Great holidy gift ideas: Give your loved one an FBI file or some (intact) CIA records
Still looking for something unique to give your loved ones for the holidays? How about your FBI file or a cheery FOIA log? Check out some great records Web sites that might be of interest to you and your colleagues or friends:
Get Grandpa's FBI file (www.getgrandpasfbifile.com). This site provides an online letter generator to request your dead relatives' FBI files. If you want to see your own FBI file, check out the letter generator at www.getmyfbifile.com. It's the gift that keeps on tapping your phone lines.
Or, if you just want to browse FOIA logs for the CIA (the ones that haven't been destroyed), next to a warm fire with a cup of nog, check out this online repository of federal records: http://www.governmentattic.org/, not to mention a classic source for interesting federal records dug out of dusty boxes and posted online by The National Security Archive, http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/.
Happy holidays!