The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Compliance
with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines
(Redacted)

Special Report
September 2005
Office of the Inspector General


Index of Case Studies, Diagrams, and Tables


 Page
Case Study 1 FBI Informants James J. "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen J. "The Rifleman" Flemmi 71
Case Study 2 FBI Informant Gregory Scarpa, Sr. and his FBI Handler, R. Lindley DeVecchio 85
Case Study 4.1 Operation Greylord 139
Case Study 4.2 Operation "Lightning Strike" 143
Case Study 7.1 FBI Inspection Division Audit of a Field Division's Criminal Informant Program 246
Case Study 7.2 The San Francisco Criminal Informant Program 252
   
Diagram 3.1 Confidential Informant Coordinators' Views on Field Office Compliance with CI Guidelines Requirement to Give Instructions to Confidential Informants 102
Diagram 3.2 Confidential Informant Coordinators' Views on Field Office Compliance with CI Guidelines Requirements Relating to Authorization to Engage in "Otherwise Illegal Activities" 104
Diagram 3.3 The Three Issues Most Frequently Raised by Special Agents Regarding the Confidential Informant Guidelines According to Confidential Informant Coordinators 114
Diagram 3.4 Confidential Informant Coordinators' Views on Need for Training 125
Diagram 4.1 Undercover Coordinators' Views on Their Duties 159
Diagram 4.2 Division Counsel's Views on Frequency of Field Agents' Consultation on Select Issues Concerning Undercover Operations 160
Diagram 5.1 Division Counsel's Views on Consultation Regarding Part VI.A.2 Authorities of the General Crimes Guidelines and Clarity of Related FBI Guidance 202
Diagram 7.1 Undercover Coordinators' Views on the Effectiveness of CUORC Oversight of Undercover Operations 224
Diagram 7.2 Confidential Informant Coordinators' Views on the Effectiveness of CIRC Oversight of Confidential Informants 232
Diagram 7.3 Organization of the Inspection Division 236
Diagram 7.4 Organization Chart: FBI Disciplinary Units 272
Diagram 8.1 Division Counsel Reporting of Special Agents who have Received Training on the Investigative Guidelines in Their Field Offices as of March 2004 284
Diagram 8.2 Division Counsel's Views on the Need for Investigative Guidelines Training 285
Diagram 8.3 Confidential Informant Coordinators' Views on the Need for Investigative Guidelines Training 286
Diagram 8.4 Effectiveness of Training of Confidential Informant Coordinators and Undercover Coordinators on the Investigative Guidelines 287
Diagram 8.5 Division Counsel's Views of the Effectiveness of Their Training on the Investigative Guidelines 288
   
Table 3.1 OIG Findings on Confidential Informant Guidelines Compliance Deficiencies in Select FBI Field Offices 94
Table 3.2 Compliance with Confidential Informant Guidelines Instruction Requirements in Select FBI Field Offices 100
Table 3.3 Timeliness of Instructions Given to Confidential Informants in Select FBI Field Offices 101
Table 3.4 Compliance Deficiencies Involving FBI Authorization of Otherwise Illegal Activity in Select FBI Field Offices 107
Table 3.5 Training and Other Measures Proposed by USAO Criminal Division Criminal Chiefs to Promote Adherences to the Confidential Informant Guidelines 111
Table 3.6 Views of 12 FBI Senior Field Managers on the Confidential Informant Guidelines 115
Table 3.7 Suitability Elements Missing from Initial Suitability Reports & Recommendations (ISR&Rs) in Select FBI Field Offices 118
Table 3.8 Division Counsel's Views on Need for Training on Confidential Informant Guidelines 126
Table 4.1 OIG Compliance Findings from 83 Group I and Group II Undercover Operations in Select Field Offices 155
Table 5.1 OIG Compliance Findings from 46 Preliminary Inquiries in Select FBI Field Offices 173
Table 5.2 Documentation of Racketeering Enterprise Investigation Predication and Field Office Notifications to DOJ, USAOs, and FBIHQ 184
Table 5.3 Division Counsel's Views on Consultation Regarding Part VI Authorities of the General Crimes Guidelines 194
Table 6.1 OIG Compliance Findings on Consensual Monitorings Conducted Without Written Authorization in Select FBI Field Offices 213
Table 7.1 Group I Undercover Operations Approved During FY 2003 219
Table 7.2 Audits Conducted During Inspection Division On-Site Inspections 242
Table 7.3 Percentage of Criminal Informant Program Files with Compliance Deficiencies Identified by the Inspection Division (May 2002 - October 2004) 249
Table 7.4 Inspection Division Deficiency Data for Criminal Informant Program in Select Field Offices 250
Table 7.5 Types of Confidential Informant Guidelines Violations Identified by the Inspection Division (May 2002 - October 2004) 256
Table 7.6 Comparison of Deficiency Measures for Select FBI Field Office Criminal Informant Programs 261
Table 7.7 Inspection and Reinspection Non-compliance Rates for Select Criminal Informant Programs 268



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