1996 CIA FOIA Case Log Highlights by Michael Ravnitzky Here are some selected subjects of CIA FOIA requests filed in calendar year 1996. The CIA removes the case number from the case log, probably the only agency to do so (those rascals!). (Most agencies provide case logs with the case numbers of the requests so that you can refer to specific requests.)
The bad news is that any ordinary non-journalist who wants copies of records already provided by the CIA (so called 'fill-from' FOIA requests) must pay search fees all over again.
The good news is that as journalists, YOU are not required under the FOIA to pay search fees and thus you can request any of these records without outrageous fees resulting from this anomalous CIA practice of removing the case numbers.
I am just going to list subjects of some of the requests I found most interesting, without including the names of the requesters and dates of requests.
If you want a complete list for any year, just write to the CIA and ask for a copy of the 19XX FOIA Case Log for any particular year. Lee Strickland, Office of Information and Privacy, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC 20505. You can also ask for anything listed below.
- Operation Stargate and Project Scanate
- The report to Congress, November 1995 on the Soviet Perceptions Program
- Mollyšs War Crimes Notes, by Molly Tasker in Room 1016 Ames Building
- CD Rom Copies of the Interactive Survival Level Language Courses (Spanish, French)
- Supplemental Workbooks & Audio Tapes from Federal Language Training Laboratory
- 1979 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for North Korea
- Reports on the security of US Interest in Canada
- Reports on the Break-In of the Residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, 11/5/95
- All reports on the Quebec Referendum
- Activities of Russia, North Korea, China, Cuba, Libya, Iraq in Canada
- US Weapons of Mass Destruction on Canadian Soil and their Security
- OSS Team near Mukden, Manchuria Led by Major Hennessey, 'Operation Cardinal'
- Operation 'Tilt' planned for 1962 or 1963
- Analysis of the Berlin Problem, 14 November 1960
- All Reports on the Nuclear Program of Taiwan
- All Reports on the Nuclear Weapons Program of South Korea
- All Reports on the Nuclear Weapons Program of Japan
- All Reports on the Nuclear Weapons Program of Germany
- Reports on How the US cracked Russian Counterintelligence in Sept 1974
- All Records Regarding the Washington Free Press or the Quicksilver Times
- A Report or Summary of the Investigation by Paul Bergson
- Info on the A-12 (SR-71) crash on 5 January 1967
- Information on the 30-40 Foot Speedboat the Agency Uses
- Information on Recruitment of Iraqi Immigrants by CIA
- Records from 1990 to present on Iraq Chemical or Biological Agents
- All Information on the Glomar Explorer (Project Jennifer)
- Operation Eagle Claw or Operation Ivory Coast
- All Information on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee
- A copy of NIE 11/17/83: Implications of Soviet Use of Chemical and Toxin Weapons
- All records on MKultra, Bluebird, Artichoke (mind control programs)
- Project Silver Bug
- A copy of Corona - Americašs First Satellite Program
- All records on CIA investigation of unexplained acoustic phenomena (strange sonic booms), east coast of US, 1977-1978
- Declassification of DCI History volumes
- All records on Polly-Peck International and Del Monte Corporation
- All records/imagery of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant during May 11, 1969 fire
- The Deterrence and Strategy of Total War, 1959-1961 (Rand Memo RM-2301)
- A report called 'Hearts and Minds: Picking Up the Pieces'
- Importation of Cocaine into US by federal agencies in the last ten years
- All records on a project called 'Nice Girl'
- Information on Magnum Photos, Inc., Magnum Photo, Magnum International
- Policies and Procedures for requesting CIA files under FOIA
- All records concerning the Church of Scientology, Dianetics, etc.
- How I can apply to have my body donated to the Army or US Military (!)
- Francis Gary Powersš Polygraph Test and U-2 Incident Debriefing
- Transcripts, etc. (requested by his son: Francis Powers, Jr.) (!)
- Dr. William Joseph Bryan Jr. and the American Institute of Hypnosis
- Copy of CIA Report Number 00-W-23682 on flying saucers
- All records on my father John Arthur Paisley, requested by Ed Paisley (JFK stuff)
- All records concerning cartoonist Al Capp, requested by Anthony Summers
- Two Studies Ordered by Clinton in Oct. 1994 on CIA Activities in Haiti
- List of CIA IMPAC Credit Card Holders
- CIA Telephone Directory
- CIA Document ST-79-10001, The Holocaust Revisited
- All Records on the Manhattan Project
- OSS and CIA Funding of Russian Emigre Organizations/Publications, 1945-1969
- All documents on Vice President Henry Wallace
- All Records on the Ebola Virus
- All records about Raytheonšs Involvement with SIVAM project
- A copy of the Report ŗThinking About Accountability˛
- Records concerning the CIAšs Oil-Denial Plan in Saudi Arabia from 1949-1952
- Use of US Arms by West Pakistan Against Bengali Separatists, April 1971
- SRI (stanford research institute) Report 3184
- All contracts with Burrellešs Press Clipping Service, Luce Press
- Clipping Service, Baconšs Information Service
- Information on CIA Job Openings and Application Procedures
- Information on CIAšs 'Open Task Force' set up by DCI Robert Gates
- All records on the Three Mile Island Incident
- A copy of 'The Ramparts Revelations of 1967' and 'A Secret World'
- Psychological Profile of Saddam Hussein
- Documents concerning Dr. John Dessauršs project to develop a camera to be planted in the Xerox Photocopying Machines at the Soviet Embassy
- All records on Vincent Price (requested by his daughter Victoria Price)
- OSS reports on the July 20, 1944 Attempt on Hitleršs Life
- A copy of the Psychological Warfare Manual (requested by Barnes & Noble Books!)
- Records on the Transfer of Power by the President to the VP in case of incapacity
- A copy of 'The Consumeršs Guide to Intelligence'
- The complete Lecture Book and Precis (Camp X film)
- Eugene Bird Interviews with Nazi Rudolf Hess from 1969-1971 that were taped
- All records on the Skull and Bones Club (aka Russell Society) at Yale
- Copy of the Annual Report of the Director of Central Intelligence
- FOIA Case Logs for 1980 - 1996
- Report: Joint Intelligence Community Law Enforcement Working Group
- All records on the balloon leaflet operations by the Free Europe Committee
- Pakistanšs Attempts to Export Krytons from the US in 1983-1984
- 1984-1996 Reports on Indiašs Development of a Hydrogen Bomb
- A copy of 'Those Daring Young Men and their Ultra High Flying Machines'
- A copy of 'Mission to Birch Woods Via Seven Tents and New Siberia'
- Pakistan Production of Weapons Grade Uranium at Kahuta
- 'Brief Survey of Soviet Research in the Direction and Control of Human Behavior'
- All records regarding sightings of the ghost of Abraham Lincoln
- All records on the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
- Copy of DDST Historical Paper # OSI-1 'History of the Office of Scientific Intelligence'
- Copy of 'Chemical/Biological Agent Incident Handbook'
- All reports on Project Azorian
- All records on Operation Vampire Slayer
- All records on Aerial Vehicle 3 also known as Dark Star
- All records on Anti-matter or antigravity propulsion
- All records on the disappearance of the TV News Helicopter on Nov 12, 1980 enroute from Bahamas to Miami
- All records on the status of South African Chemical Biological Weapons Programs
- All records on the Genetrix Balloon Surveillance Program
- All records on Salvador Dali
- A copy of 'Our First Line of Defense'
- A copy of the CIA employment recruitment brochure
- All records on Operation Stay Behind, Operation Glaive, Operation Sheepskin, Red Sheepskin, etc.
- Copy of National Intelligence Estimate: 'Emerging Threats to North America During the Next 15 Years'
- All records on Project Bando Proword, Project Bando
- A copy of a January 1985 Research Report: 'Pakistan: Nuclear Decision Makers'
- All correspondance with Albert Einstein at CIA or OSS
- All records on SP/Pointer Mail Surveillance program
- All records regarding sleep torture
- Language instruction materials in [obscure language placed here]
- CIA policy regarding use of clergy
- All contracts with the Columbia University Department of Anthropology
- All contracts with the University of Chicago Department of Anthropology
- All contracts with the Yale University Department of Anthropology
- All contracts with the University of Michigan Department of Anthropology
- All contracts with the Harvard University Department of Anthropology
- All contracts with the University of Florida Departmentof Anthropology
- Records of KGB Agents at the 19XX Olympics (various)
- All records on cattle mutilations
- All records on Mary Pinchot Meyer (JFK girlfriend [reputedly his LSD connection - ed.], wife of CIA bigwig Cord Meyer, she was murdered)
- All records on Thomas Dooley
- Copies of recent issues of a CIA internal magazine: 'The Public Eye'
- A copy of 'A Frame work For Future'
- A copy of the 'Burial at Sea' video provided to the Soviets after secret recovery of submarine w/bodies, tape made for Soviets
- A copy of 'Index of records available to the public'
- A copy of the report 'King Alfred Plan for Counterinsurgency'
- All records on Marilyn Monroe
- Copy of All 1994, 1995 and 1996 issues of the CIA Newsletter 'Whatšs News at CIA'
- All records on CIA activities at Mena, Arkansas
- A copy of 'Quality of Intelligence Judgments Preceding Significant Historical Failure over the last twenty years' dated December 16, 1983
- A copy of J. Dewey fournetšs Report on UFOšs, dated January 14-18, 1953
- All records on the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad
- A copy of Information Report 009B321-02171-64 (on ESP)
- All records on Leon Theremin (first electronic musician)
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