but has never been able to get a copy of her FBI file This can be confusing because there are various bewildering options, some of which are slower (or outrigh

but has never been able to get a copy of her FBI file This can be confusing because there are various bewildering options, some of which are slower (or outright ineffective for personal records) than others but getting FBI records is comparatively straightforward once you've navigated the maze. I did it a few years ago and they sent me a CD's worth of stuff, plus a note of things they had not sent me or had redacted with instruction on challenging their decisions on these.