What did the declassified documents reveal?

Former FBI Director James Comey e‑mails referencing Edward Snowden, United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, March twenty‑nine, twenty twenty‑two. The document is a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act response that releases twenty pages of material after a request for all e‑mails containing the keyword “Snowden.” It appears in the public archive at documents2.theblackvault.com. The record was released on April twenty‑six, twenty twenty‑two. It originated from a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act request filed in June of twenty sixteen, identified as FOIPA Request number one three eight one five three eight dash zero zero zero. The appeal that produced this release is listed as Department of Justice Appeal number two zero one seven dash zero zero three nine nine two. The declassification authority is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Office of Information Policy, which processed the request under Title five of the United States Code, sections five hundred fifty‑two and five hundred fifty‑two a. U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. two zero five three five March twenty‑nine, twenty twenty‑two Mr. John R. Greenewald Jr. Suite one two zero three two seven three zero five West Live Oak Road Castaic, California nine one three eight four dash four five two zero FOIPA Request No.: one three eight one five three eight dash zero zero zero DOJ Appeal No.: two zero one seven dash zero zero three nine nine two Subject: All E‑mails Containing the Keyword Snowden Dear Mr. Greenewald: The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts, Title five, United States Code, Section five hundred fifty‑two slash five hundred fifty‑two a. Below you will find check boxes under the appropriate statute headings which indicate the types of exemptions asserted to protect information which is exempt from disclosure. The appropriate exemptions are noted on the enclosed pages next to redacted information. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted to indicate where pages were withheld entirely and identify which exemptions were applied. The checked exemption boxes used to withhold information are further explained in the enclosed Explanation of Exemptions. Section five hundred fifty‑two Section five hundred fifty‑two a (b)(1) (b)(7)(A) (d)(5) (b)(2) (b)(7)(B) (j)(2) (b)(3) (b)(7)(C) (k)(1) fifty United States Code, Section three thousand twenty‑four (i)(1) (b)(7)(D) (k)(2) (b)(7)(E) (

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process.

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Former FBI Director James Comey E-mails Referencing Edward Snowden

JUL 10 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-former-fbi-director-james-comey-e-mails-referencing-edward3 minLast updated July 10, 2026

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Former FBI Director James Comey e‑mails referencing Edward Snowden, United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, March twenty‑nine, twenty twenty‑two. com. The record was released on April twenty‑six, twenty twenty‑two.

Date: JUL 10 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)

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Former FBI Director James Comey e‑mails referencing Edward Snowden, United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, March twenty‑nine, twenty twenty‑two. The document is a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act response that releases twenty pages of material after a request for all…

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What was Former FBI Director James Comey E-mails Referencing Edward Snowden about?: Former FBI Director James Comey e‑mails referencing Edward Snowden, United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, March twenty‑nine, twenty twenty‑two. com. The record was released on April twenty‑six, twenty twenty‑two.
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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