FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Reference Materials

Included here:

1. Electronic References

2. Print References

1. Electronic References

The FBI has Websites at: http://www.fbi.gov/ and http://foia.fbi.gov.

The latter site provides access to materials released under FOIA on such subject categories as "Espionage," "Famous Persons," and "Historical Interest."

2. Print References

Churchill, Ward, and Jim Vander Wall. COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States. Boston: South End Press, 1990.

From advertisement: "Hundreds of FBI documents reveal that the Black Panthers, the American Indian Movement (AIM), and other domestic organizations have been victims of FBI repression."

DuPree, Sherry Sherrod, and Herbert C. DuPree. Exposed!!! Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Unclassified Reports on Churches and Church Leaders. Washington, DC: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1993.

In the judgment of Theoharis, JAH 80.4, this book of reprinted documents "is of limited value." The DuPrees' "introduction to the forty-three pages of reprinted FBI documents is perfunctory, and they offer no rationale for the selection of specific case files and for reprinting the specific documents. Their sample is neither comprehensive nor representative.... [T]he prospective researcher will more profitably consult Unlocking the Files of the FBI," by Haines and Langbart.

Haines, Gerald K., and David A. Langbart. Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1993.

According to Surveillant 3.2/3, this is the "first comprehensive guide to the records of the FBI.... Highly recommended."

Theoharis, JAH 80.4, comments that the expertise of Haines and Langbart "on the records management practices of federal agencies and their specific knowledge of FBI records maintenance and classification procedures make their guide an invaluable reference work... The editors, however, do not fully describe the disposition of, and make minor errors in their profiles on, some of the FBI's most sensitive records."

Hogue, Henry B. Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2005.

Theoharis, Athan G. The FBI: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. New York: Garland, 1994.

Rosswurm, I&NS 11.2, says that "Theoharis knows more about the history of the FBI than anyone else. This guide reflects this knowledge. It is a must for novice and expert alike."

Theoharis, Athan G., ed., with Tony G. Poveda, Richard Gid Powers, and Susan Rosenfeld. The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide - - From J. Edgar Hoover to the X-Files. New York: Oryx, 2000.

Jonkers, AFIO WIN 15, 16 Apr. 2000, recommends this "excellent," "informed," and "readable" overview.

Quirk, John P. FBI Glossary. Guilford, CT: Foreign Intelligence Press, 1988.

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