sharks
The CIA’s Aborted Investment in an 'Electronic Shark Repeller'
The agency saw the need for about 30 of them.
Articles by JPat Brown
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Stories
Stories shared by this traveler.
food
In the 1960s, the CIA Fired Some Employees Over a Cafeteria Fight
The fight might not have been the only one.
news
When the FBI Was Asked to Investigate Groucho Marx Over a (Silly) Joke
"Please, Mr. Hoover."
science
How the CIA's Psychics Described Albert Einstein
"He looked like a hippie."
spies
The Complications of Joining an Office Bowling League at the CIA
Lots of security briefings.
politics
When Ronald Reagan Told a Joke About Irish Spies
“It’s one of the few stories I can tell now since ethnic jokes are a no-no."
politics
How the FBI Thwarted a Non-Existent Plot to Assassinate Margaret Thatcher
"This will even the score."
muckrock
The Bizarre Case of NASA's 'Stolen' Moon Rocks
Back in 2014, the agency got a tip.
history
Peek Inside the 1977 Report Detailing FBI Misconduct While Surveilling Martin Luther King Jr.
A review of the Bureau’s assassination investigation uncovered the extent of an illegal counterintelligence program.
news
The Complaints the FCC Got Over This Year's World Series Coverage
Not everyone was a fan.
news
The FOIA Request That the CIA Didn't Touch for Six Years
Get it together, CIA.
news
When a Physicist Asked the FBI to Stop Calling Because He Helped Make the Atomic Bomb
Richard Feynman was upset.
politics
When the Government Tried to Bust Abbie Hoffman For Publishing Its Own Public Records
The year was 1969.
news
Records Reveal the FBI's 7 Types of Protesters
Are you a "yielder" or "psychopathic?"
news
When J. Edgar Hoover Told Some Cringeworthy Jokes Just Before He Died
It was during a rare public appearance.
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.
brain collections
The Inept Story Behind 100 Missing Brains at the University of Texas
Were they ever missing at all?
muckrock
The Records the FBI Might Never Be Able to Find
The bureau's history isn't very well-organized.
politics
The Complaints the FCC Got After Castration Was Brought Up on Fox News
It's been a long year.
government
The Complaints the FTC Received Over Pokémon Go
Will someone please think of the children?
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."
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.
literature
Ayn Rand’s One-Sided Love Affair With the FBI
Hoover shrugged.
secret
From Frogs to Immigration, How the Secret Service Kept Tabs on Peaceful Protests
In 2011, no protest was too small.
