10/14/09
This release consists of FBI interviews conducted in 2004 with two officials of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The first interview subject is Ali Hassan al-Majid, aka “Chemical Ali,” the maternal cousin of Hussein and director of his “al-Anfal Campaign,” an attack on Kurdish rebels and civilians of Iraq that included the use of chemical weapons. The second interview subject is Sabir Abdul-Aziz al-Duri, director of military intelligence for Hussein.
53 Pages
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10/08/09
Anna Nicole Smith, celebrity and model, was born Vickie Lynn Marshall in 1967. Her career was marked by controversy, especially concerning her marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Following Marshall’s death, Smith became involved in a number of court matters concerning her husband’s estate and other controversies. Some of these controversies are represented in the FBI’s files. She died at the age of 39 in 2007.
This release consists of three separate investigations:
9A-LA-237335
9A-LA-237335-GJ
This file details an extortion investigation of someone who sent Ms. Smith a threatening e-mail. The investigation took place between March and December 2004. The Assistant U.S. Attorney declined to prosecute. Two files are included. The release of file 9A-LA-237335, Section 1, consists of 33 pages released and 35 pages withheld. The second file, 9A-LA-237335-GJ, consists of 10 pages released and 26 pages withheld. Material in these files was withheld to protect the privacy of persons and the secrecy of grand jury information.
49A-LA-22178
This case file concerns a bankruptcy fraud investigation that took place between 1999 and 2001. The release consists of 12 pages; 337 pages were referred to another government agency for release because the documents originated from that agency.
166C-LA-223601
166C-LA-223601, 1A Volume 1
166C-LA-223601, 1A Volume 2
The third matter regarding Ms. Smith that the FBI investigated was an allegation that she contemplated the murder of E. Pierce Marshall, the son of her deceased husband. There are three sections to this release: 166C-LA-223601; 166C-LA-223601, 1A, Volume 1; and 166C-LA-223601, 1A, Volume 2. This release consists of one section of investigative case file and two volumes of 1A envelopes. 1A envelopes contain case materials retained as evidence (in this instance, materials like interview notes), documents obtained from other police agencies, and other items gathered in the course of the investigation. All of these files are redacted because of laws protecting personal privacy.
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09/25/09
The FBI posted its Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) on its website at www.fbi.gov. The DIOG establishes the FBI’s internal rules and procedures to implement the Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (AGG-Dom), which are posted on the Department of Justice’s website, www.usdoj.gov.
These rules, which will be audited and enforced through a rigorous compliance mechanism, are designed to ensure that FBI assessments and investigations are subject to responsible review and approval and do not target anyone or any group on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or the exercise of any other right guaranteed by the Constitution. The DIOG and the AGG-Dom were promulgated in late 2008 to ensure that the FBI is equipped with all lawful and appropriate tools so that it can transform itself into an intelligence-driven organization that assesses and investigates criminal and national security threats to our nation and its people. Both documents have been released to the public as part of an ongoing effort to assure the American people that FBI employees will carry out their mission according to an established set of rules and with full respect for the constitutional and statutory rights of the people.
The DIOG is a living operational guide and its release to the public is intended to provide as much transparency as possible. It will be reviewed and changed periodically, as law and policy change and as circumstances dictate. Because it does govern FBI operations and investigations, not all of its contents can be released as they provide too much of a road map to those who pose a threat to the nation. The FBI will, from time to time, reassess whether additional information can safely be released.
