Society, 1948-1971 [PDF 43 MB - 28-Jun-2010]
NOTE: Large file: 43 MB

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Automatic Declassification Guide, National Security Branch, Version 2.1, May 24, 2007 [PDF 2.2 MB - 14-Jun-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Freedom Of Information (FOIA) And Privacy Acts (PA) Reference Manual [PDF 66.7 MB - 17-May-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records relating to Confidential Files Maintained In Rm 6527 [PDF 17.5 MB - 26-Feb-2010]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Record/Information/Dissemination Section (RIDS) Dead List, 2009 [PDF 24.6 MB - 11-Jan-2010]

FBI Monograph: Fedayeen Impact - Middle East and United States, June 1970 [PDF 3.1 MB - 09-Sep-2009]

FBI Monograph: Unusual Investigative Techniques, August 1961 [PDF 2.7 MB - 09-Sep-2009]

FBI Monograph: Smear Campaign Against the FBI: The Nation October 18, 1958, April 1959 [PDF 3.0 MB - 09-Sep-2009]

Six Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Comity Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding [PDF 1.6 MB - 04-Sep-2009]

FBI records regarding Sex Offenders Foreign Intelligence; Sex Degenerates and Sex Offenders; Sex Perverts in Government Service, 1950 - 1966  [PDF 1.0 MB - 21-Aug-2009]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) monograph: Soviet Intelligence Targets in the United States 1946 – 1953 [PDF 1.8 MB - 24-Mar-2009]

FBI File on John D Nicolaides, Ph.D. [PDF 853 KB - 13-Mar-2009]

Federal Bureau of Investigation Automatic Declassification Guide, 24-May-2007 [PDF 1.6 MB - 11-Dec-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Subject Index of Central Research Section Monographs, August, 1947--December, 1955 [PDF 1.3 MB - 11-Dec-2008]

Large group of FBI files detailing communications between FBI and NARA regarding FBI records retention.  51 PDF files totaling 405 Megabytes CLICK HERE  [15-Sep-2008]
NOTE: This link opens a separate page listing available files.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: The Fedayeen Terrorist/Monograph, June, 1970 [PDF 698 KB - 16-Aug-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: Stool Pigeon or Loyal Citizen August 1952, Stool Pigeon or Loyal Citizen Part II, June 1955 [PDF 996 KB - 16-Aug-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: The Struggle Against Lawlessness, May 1970 [PDF 3.2 MB - 12-Jul-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: Extremists Attack the Courts, 17-April-1970 [PDF 580 KB - 11-Jul-2008]

FBI Summary of “The FBI In Our Open Society,” A Book by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet [PDF 2.3 MB - 03-Jul-2008]

FBI Summary Memorandum on The Veterans of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade 1937 – 1948 [PDF 5.6 MB - 03-Jul-2008]

FBI records related to: All Sections FBI Do Not Contact List, 1971-1972 [PDF 5.7 MB - 03-Jul-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) monograph: The FBI and Civil Rights, September 1955 [PDF 2.3 MB - 22-Jun-2008]

US Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FOI/PA high visibility memoranda, 1974 – 1985 [PDF 5.3 MB - 22-Jun-2008]

Letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Asst. Attorney General William P Rogers, 13-January-1953 [PDF 188 KB - 18-Jun-2008]

(Partial) US Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file re: Robert Anton Wilson, 1964-1966 [PDF 643 KB - 17-Jun-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: Pretexts and Cover Techniques, May 1956 [PDF 1.14 MB - 06-May-2008]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monograph: US (African-American Nationalist Group) – April 1968 [PDF 1.39 MB - 06-May-2008]

Various FBI, Army, and FBI documents with Army content concerning Bacteriological Warfare and/or Bacteriological Weapons [PDF 9.9 MB - 19-Mar-2008]

US DOJ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records on Impact of FOI / Privacy Acts on Law Enforcement, 2004 [PDF 8.9 MB - 21-Feb-2008]

Extract of FBI files on Joseph Valachi 1962 – 1978 [PDF 33.8 MB - 29-Jan-2008]

Extract of FBI files on North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) 1979–1986 [PDF 32 MB - 29-Jan-2008]

FBI report of 1981 interview of Joseph S. Chagra re: murder of Judge John Wood [PDF 1.23 MB - 21-Jan-2008]

US DOJ Federal Bureau of Investigation Documents re: No Fly Lists 2001 - 2003 [PDF 9.8 MB - 03-Oct-2007]

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