How to get your FBI file

The FBI Web site has a link under its Freedom of Information Act section to help people request a file, but the instructions make applying for your own appear deceptively simple.

When you submit a standard request, the FBI only does a cursory search of its main files. That search doesn’t include files at field offices or files where you might be cross-referenced to someone else’s investigation.

You must submit more letters to have these files searched. Get My FBI File has instructions for requesting a file from the central and field offices.

If you do receive a file, sentences and paragraphs might be blacked out. The FBI should give you a reason, which can be challenged. Some people are told their file has been destroyed. You can write back to request the file number to find out the type of file the agency had on you. Secret No More tells what file numbers correspond with what types of investigations.

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