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The Spy In Your Pocket

Cell phone surveillance technology has outpaced policy and public awareness. MuckRock is investigating precisely how law enforcement across the country use cell phones to locate and track individuals.

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Experiments in Execution: The Death Penalty Project

Tracking the policies and procedures that dictate how people are put to death in the United States.

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Not Cops: Bail and Bounty Oversight

A project tracking regulations that may or may not exist regarding bail enforcement agents and bounty hunters around the country.

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Latest Articles See all

What we talk about when we talk about █████: Secrecy, overclassification, and the CIA’s hidden history

What we talk about when we talk about █████: Secrecy, overclassification, and the CIA’s hidden history

by JPat Brown
September 30, 2019

In 1978, the director of the CIA warned that excessive, impulsive secrecy was a danger — not only to the public’s right to know, but to the agency’s ability to keep the important secrets. 40 years later, that lesson still needs repeating.

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I paid $125 for this photo of Angela Merkel

I paid $125 for this photo of Angela Merkel

by JPat Brown
September 18, 2019

After five years of trying to get records out of the Harvard University Police Department, I ended up spending $125 on a high-resolution photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is the story of how and why.

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FBI file documents Chef Paul Prudhomme’s history of accidentally bringing loaded guns to airports

FBI file documents Chef Paul Prudhomme’s history of accidentally bringing loaded guns to airports

by JPat Brown
September 13, 2019

Celebrated Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme found himself in hot water for accidentally bringing a loaded firearm to the airport on more than one occasion, according to his FBI file.

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The former FBI agent’s guide to living it up in New Orleans

The former FBI agent’s guide to living it up in New Orleans

by JPat Brown
September 11, 2019

Heading to New Orleans for #ONA2019 and not sure what to wear in Louisiana in the fall? Well, you’re in luck. The Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had their annual conference in NOLA in 1972, and their official publication, “The Grapevine,” has you covered. Literally.

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Cooking with FOIA: The declassified ham sandwiches of the CIA archives

Cooking with FOIA: The declassified ham sandwiches of the CIA archives

by JPat Brown
September 10, 2019

There’s a running joke on both sides of the transparency community that the standards for secrecy are so absurd that “you could easily classify a ham sandwich.” And nowhere does that dictum ring more true than in regards to the Central Intelligence Agency, which has, on multiple occasions, classified ham sandwiches.

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Latest Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Howard Sayre Weaver (FBI) No Responsive Documents Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
#PSL Tweet No Responsive Documents Central Intelligence Agency United States of America
100th Night Show 2019 Withdrawn United States Military Academy United States of America
"Naruto Run" briefing Withdrawn Air Force United States of America
E. Franklin Frazier (FBI) Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America

Recently Completed Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Bigfoot (Unprocessed) (FBI) Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
H H Brookins (FBI) Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
April Resolution Emails Completed City of Cambridge Cambridge, MA
Albert Einstein (Unprocessed) (FBI) Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
NIH AIDS Internal Histories Completed National Institutes of Health United States of America

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