Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The FBI conducted an espionage investigation into the Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI), a renowned arms monitoring group. According to documents obtained by Shadowproof under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the FBI began investigating SIPRI after the group sent a generic
Documents Reveal FBI Targeted Peace Institute Over Arms Questionnaire
“If you thought that there was a nest of spies somewhere trying to get information, is it very likely that they would do it by sending out a questionnaire? It’s an image of spying out of Monty Python.”