Litigation Files

• Central Intelligence Agency
• Department of Justice
• National Archives and Records Administration

• The James Madison Project v. CIA, Civil Action No. 08-1323 (GBL/TRJ) (12/22/2008)
  This is a Freedom of Information Action seeking copies of records pertaining to the indexing and organizational structure of the Systems of Records subject to FOIA, as well as the search tools and indices employed in processing searches for records responsive to FOIA requests.
  
  
• The James Madison Project v. CIA, Civil Action No. 08-00708 (D.D.C.) (JR) (04/25/2008)
  This is a Freedom of Information action seeking copies of all internal CIA documents pertaining to the decision to initiate an internal review of the operations of the CIA's Inspector General, John Helgerson, and of the IG's Office as a whole.
  
  
• The James Madison Project v. CIA, Civil Action No. 07-2306 (D.D.C.) (RBW) (12/21/2007)
  This is a Freedom of Information action seeking expedited processing and release of CIA records pertaining to the 2005 destruction of videotapes of the interrogations of suspected terrorists Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
  
  
• The James Madison Project v. CIA, Civil Action No. 07-01382 (D.D.C.) (RMU) (07/30/2007)
  This is a Freedom of Information action seeking copies of all internal CIA documents pertaining to the operation of the Prepublication Review Board.
  
  
• The James Madison Project v. CIA, Civil Action No. 07-01154 (D.D.C.) (RMU) (06/27/2007)
  This is a Freedom of Information action seeking copies of all internal CIA regulations on or pertaining to: (1) personnel issues; (2) the granting or revocation of security clearances; (3) grievance procedures; (4) disciplinary procedures; (5) the Prepublication Review Board; (6) declassification of information; (7) the Historical Advisory Board; and (8) the implementation of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts.
  
  

• The James Madison Project v. Department of Justice, Civil Action No. 01-0433 (D.D.C.)(GK) (02/27/2001)
  This is a Freedom of Information Act case seeking the disclosure of records pertaining to a legal opinion drafted by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel regarding the Central Intelligence Agency's attempt to extricate itself from the juris
  
  

• The James Madison Project v. National Archives & Records Administration, Civil Action 01- (D.D.C.) (06/07/2001)
  This is a Freedom of Information Act action seeking a 1945 report entitled "Secret Ink Technical Manual" created by the Office of Censorship.
  
  
• The James Madison Project v. National Archives & Records Administration Case No. 98-2737 (D.D.C.) (11/09/1998)
  This is a Freedom of Information Act case seeking the disclosure of the six oldest classified documents from 1917-1918, the subject matter of which pertains to invisible ink.