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Document: FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Release Date: 2025-08-07 The Black Vault Entry: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-files-directors-agents-and-personnel-of-the-central-intelligence-agency-cia/ Canonical PDF: https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/scientists/haroldabramson-fbi1.pdf This is a declassified FBI document detailing the personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency. The document was released in 2025 and is available through The Black Vault. The document was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, number 1378735-000, submitted by John Greenewald Jr. on July 5, 2017. The FBI processed the request and provided 16 pages of previously processed documents and a copy of the Explanation of Exemptions. Here is the content of the document: FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C. 20535 July 5, 2017 MR. JOHN GREENEWALD JR. FOIPA Request No.: 1378735-000 Subject: ABRAMSON, HAROLD ALEXANDER Dear Mr. Greenewald: Records responsive to your request were previously processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Enclosed is one CD containing 16 pages of previously processed documents and a copy of the Explanation of Exemptions. This release is being provided to you at no charge. Documents or information referred to other Government agencies were not included in this release. For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S. C. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. For questions regarding our determinations, visit the www.fbi.gov/foia website under “Contact Us.” The FOIPA Request Number listed above has been assigned to your request. Please use this number in all correspondence concerning your request. Your patience is appreciated. You may file an appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, Suite 11050, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following web site: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within ninety (90) days from the date of this letter in order to be considered timely. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” Please cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identified. You may seek dispute resolution services by contacting the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at 877-684- 6448…

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Case · DAILY-026

FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

JUL 6 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-fbi-files-directors-agents-and-personnel-of-the-central-in7 minLast updated July 6, 2026

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pdf This is a declassified FBI document detailing the personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency. The document was released in 2025 and is available through The Black Vault. The document was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, number 1378735-000, submitted by John Greenewald Jr.

Date: JUL 6 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)

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Document: FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Release Date: 2025-08-07 The Black Vault Entry: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-files-directors-agents-and-personnel-of-the-central-intelligence-agency-cia/ Canonical PDF…

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What was FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about?: pdf This is a declassified FBI document detailing the personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency. The document was released in 2025 and is available through The Black Vault. The document was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, number 1378735-000, submitted by John Greenewald Jr.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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