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U.S. Department of Justice

OLC - Office of Legal Counsel

OIG - Office of the Inspector General

FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Related Resources

• Chronology of DOJ legal pursuit of media records, 2017-2021, letter to news media dialogue group, September 1, 2021
• DOJ Use of Certain Law Enforcement Tools to Obtain Information from, or Records of, Members of the News Media, annual report for CY 2020 (CY 2018, CY 2017, CY 2016)
• Guidance Regarding Department Activities to Protect Certain Facilities or Assets from Unmanned Aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems, memorandum from the Attorney General, April 13, 2020
• Legal Considerations when Gathering Online Cyber Threat Intelligence and Purchasing Data from Illicit Sources, Dept of Justice, February 2020
• DOJ/NSD reports number of unauthorized disclosures ("crimes reports") in CY 2020, response to FOIA request, January 23, 2023
• DOJ/NSD reports number of unauthorized disclosures ("crimes reports") in CY 2017 and 2018, response to FOIA request, March 29, 2019
• DOJ/NSD Reports 37 Cases of Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information in 2016, response to FOIA request, February 27, 2017
• DOJ/NSD Cites Number of "Crimes Reports" on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information from 2009-2015, response to FOIA request, July 20, 2016
• Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology, Department of Justice Policy Guidance, September 3, 2015
• Report on Law Enforcement Requests for Information from News Media in 2014, first annual report, August 14, 2015
• Data Mining Programs, 2008-2009, DOJ report to Congress, December 15, 2011
• FBI Statistical Data on Leaks of Classified Intelligence Information, response to question for the record, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, September 16, 2009
• Memorandum of Understanding: Reporting of Information Concerning Federal Crimes committed by employees of the U.S. intelligence community and others, signed August 1995
• DoJ Media Leak Questionnaire
• DOJ Letter on Prosecution of Terrorism-Related Crimes, March 26, 2010, with Table of Convictions (Updated Table of Convictions, through 12/31/11)
• DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility Report on Bush Administration Interrogation Memos and Related Documents
  • Memorandum for the Attorney General from ADAG David Margolis, January 5, 2010
  • OPR Final Report, July 29, 2009
  • OPR First Draft Report, December 22, 2008
  • OPR Second Draft Report, March 4, 2009
  • Response of John Yoo to OPR Second Draft, May 4, 2009
  • Response of John Yoo to OPR Final Report, October 9, 2009
  • Response of Jay Bybee to OPR Second Draft, May 4, 2009
  • Response of Jay Bybee to OPR Final Report, October 9, 2009

• Law Enforcement Intelligence, A Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agenices, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Department of Justice, Second Edition, January 2009
• National Summit on Intelligence: Gathering, Sharing, Analysis, and Use after 9-11 September 2008 (released August 2009)
• Preliminary Report of the Detention Policy Task Force, memorandum for the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, July 20, 2009
• National Security Division Budget Justification for FY 2010, May 2009
• The Accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2009, U.S. Department of Justice, January 2009
• The Attorney General's Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations, September 2008 (Memorandum for Department Heads on the New Guidelines, September 29, 2008)
• National Security Division Progress Report, April 2008
• Justice Department National Security Division Launches New Office of Intelligence, news release, April 30, 2008.
• Attorney General Guidelines for Disclosure of Grand Jury and Electronic, Wire, and Oral Interception Information Identifying United States Persons, September 23, 2002 (disclosed April 2005)
• Law Enforcement Intelligence Guide, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Department of Justice, November 2004
• Report From the Field: The USA Patriot Act At Work, U.S. Department of Justice, July 14 [2 MB PDF file]
• The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, Office of Justice Programs, October 2003 (DoJ fact sheet)
• Further Internal Justice Dept Correspondence from 1995 on the Separation of Certain Foreign Counterintelligence and Criminal Investigations, and the role of Deputy Attorney General Gorelick, released April 2004 (1.5 MB PDF file)
• Instructions on Separation of Certain Foreign Counterintelligence and Criminal Investigations, 1995 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Gorelick, declassified April 10, 2004
• Fact Sheet on the Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection, Justice Department release, November 5, 2003
• The Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection (redacted version), October 31, 2003
• Procedures for the Use of Classified Investigative Technologies in Criminal Cases, memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, January 31, 2002
• Attorney General's Guidelines for Information Sharing Between Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies, US Department of Justice Fact Sheet, September 23, 2002

• Overview of Information Sharing Initiatives in the War on Terrorism, US Department of Justice Fact Sheet, September 19, 2002

  Attorney General's Directives on Information Sharing, May 30, 2002

  • Disseminating Information to Enhance Public Safety and National Security, September 21, 2001 (PDF)
  • Prevention of Acts Threatening Public Safety and National Security, November 8, 2001 (PDF)
  • Comprehensive Review and Reorganization of the Department of Justice to Meet Counterterrorism Mission, November 8, 2001 (PDF)
  • Training in Counter-Terrorism: Federal, State, and Local Coordination, November 13, 2001 (PDF)
  • Cooperation with State and Local Officials in the Fight Against Terrorism, November 13, 2001 (PDF)
  • Coordination of Information Relating to Terrorism, April 11, 2002 (PDF)

• Protective Intelligence and Threat Assessment Investigations: A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials by Robert A. Fein and Bryan Vossekuil, National Institute of Justice, January 2000
• Early Detection of Espionage and Other Intelligence Activities Through Identification and Referral of Anomalies, letter from Attorney General Reno in response to National Security Advisor memo, October 22, 1996
• SSCI Proposed Provision of Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, memorandum for the Deputy Attorney General, May 10, 1996 (to permit law enforcement to ask members of the inteligence community to collect information about non-U.S. persons overseas)

• Factors For Determining Whether Investigative Efforts Are In Pursuit of National Security Or Are In Pursuit of Law Enforcement, memorandum for the Deputy Attorney General from Jim McAdams, Counsel for Intelligence Policy, December 19, 1995

• Procedures for Contacts Between the FBI and the Criminal Division Concerning Foreign Intelligence and Foreign Counterintelligence Investigations, memorandum from the Attorney General, July 19, 1995

• Joint Task Force on Intelligence and Law Enforcment, Report to the Attorney General and Director of Central Intelligence, May 1995 (4 MB PDF file)

  US Department of Justice Homepage Official Homepage

• A Policymaker's Guide to Hate Crimes December 1997

• Department of Justice and Department of Defense Joint Technology Program February 1997