Background According to the Department of Justice (DOJ): “Consensual monitoring is the interception by an electronic device of any wire, oral, or electronic communication where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the monitoring or recording. A warrant is not required to conduct consensual monitoring, and the party providing consent may be a government agent. See 18 U.S.C. § 2511, (2) (c) – (e) (2002).” In June of 2014, I requested from the NSA, records on their policy regarding “Consensual Monitoring.” It took until September 12, 2017, to get a response, which can be found…
Author: John Greenewald
Background According to the White House press release on May 9, 2017: Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “The FBI is one of our Nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” said President Trump. A search for a new permanent FBI Director will begin immediately. Donald Trump fired Mr. James Comey via letter, which…
Background On February 27, 2017, the Sacramento Bee published the following article (snippet below – or full article here): California lawmakers demand federal records on Southern California immigrant arrests BY ALEXEI KOSEFF – [email protected] Democratic leaders of the California Legislature are seeking clarification of federal immigration enforcement policy after round-ups of undocumented immigrants earlier this month sparked renewed fears of increased deportation raids under the Trump administration. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday jointly sent a Freedom of Information Act request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, asking for documents outlining national or California ICE…
Background In November of 2017, I requested the FBI’s “Classification Guidebook”. This consists of the, “FBI National Security Information Classification Guide” and the, “FBI Automatic Declassification Guide.” They were released late in December of 2017. The request is still open pending additional information released, however, I have put up what is available below. You will note that the .pdf document has bookmarks for each guide, as they are together in one file. Document Archive FBI Classification Guidebooks [87 Pages, 46.5MB]
Background Operation Pedro Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a mass exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors to the United States between 1960 and 1962. Father Bryan O. Walsh of the Catholic Welfare Bureau created the program to provide air transportation to the United States for Cuban children. It operated without publicity out of fear that it would be viewed as an anti-Castro political enterprise. Document Archive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Operation Pedro PanDocuments [20 Pages, 2.9MB]