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Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Program

Electronic Dissemination: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as amended directs each Federal Government Agency to provide an electronic access mechanism for disseminating records to the public. This page is designed to allow access to records which have been previously released under the provisions of Title 5, Section 552, Freedom of Information Act. These records will reflect deletion of portions of the information in accordance with the FOIA's nine enumerated exemption categories. A consolidated list of such records is available on DefenseLINK. DIA FOIA Regulation 12-39 (DIA Regulations governing FOIA process.)

Requests for Information: To obtain records from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the FOIA request may be submitted in writing (reasonably describing the records requested), or by email to FOIA@dia.mil. All hardcopy requests for records maintained by DIA are to be sent to DIA's FOIA Requester Service Center at the following address: Defense Intelligence Agency, Building 6000, Washington, DC 20340-5100, ATTN: DIAC, DAN-1A (FOIA). To obtain the status of a request or ask a question about the FOIA process, you may call the FOIA Requester Service Center at (301) 394-5587, (DSN 428), or you can email your inquiry to FOIA@dia.mil.

FOIA Public Liaison: The FOIA Public Liaison for DIA is Margaret (Peggy) A. Bestrain, (301) 394-5587. The mailing address for DIA's FOIA Public Liaison is: Defense Intelligence Agency, Building 6000, Washington, DC 20340-5100, ATTN: DIAC, DAN-1.

Accessibility: FOIA documents are the one exception to our policy for making all PDF documents accessible. The present listing of FOIA documents were converted from paper form into electronic media in the later 1990's without the benefit of newer PDF formats and do not lend themselves to nongraphical representation. However, future FOIA documents will not be formatted in this fashion and will be created with accessibility in mind. For further information, please visit our Accessibility section.

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New Records:

Released Documents Related to Detainee Abuse (PDF file size: 22 MB)

Listings of Available Records:

• Defense Intelligence Agency  "At the Creation 1961 - 1965" (PDF file size: 22 MB)

• Handbook of the Chinese People's Liberation Army - DDB-2680-32-84 (PDF file size: 16 MB)

• DoD Freedom of Information Act Handbook (PDF file size: 124 KB

• PAN AM Flight 103 (PDF file size: 11.0 MB)

• DOD Freedom of Information Act. (PDF file size: 6.7 MB)

• Documentation containing information relating to Unidentified Flying Objects. (UFOs)
  Part 1 (PDF file size: 11.9 MB)
  Part 2 (PDF file size: 7.1 MB)

• Imagery of Mt. Ararat, Turkey (1949). (PDF file size: 760 KB)

• North Korean Country Handbook.(PDF file size: 5.5MB)

• Poisonous Snakes of Europe
  Part 1 (PDF file size: 11.6 MB)
  Part 2 (PDF file size: 12.9 MB)
  Part 3 (PDF file size: 11.9 MB)

• Poisonous Snakes of the Middle East. (Total PDF file size: 44.0 MB)

• History of DIA (PDF file size 4.0 MB)

• Defense and Intelligence Abbreviations and Acronyms. (PDF file size: 495 KB)

• Small-Caliber Ammunition Identification Guide
  Volume 1 - Small Arms Cartridges up to 15mm.(PDF file size: 10.6 MB)
  Volume 2 - 20mm To 40mm Cartridges. (PDF file size: 3.0 MB)

• Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact. (PDF file size: 3.8 MB)

• Soviet and Czechoslovakian Parapsychology Research. (PDF file size: 4.2 MB)

• Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR (PDF file size: 5.7 MB)

• Vector 21: A Strategic Plan for the Defense Intelligence Agency (PDF file size: 4.8 MB)