Additional Frequently Requested Documents

Attorney General Memorandum for the Heads of Department Components and all United States Attorneys Concerning the Appointment of the Acting Associate Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (February 27, 2012)

Former Deputy Attorney General David Ogden’s Appointment Affidavit (March 13, 2009)

Former Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli's Appointment Affidavit (March 13, 2009)

Attorney General Memorandum for United States Attorneys providing Guidance for Conducting Interview without Providing Miranda Warnings in Arrests of Terrorism Suspects (October 19, 2010)

Deputy Attorney General Memorandum providing Guidance to Law Enforcement Agents on the Role of FBI/JTTFs and Custodial Interrogation for Public Safety and Intelligence-Gathering Purposes of Operational Terrorists Arrested Inside the United States (October 19, 2010)

Calendar of Bruce Ohr (December 29, 2014 - January 3, 2016)

Attorney General Memorandum to the United States Attorneys and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Regarding Department Policy on Charging Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Recidivist Enhancements in Certain Drug Cases (August 12, 2013)

Procedures for Approving Direct Action Against Terrorist Targets Located Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities (May 22, 2013)

2012 Detention Policy Report (April 12, 2012)

Draft Department of Justice White Paper: Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen Who Is a Senior Operational Leader of Al-Qa'ida or An Associated Force (November 8, 2011)

Documents Regarding the Establishment of the Professional Misconduct Review Unit (PMRU) (October 20, 2010) [including Memorandum to the Acting Deputy Attorney General Regarding a Revised Process for Handling Professional Misconduct Disciplinary Actions, Supplemental Guidance Regarding the Establishment of the PRMU and Delegation of Authority]

Records Concering Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Information (October 5, 2010 - December 23, 2014)

Report of the Special Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies (2009)

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice Pertaining to U.S. Membership in the International Criminal Police Organization and Related Matters (July 17, 2010) [this supersedes the previous Memorandum of Understanding (May 13, 2003)]

Deputy Attorney General Memorandum for U.S. Attorneys Concerning Guidance Regarding the Ogden Memo in Jurisdictions Seeking to Authorize Marijuana for Medical Use (June 29, 2011) [this memorandum provides updated guidance to the memorandum titled Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana (October 19, 2009)]

Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana (October 19, 2009)

Guidance Material concerning President Obama's and Attorney General Holder's memoranda on the FOIA that was communicated to attendees at the March 26, 2009 conference convened by the Office of Information Policy (March 2009)

Deputy Attorney General memorandum on Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations (December 12, 2006) [this supersedes Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations (January 20, 2003)]

Attorney General memorandum regarding the 5th Circuit United States Court of Appeals decision in United States v. Emerson (November 9, 2001)

Deputy Attorney General memorandum concerning DOJ policy regarding disclosure of Office of Professional Responsibility investigations of accusations of Department attorney misconduct (December 13, 1993)

Attorney General Biddle's Memorandum on Revoking the Use of Danger Classification of Individuals (July 16, 1943)

Interim Report to Congress on The Feasibility of Performing Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Background Checks on Individuals that Participate in National Service Programs (June 3, 2010)

Correspondence Between Former Senator Biden and the Office of the Attorney General (January 31, 2007 to February 2, 2008)

Statement of Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey Before the Permanent House Select Committee on Intelligence House of Representatives Concerning Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (May 11, 2005)

Correspondence between the Department of Justice and members of Congress concerning the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (September – November 2001)

Records pertaining to a 2000 request by Senator John Ashcroft to Attorney General Janet Reno concerning access to the National Crime Information Center System, and efforts to pass "Jake's Law" (March – July 2000)

Cooperation, Comity, and Confrontation: Congressional Oversight of the Executive Branch (January 27, 2000)

The Five-Year Interagency Counterterrorism and Technology Crime Plan, submitted to Congress on December 30, 1998 (September 1999)

Support for the Department in Conducting an Analysis of Diversity in the Attorney Workforce, Final Report (June 14, 2002) (unredacted version including survey questions)

Final Report of the Attorney General's Review Team on the Handling of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Investigation ("The Bellows Report") (May 2000)

Presidential Commissions on Selected Current and Former Justices of the Supreme Court (December 1971 to January 2006)

Oath of office for Judge Joe Heaton

Oath of office for Judge Samuel Cummings

Oath of office for Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr.

Oath of office for Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan

Email on Clemency Project 2014 (April 2014 - June 2014)

Documents released in response to a FOIA request for records pertaining to ATF Operation Fast and Furious (2011)

Records pertaining to allegations that the Drummond Company aided or had contact with a Colombian paramilitary group (June 2003 – June 2007)

Letters and e-mail concerning the hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys (May 2007)

Attorney General's Guidelines Regarding the Use of FBI Confidential Human Sources (December 23, 2020) [this supersedes Attorney General’s Guidelines Regarding the use of FBI Confidential Human Sources (December 13, 2006)]

Attorney General Order 3019-2008 (November 26, 2008) conforms these Guidelines with the Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (September 29, 2008)

FY 2000 Budget Submitted by Office of Special Counsel (Waco Investigation) to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (December 3, 1999)

Evaluation of the Handling of the Branch Davidian Stand-off in Waco, Texas (October 8, 1993)

Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas (October 8, 1993)

Departmental Legal Positions and Policies in Light of Blakely v. Washington (July 2, 2004)

Community Corrections Center Placement of Offenders Sentenced to Terms of Imprisonment Under Federal Sentencing Guidelines (December 16, 2002)

The Office of Professional Responsibility's investigation of DOJ's involvement in the National Security Agency's terrorist surveillance program One | Two (January – June 2006)

NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program (December 16, 2005 to March 24, 2006)

Lawful, Warrantless Monitoring of Verbal Communications (May 30, 2002) [this supersedes Procedures for Lawful, Warrantless Monitoring of Verbal Communications (January 20, 1998)]

Updated June 1, 2023