This is what filing a Freedom of Information Act request looks like with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The government agencies tasked with investigating can’t uncover its own documents, which are required by the Freedom of Information Act to be made accessible to the public.

The following is only six aspects of FBI correspondence that relates to requests for information about Jeffrey Epstein.

Some call this “death by paperwork.”

Others call it insanity.

It’s bureaucracy at its finest. Deliberate obstruction or sheer incompetence. Either way, it’s the FBI. Should taxpayers expect anything else?

How the FBI will disregard your FOIA request:

1) We made a request for docs/calendar entries relating to meetings held in DC on the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Previous research showed that the case was run from DC. We want names. pic.twitter.com/Rud5r2Vbkk

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018

2) FBI records send a letter saying “records responsive to your request are currently being processed.” pic.twitter.com/9FUNg7uyIZ

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018

3) Check the status of the FOIA request online: “The FOIPA number entered has been closed”

They didn’t even look. pic.twitter.com/RgUcuzHMlS

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018

4) Confront the FOIA Officer about the discrepancy. He asks if I looked in the FBI Vault under "Jeffrey Epstein."

If he had looked in the FBI Vault he'd know there were no responsive documents… but he never looked. pic.twitter.com/Ove1q0WUqY

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018

5) Tell FOIA Official the documents aren't in there. Response: "It has been forwarded to the assigned analyst for review."

Be diligent, friends. pic.twitter.com/XitLfgMNfY

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018

6) To those who have asked, the correspondence took place this week. Will update on developments as they come. (No documents yet.)

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) August 11, 2018