2025-02522Notice

Feds Unlock 640 Pages of Civil Rights Cold Cases – Secrets Linger!

Published Date: 2/12/2025

Notice

Summary

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided which parts of 679 pages of records can be shared with the public and which parts need to stay secret a bit longer. This affects records from the FBI and Department of Justice about a civil rights case, with some pages released right away and others postponed until January 10, 2025. No money changes hands, but the public gets more access to important history soon!

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Large Release of Cold‑Case Records

The Review Board decided on January 10, 2025 what parts of 679 pages about a civil rights cold case can be shared. The Board approved 267 postponements, asked for changes to 25 postponements, and ordered that 640 pages be disclosed in full and 39 pages disclosed in part; it also approved four pending postponements from incident 2023-002-007. No money changes hands — this action gives the public more access to these historical records.

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Key Dates

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1/10/2025
2/12/2025

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