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When J. Edgar Hoover Told Some Cringeworthy Jokes Just Before He Died

It was during a rare public appearance.
JPat Brown November 16, 2016
animals

The College Where Harambe-Mania Escalated From Strange Calls to Stick-Figure Sexcapades

Things got weird.
Michael Morisy November 9, 2016
Robert Smith was not involved.
muckrock

The FBI’s 2-Year Investigation Into a Fictional Anti-Goth Cult

It took awhile, but they finally got that it was a parody.
JPat Brown November 2, 2016
brain collections

The Inept Story Behind 100 Missing Brains at the University of Texas

Were they ever missing at all?
JPat Brown October 26, 2016
The FBI can't seem to find the records it kept for Lucy Parsons, a radical labor activist who died in 1942.
muckrock

The Records the FBI Might Never Be Able to Find

The bureau's history isn't very well-organized.
JPat Brown October 21, 2016
politics

The Complaints the FCC Got After Castration Was Brought Up on Fox News

It's been a long year.
JPat Brown October 12, 2016
robots

Dallas Police Release Training Materials for Its Now Infamous Bomb Robot

They probably hadn't previously considered weaponizing it.
Matthew Guariglia October 6, 2016
government

The Complaints the FTC Received Over Pokémon Go

Will someone please think of the children?
JPat Brown September 28, 2016
government

The Mystery of the State Department Spokesman Who Died And ... Kept Speaking

Meet Joe Reap.
Beryl Lipton September 21, 2016
secret

The NSA Has Files on a Country That Doesn’t Exist

The Intellipedia entry on micronation “the Conch Republic” has been viewed more times than “Scientology” or “Montana."
JPat Brown September 16, 2016
music

How the FBI Tied Tupac's Death to Eazy-E, Death Row Records, and the Jewish Defense League

He was gunned down on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas.
JPat Brown September 8, 2016
food

When the FBI Grilled Julia Child Over Her Alleged Communist Ties

No stone left unturned.
Matthew Guariglia August 31, 2016
government

A Complete Listing of All the Hardware at the Department of Energy Headquarters

Including Jaz drives.
Allan Lasser August 11, 2016
literature

Ayn Rand’s One-Sided Love Affair With the FBI

Hoover shrugged.
JPat Brown August 3, 2016
spies

The CIA's Declassified Guide to What Women Want

Women, apparently, are "intimidated by the secretive, aloof image of the CIA.”
JPat Brown July 22, 2016
literature

How James Baldwin Trolled the FBI

Solid work.
JPat Brown July 13, 2016
spies

How Married Ex-CIA Agents Pulled Off the Most Daring Escape in Cold War History

From the 1,400-page FBI file of an infamous double agent.
George LeVines July 6, 2016
drugs

Read the DEA's Guide to Raves

It's descriptive.
JPat Brown June 29, 2016