Seeger FBI files to be released online

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From raharris on 5/28/2014 1:14:49 PM

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/27/seeger-files-releasedonline.html

When Seeger died in January at the age of 94, dozens of journalists, researchers and curious members of the public sought his files from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act. The FBI has been informing requesters that it turned over all of Seeger’s files to the NARA before his death.

NARA spokeswoman Miriam Kleinman said in an interview that the archive would now seek to publish the files once it completes processing them. They are thought to total about 2,500 pages and need to be screened for information that is exempt from disclosure, as well as names and details that might be redacted to protect the identities of informants or confidential sources.

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	From Greylock to Bean Blossom says: 5/28/2014 1:38:30 PM Sad that this is a part of history.
	Joe Connor says: 5/28/2014 2:33:33 PM This will be some very interesting reading. There have always been rumblings about informants in the folk community (i.e., people who told tales about others in order to save their own careers) so these files will either confirm or dispel that. It will also be interesting to see how much of the information is flat-out wrong or nothing more than rumor or gossip.
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