"Omega" counterfeits and US Secret Service files
RogerB
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Checked NARA US Secret Service files on Monday and found nothing explicitly pointing to an investigation. However, the files are organized by office and agent with date ranges, and much of the material has been put on microfilm. It's suggested that anyone interested in searching for references to the "omega" fakes should do so in person.
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Thanks Roger... I hope some people are doing this research, I would like to see more on this issue. Wish I were in a position to be able to do it myself. Cheers, RickO
From what I could tell using the finding aids and prior searches, it would take someone about two weeks of work to search and recover data, if it exists. But there is no assurance that the information exists.
What about submitting a FOIA request?
Go right ahead.
An agency cannot provide material it does not have, so a FOIA to the USSS would produce nothing if they had nothing in their files.
NARA files are open to all and all NARA need do is say "look in this Record Group."
A more direct way of answering: someone has to do the work searching and that work has a cost whether it's government employee time or the interested party's time.
Thanks Roger!
They are way too busy right now trying to figure out how to keep the Russians out of our elections.
Can a Russian file a FOIA request?
Pete
I put in an FOIA about 4 years ago and never got anything back except "we have received your request."
@BuffaloIronTail ..."Can a Russian file a FOIA request?" Actually yes, they can... though likely they would do it under a pseudonym....Nothing would prevent it... Cheers, RickO