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FOIA News: Access to intelligence records

FOIA News (2024)Allan BlutsteinComment

Using FOIA to Access Intelligence Community Records

By NARA/OGIS, FOIA Ombuds Observer (No. 2025-02), Dec. 9, 2024

Requesters regularly contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) about their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for access to records held by the Intelligence Community (IC), a group of 18 federal government agencies that collect, analyze and deliver intelligence and counterintelligence to U.S. leaders. As with any FOIA request, requesters need to know which agency holds the records they seek and how to submit a request.

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