>>> The following internal reports deal with the problematic actions of some FBI agents - everything from drinking on the job to sloppy handling of sensitive material to sexual offenses.

The first three reports have not been seen by the public until now. They were released by the FBI on 12 Nov 2004 due to FOIA request #0995805-000 filed by Russ Kick.

The fourth report has never been released and was leaked to The Memory Hole in March 2004.

"Special Agent Personnel Incident Review"

Date: January 1983

From the preface: "This study was conducted to dtermine if there are identifiable patterns or trends in incidents of serious Special Agent (SA) misconduct which, if discerned, might be of assistance in personnel selection and management.

... During the period 1976 to September 1982 misconduct allegations against SAs have on 384 occasions been substatiated to a degree deemed suffcient to warrant administrative or prosecutive action. As a result of such action since September 1976, 58 SAs have been dismissed or resigned, 19 have been transferred, 13 demoted, and 111 suspended from duty without pay for a total of 1,147 days."

Pages: 43

File size: 1.7 meg

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"Special Agent Personnel Incident Review Update"

Date: 08 July 1985

From "Background": "During the period from October 1, 1982, through December, 1983, 312 misconduct allegations against 409 Agents were received. After investigation, 109 Agents (27 percent) in 95 allegations (30 percent) received disciplinary action ranging from censure to dismissal.Eleven Agents either resigned or retired during the course of administrative inquiry and two received a reduction in grade. Two agents were dismissed and 37 were suspended without pay for a total of 622 days."

Pages: 12

File size: 580K

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"1988 Special Agent Incident Review Trend Analysis"

Date: 15 March 1990

Scope: This report examines 75 incidents which occurred during calendar year 1988. It focuses solely on incidents in the category "unprofessional conduct/misuse of the SA position/conflict of interest," which is a catch-all that includes "homosexual acts, misuse of firearms (nonshooting), improper management techniques, civil disturbance, and improper relationship with the criminal element," as well as "accessing computerized criminal history information for personal use, making traffic stops, inappropriately involving local law enforcement agencies in domestic disputes, or being arrested for criminal sex offenses."

Pages: 13

File size: 850K

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"Behavioral and Ethical Trends Analysis (BETA): A Summary of Dismissals Involving FBI Agents and Egregious Behavior"

Date: June 2000

From appendix C: "This project was designed to study FBI Agents who have been dismissed, resigned under inquiry (proposed), or retired due to substantial acts of criminal and serious misconduct [from 1986 to 1999]."

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