"Out of all the interview reports, this is the only one that looked worth doing again."

But they concluded that even with Mr. Attas's interview reports, the bureau was unable to meet one of the main legal requirements for obtaining such a warrant.

Leafed through it and found a faxed copy of an interview report.

He spent hours poring over interview reports and meeting with agents on the case.

Finishing up the last interview report, he rearranged the files, stacked the photocopies into a crisp pile, and returned the hanging folder to the file cabinet.

But many of his criticisms have been corroborated by other officials in interviews with the inspector general, Government officials who have read the interview reports said.

All interview reports, crime-scene photographs and lead sheets were bundled into notebooks; time lines were drawn up; every name was indexed and cross-referenced.

Most of the recently discovered documents are interview reports, known as 302's, basic forms on which agents report the results of their interviews with witnesses.

Clark's interview report asks for a rating of 1 to 5 on preparation for interview, intellectual promise, personal promise, conversational ability and maturity/motivation.

In March 2007, Time Magazine featured an interview report praising the group's activity as "warfare by humorous means."