Agency Files on Columnist Jack Anderson

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Defense (DoD), US Army, and Department of State files on the redoubtable, controversial, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Jack Anderson (Jackson Northman Anderson 1922 – 2005)

These files were obtained through a number of FOIA requests to the listed agencies which resulted in seven separate releases between May and November, 2008.  The following matrix shows this information: 

Release

Files

Pages

From

Date

1

23

1100

FBI

19-May-08

2

9

351

FBI

25-Jun-08

3

5

275

FBI

9-Aug-08

4

10

513

FBI

30-Sep-08

5

1

2

DoD

10-Oct-08

6

1

5

Army

25-Nov-08

7

1

18

State

28-Nov-08

8

1

23

Justice

17 Jul-09

9

1

8

Justice

4-Aug-09

Totals

52

2295

   

Access the files through the following links.  The files are made available, individually in PDF files, by release in ZIP archive files, and all files in a single ZIP archive.

 

All nine release letters in one PDF:          AndersonReleaseLetters.pdf            1.2 MB

All files in one .zip archive:                        AllAndersonFiles.zip                   132 MB

Release ONE (FBI)


Anderson1-00.pdf        145        KB       Letter 3 pgs
Anderson1-01.pdf            3.2     MB      70 pgs
Anderson1-02.pdf            2.8     MB      55 pgs
Anderson1-03.pdf            3        MB      64 pgs
Anderson1-04.pdf            2.5     MB      57 pgs
Anderson1-05.pdf            2        MB      52 pgs
Anderson1-06.pdf            3.6     MB      61 pgs
Anderson1-07.pdf            3.3     MB      52 pgs
Anderson1-08.pdf            3.9     MB      67 pgs
Anderson1-09.pdf            2.1     MB      41 pgs
Anderson1-10.pdf            2.7     MB      48 pgs
Anderson1-11.pdf        341        KB         7 pgs
Anderson1-12.pdf            2.6     MB      50 pgs
Anderson1-13.pdf            1.8     MB      43 pgs
Anderson1-14.pdf            2.1     MB      43 pgs
Anderson1-15.pdf            1.7     MB      35 pgs
Anderson1-16.pdf            2.9     MB      56 pgs
Anderson1-17.pdf            2.4     MB      54 pgs
Anderson1-18.pdf            3        MB      52 pgs
Anderson1-19.pdf            2.9     MB      47 pgs
Anderson1-20.pdf            2.9     MB      49 pgs
Anderson1-21.pdf            2.6     MB      53 pgs
Anderson1-22.pdf            1.8     MB      41 pgs
Anderson1.zip                55        MB      All Release One files in one .zip archive

Release TWO (FBI)


Anderson2-00.pdf        144        KB Letter 5 pgs
Anderson2-01.pdf            4.4     MB      55 pgs
Anderson2-02.pdf            4.1     MB      74 pgs
Anderson2-03.pdf            3.6     MB      63 pgs
Anderson2-04.pdf            2        MB      38 pgs
Anderson2-05.pdf          64        KB         1 pg
Anderson2-06.pdf            2.9     MB      40 pgs
Anderson2-07.pdf            2.8     MB      37 pgs
Anderson2-08.pdf            2        MB      38 pgs
Anderson2.zip                21.6     MB      All Release Two files in one .zip archive

Release THREE (FBI)


Anderson3-00.pdf            3.9     MB letter 6 pages + 45 pages (51 pgs total)
Anderson3-01.pdf            7.1     MB      55 pgs
Anderson3-02.pdf            5        MB      61 pgs
Anderson3-03.pdf            6.5     MB      57 pgs
Anderson3-04.pdf            2.9     MB      51 pgs
Anderson3.zip                23.9     MB      All Release Three files in one .zip archive

Release FOUR (FBI)


Anderson4-00.pdf            2        MB letter 27 pages + 20 pages (47 pgs total)
Anderson4-01.pdf            2.9     MB      54 pgs
Anderson4-02.pdf            3.6     MB      55 pgs
Anderson4-03.pdf            2.1     MB      33 pgs
Anderson4-04.pdf            3.7     MB      55 pgs
Anderson4-05.pdf            3.6     MB      62 pgs
Anderson4-06.pdf            2        MB      55 pgs
Anderson4-07.pdf            3.5     MB      62 pgs
Anderson4-08.pdf            3.4     MB      58 pgs
Anderson4-09.pdf            2.2     MB      32 pgs
Anderson4.zip                28.4     MB      All Release Four files in one .zip archive

Release FIVE (Department of Defense)


Anderson5.pdf               48 KB        letter 1 page + 1 page (2 pages total)

Release SIX (US Army)


Anderson6.pdf             212 KB        letter 1 page + 4 pages (5 pages total)

Release SEVEN (Department of State)


Anderson7.pdf             786 KB        letter 1 page + 17 pages (18 pages total)

Release EIGHT (Department of Justice)

Anderson8.pdf             1.2 MB        letter 1 page + 22 pages (23 pages total)

Release NINE (Department of Justice)

Anderson9.pdf            224 KB         letter 2 pages + 6 pages (8 pages total)
 

 

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