FBI claims to have lost most of its files on Stormfront

FBI claims to have lost most of its files on Stormfront

The Bureau took two and half years to release 104 pre-processed pages regarding the white nationalist forum

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Edited by Michael Morisy

Back in 2016, Emma Best filed a FOIA request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s files on the infamous white supremacist website Stormfront. After two and half years of processing, the FBI finally responded, releasing just 104 pre-processed pages. What’s more, according to the cover letter accompanying the release, there were additional records, but the Bureau simply couldn’t find them.

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Best, who had explicitly asked the FBI process additional records in her initial request, was not satisfied with this response and is appealing. You can follow that appeal on the request page here, and in the meantime, read the pre-processed pages embedded below.