FBI Files / Domestic & Foreign Intelligence

Projects CHAOS / MERRIMAC / RESISTANCE

Background Operation CHAOS or Operation MHCHAOS was the code name for a domestic espionage project conducted by the Central Intelligence…

May 12, 2021

FBI File: Efforts to Overthrow Fidel Castro, Clip Program (File #105-HQ-89923)

Background The FBI has a file regarding the efforts to overthrow Cuba's Fidel Castro. This is a segment called the…

February 24, 2021

FBI Files – Cold War Era

Background The following list of documents pertain to FBI files and the Cold War era. They were obtained from the…

February 24, 2021

FBI Files: Astronauts

Background An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as…

December 3, 2020

Fifteen Members and Associates of Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges, November 23, 2020

According to the Department of Justice: A superseding indictment was unsealed today against 15 defendants, including alleged members and associates…

November 23, 2020

FBI Interviews Actress Jodie Foster about Attempted Assassin John Hinckley, Jr., 1981

Background While searching for files on various topics, The Black Vault filed a request in March of 2019, seeking all…

November 19, 2020

FBI File: Joe Exotic’s Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park

Background The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, which is sometimes called the G.W. Zoo and formerly the Garold Wayne Exotic…

November 4, 2020

FBI Files: Mark Felt aka “Deep Throat” Informant from Watergate Scandal

Background William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was an American law enforcement officer who worked…

October 7, 2020

INLET (Intelligence Letters) Reports, 1960s and 1970s

Background Beginning in 1969 and lasting until 1972, the FBI had an "intelligence letter" program, code named "INLET". According to…

May 7, 2020

FBI Prepublication Review of A Higher Loyalty by James Comey

Background In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of…

February 14, 2020