Tag: FBI file

I received a letter today from the FBI (pretty nonchalant, eh?) regarding my Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of my records. One paragraph below. To promptly respond to requests, we concentrate on identifying main files in the central records system at the Seattle Field Office. No records responsive to your FOIPA request…

So I receive a letter from the FBI. In said letter, I get a form saying that my initial request could not be processed because it needed particular additional information and, highlighted, an original signature. Ironically, they also included my original request, which listed every last piece of info they requested plus some as well…

No, I didn’t receive yet. Are you kidding? This is the government we are dealing with–when was anything fast (‘cept for the whole collecting of taxes thing)? Actually, the Freedom of Information Act does give a timeline: (6)(A) Each agency, upon any request for records made under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection,…

In the past few months, I’ve semi-joked about obtaining a copy of my FBI file. Because of my previous work in the Navy (if not for other possible reasons), I know that I have one, but have been curious about the contents of it and possible errors in it. Thanks to the Freedom of Information/Privacy…