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Website helps you get your grandparents FBI files

Ever wonder who in your family had a "colorful" history? Did Aunt Mary lead anti-war demonstrations? Was Grandpa Joe a smuggler during Prohibition? GetGrandpasFBIFile.Com will automatically generate the letters you need to send in to get a (deceased) relative's FBI files. The site was created by a couple of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) advocates as a way of spreading the FOIA meme.

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