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- Operation Paperclip: Guidelines on Nazi Affiliations for Background Investigators
Operation Paperclip was a post-WWII secret program by the U.S. Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) to recruit German scientists, engineers, and technicians for U.S. government employment, prim…
- U.S. Arms Transfers: Foreign Intelligence Facilitation and Declassified Records Corroboration
This investigation concerns the extent to which foreign intelligence services and intermediaries have facilitated U.S. arms transfers, and whether declassified foreign government records corroborate o…
- Federal Agencies' Purchase of Commercial Location Data (2016-2024)
Multiple U.S. federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), have purchased commercially available location data from third-party data b…
- FBI COINTELPRO Internal Objections by Field Office Personnel (Formal Written Records)
COINTELPRO was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, which have been documented as illegal and extralegal, aimed at surveilling and disrupting domestic political organizat…
- Federal Prosecutions Involving Informant-Initiated Conduct (Post-1980)
The use of confidential informants (CIs) by federal law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations and prosecutions is a long-standing practice, with guidelines updated since 1980 permitting info…
- DEA and FBI Informant Inducement in Prosecutions: Quantifying Initiated Criminal Conduct
The use of confidential informants (CIs) is a recognized tactic in federal law enforcement investigations, particularly by the DEA and FBI, to combat organized crime and drug trafficking. The FBI expl…
- FBI, DEA, and DOJ Informant Authorization Policies and Approval Thresholds (Post-1980)
This dossier investigates the internal policy memoranda issued by the FBI, DEA, and DOJ since 1980 regarding the authorization of informant-proposal operations and their documented approval thresholds…
- Federal Agency Purchases of Commercial Location Data from Data Brokers
Multiple federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have been identified as purchasers of commercial location data and other personal information from data brokers. This pr…
- Oversight Mechanisms for FBI and DHS Location Data Purchases
This dossier investigates the documented oversight mechanisms pertaining to the purchase of commercial location data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Securit…
- GAO Reports on Federal Agency Purchases of Commercial Data Broker Data (Post-2010)
This dossier investigates the extent of Government Accountability Office (GAO) reporting since 2010 specifically on federal agency procurement of data from commercial data brokers. While the GAO has r…
- GAO Methodology for Civil Rights Impact Assessment in Data Broker Audits
This dossier investigates the methodology used by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) for assessing 'civil rights impact' in its audits, particularly as it would apply to federal agencies'…
- EPIC and CDT Recommendations for GAO Oversight of Federal Data Broker Purchases
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), among other civil society organizations, have actively called upon Congress and the Office of Manageme…
- Anomalous Health Incidents: Diagnostic Criteria and Neurological Markers
Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs), initially known as 'Havana Syndrome,' refer to a constellation of unexplained and sudden symptoms reported by U.S. government personnel and their family members, pri…
- Foreign Declassified Documents Contradicting U.S. Arms Transfer Records
This dossier investigates the precedent for declassified documents from foreign governments directly contradicting official U.S. State Department records concerning arms transfers. While the U.S. gove…
- State Department Documented End-Use Violations Reported to Congress Since 2020
The U.S. Department of State is responsible for investigating and reporting to Congress any substantial violations of agreements concerning U.S.-origin defense articles and services by foreign partner…
- Foreign Recipients Implicated in Defense Article Misuse (2020-Present)
The U.S. State Department is responsible for investigating and reporting end-use violations, which are defined as foreign partners' breaches of requirements regarding the purpose, transfer, and securi…
- State Department Staffing and Budget for End-Use Violations and Civilian Harm (2020-Present)
This dossier investigates the staffing levels and budget allocations within the U.S. State Department dedicated to investigating and reporting end-use violations and civilian harm, focusing on changes…
- Plan Colombia: US Intelligence Support and Declassification Gaps (1999-2000)
Plan Colombia was a United States foreign aid and military aid initiative launched in 1999, aimed at combating Colombian drug cartels and left-wing insurgent groups [2, 4, 5]. The plan involved signif…
- Challenges to Redactions and Incompleteness in HEW/HHS/USPHS Authorization Documents
This dossier investigates whether formal challenges, such as lawsuits or administrative appeals, have been made regarding the redactions or incompleteness of authorization chain documents originating …