After the Church Committee scandal, the FBI issued explicit guidelines intended to prevent abuses.
Sources
- The Breakthrough: Uncovering the FBI's Secret Rules (propublica.org)
- https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/special/0509/final.pdf (oig.justice.gov)
- https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/standards-opening-fbi-investigation-so-low-they-make-statistic (brennancenter.org)
- https://cdt.org/insights/investigative-guidelines-cement-fbi-role-as-domestic-intelligence-agency-raising-new-privacy-challenges/ (cdt.org)
More in History
- China conducted its first atomic test in October 1964.
- The NSA uploaded a document titled "John Nash Letters (PDF)" on July 12, 2021, indicating its FOIA releases include correspondence associated with mathematician John Nash.
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- Time use surveys have been used since at least 1900.
- The 1964 CIA article "'Face' among the Arabs" was once classified and was later released through the CIA's Freedom of Information Act website.
- The St. Francis Dam failure occurred in 1928.