Records Relating to Special Prosecutors and Independent Counsels
The National Archives and Records Administration maintains custody of the records of independent counsels that have completed their investigations. For questions about these records or copying information, please write to the Special Access and FOIA Staff at the National Archives at College Park, Room 6350, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, call at (301) 837-2041, or e-mail: specialaccess_foia@nara.gov.
Access to these records is governed by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended.) Many documents and files have been screened under the provisions of the FOIA and are open for research. The Special Access and FOIA Staff maintains finding aids that list many of the subjects that have records available for immediate release.
Special Prosecutor and Independent Counsel Records in NARA- Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1971-77
- Special Prosecutor Arthur H. Christy relating to Hamilton
Jordan, 1979-80
- Special Prosecutor Gerald J. Gallinghouse relating to Timothy
Kraft, 1980-82
- Independent Counsel Leon Silverman relating to Raymond Donovan, 1991-89
- Independent Counsel Jacob A. Stein relating to Edwin Meese
III, 1984
- Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour, Jr. relating to
Michael Deaver, 1981-89
- Independent Counsel Alexia Morrison relating to Theodore Olson, 1986-88
- Independent Counsel James C. McKay relating to Franklin Nofziger and Edwin Meese III, 1970-89
- Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh relating to
Iran/Contra, 1986-93
- Independent Counsel Arlen Adams/Larry Thompson relating to Samuel Pierce, 1981-98
- Independent Counsel Joseph DiGenova relating to improper search of passport
records, 1992-95
- Independent Counsel Curtis Emery von Kann relating to Eli J. Segal, 1996-98
- visit the Independent Counsels section of the Guide
to the National Archives of the United States;
- locate government publications relating
to Independent Counsels;
- search for descriptions of related records in the ARC Database.