Entity: Central Intelligence Agency

Letter to Multiple Agencies Concerning Federal Workers’ Whistleblower Rights

December 21, 2020
Government Accountability Project and American Oversight joint letter to 25 federal agencies concerning the whistleblower rights of federal workers and agency responsibility to inform them of their rights during presidential transitions of power.

American Oversight Launches Document Preservation Initiative

November 10, 2020
U.S. law requires the preservation of White House and federal agency records. A new American Oversight initiative will work to ensure the Trump administration complies.

Pompeo’s Use of Personal Email While CIA Director Highlights State Department’s Failure to Produce His Emails as Secretary

October 21, 2020
American Oversight's litigation recently produced nearly 400 pages of Pompeo's emails from his time as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Letter to NARA, CIA, and State Requesting Recovery of Records Removed from Federal Custody Due to Pompeo Personal Email Use, and Reply from NARA

October 10, 2020
Letter from American Oversight to National Archives and Records Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, and State Department urging them to take prompt action to recover any federal records that may have been unlawfully removed from CIA or State Department custody as a result of Mike Pompeo’s use of personal email to conduct government business.

Investigations Update: Postal Service Sabotage, Covid-19 Operation Warp Speed, and Portland Protest Deployment Costs

August 18, 2020
See the latest in our investigations of the Trump administration's attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, the struggling federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the taxpayer resources used to deploy federal agents to suppress racial justice protests in Portland.

FOIA to Multiple Agencies Seeking PDB articles Regarding Russian Bounties

August 13, 2020
FOIA request to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency seeking PDB articles containing any matter concerning alleged Russian payments to Afghan militants to incentivize attacks on U.S. or coalition troops.

FOIA to CIA Seeking Communications Regarding Susan Pompeo’s Role at State Department

July 27, 2020
FOIA to the Central Intelligence Agency seeking communications regarding the role of Susan Pompeo at the Department of State.

Investigations Update: Militarization of Police, Covid-19 in Migrant Detention Centers, and Barr’s Political Interference

July 14, 2020
Here’s a look at the investigations our team has been pursuing through public records requests in the last week.

FOIA to CIA Seeking Records of Events Hosted by the Pompeo Family

July 8, 2020
FOIA to the Central Intelligence Agency seeking records sufficient to identify events and attendees hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Pompeo.

Glomar Response from CIA Regarding Facial Recognition Software Company Clearview AI

June 4, 2020
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency stated that it can neither confirm nor deny the existence of records in response to American Oversight's request for communications with representatives of the facial recognition software company Clearview AI, Inc.