The FOIA Electronic Reading Room is provided as a public service by the Directorate of Digital Innovation's Information Management Services. It has recently been enhanced and updated, and while many of the updates happened behind the scenes, we'd like to highlight several of the changes.
Here you can view documents released through the FOIA and other CIA release programs. If you would like to view our previously released documents and collections, visit the Historical Collections page to Browse the Collections [2], which includes links to all collections previously found on the CREST: 25-Year Program Archive and Freqeuently Requested Records pages, as well as individual collections of documents on historically significant topics compiled by our office. Please note that not all documents reside in collections, so you may wish to perform an overall document search as well as browse the collections you are interested in. You can search all the documents by using the search bar on the Advanced Search [3] page. Because of CIA's need to comply with U.S. national security laws, some documents - or parts of documents - cannot be released to the public. Specifically, the CIA has the responsibility to protect intelligence sources and methods from disclosure.
On the FOIA Electronic Reading Room, you can also submit and check the status of your FOIA request online. To learn how to submit requests for information to CIA under the FOIA and Privacy Act, check the status of your request, access other information on administration of the FOIA, and view annual reports, visit the Requestor Portal [4] section.
We also provide basic guidance to assist you in exercising your rights to request and view government records through the following disclosure statutes:
This guidance is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the complex issues associated with these laws, but rather an overview of how they are carried out at CIA.
Learn more if you are interested in submitting a FOIA request [4] or Privacy Act request [9].
Links
[1] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/http%3A//54.201.20.236/%3Fq%3D/filing-foia-records-request-online
[2] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/historical-collections
[3] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/advanced-search-view
[4] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/foia_request
[5] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/freedom-information-act-5-usc-%25C2%25A7552
[6] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/privacy-act-1974-5-usc-%25C2%25A7552a-amended
[7] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/rights/exec_order
[8] https://www.archives.gov/ogis
[9] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/privacy_request