DOJ OIG Announces Release of New Versions of Two Previously-Released Reports on the FBI’s Use of Section 215 Orders for Business Records

 The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced today that new versions of two previously-released reports were released yesterday in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought by The New York Times in the Southern District of New York. The two reports are “A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Section 215 Orders for Business Records,” originally released in March 2007, and “A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Section 215 Orders for Business Records in 2006,” originally released in March 2008. The new versions of the reports, which contain additional information that has been declassified and unredacted by agencies with the authority to do so, can be found on the OIG’s website at: http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/2014/215-I.pdf and http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/2014/215-II.pdf.