(2020-0804-F Segment 2) Dick Morris

95 folders, approximately 5,427 pages

This collection (2020-0804-F Segment 2) consists of records related to Dick Morris, advisor to President Clinton from 1978 to 1996. This collection consists of correspondence forwarded to Morris, concerning Morris, or authored by Morris that primarily dates from 1993 to 1997.

The materials in FOIA 2020-0804-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material, including 2006-0469- F, 2006-0522-F, 2007-1287-F, 2013-0534-S, 2022-0236-F, and 2024-0267-S. This collection contains records regarding Dick Morris, a political consultant for President Clinton from 1978 to 1996. This collection contains correspondence forwarded to Morris, concerning Morris, or authored by Morris that primarily dates from 1993 to 1999. Topics include airline safety, birthday greetings, community development and homeownership, Community Right to Know, Morris’s dismissal as advisor to President Clinton, family values, the flat tax, incremental health care reform, invitations, paramilitary organizations, public opinion in Serbia, and visits with the Clintons. The collection also contains inventories mentioning Morris, press mentioning or authored by Morris, speeches, and statements regarding both disclosure requirements and “Filegate”.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) was a database that contained email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system held, and allowed access to, unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database was comprised of seven sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represented a specific White House office. The buckets were titled: NPR for National Performance Review, NSC for National Security Council, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) was a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP was a database that contained email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP database was comprised of the same seven sub-series of email as in ARMS. NSC TRP email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. In 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration transferred the majority of Clinton ARMS and TRP records to a records management and access system called ERA. This changed the processing of ARMS and TRP records. For technical reasons, however, NSC emails remained in their own bucket. NSC ARMS emails are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. FOIA 2020-0804-F (Segment 2) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: CA Civil Aviation CO148 Serbia - Montenegro ED Education FG001-07 Appointments Granted, Presidential FG006-01 White House Office FG006-04 Counsel to the President FG017-02 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FG023 Department of Housing and Urban Development FG059 Courts of the District of Columbia FI010 Taxation GI001 Gifts from the President GI002 Gifts to the President HE Health ME001-02 Birthday Greetings ME001-03 Condolence/Death PL005-02 Democratic Party PP Presidential Personal PP005-01 First Lady PR001 Administration Appreciation Letters (Outgoing) PR005-01 Photographs Granted, Presidential PR015 Publicity PU001-07 Clippings to the President TN004 Railroad TR201 CO / CA. 7/21-22/96 WE Welfare WE012 Family WH006 Security – Protection – Passes (White House – EOB).

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2020-0804-F (Segment 2):
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
CA 237166
CO148 010832
ED 167283SS
FG006-01 179235
FG006-01 223184
FG006-01 314379
FG006-01 440619
FG006-04 318169
FG017-02 234913
FG023 157379SS
FG059 164569SS
FI010 149371SS
HE 165875SS
ME001-02 089042
ME001-02 141130
PL005-02 236951
PP 013341SS
PP 189461SS
PP005-01 087526
PR015 171023
PR015 244861
Category Case Number
PU001-07 127174SS
PU001-07 244400SS
PU001-07 317323SS
WE 149942SS
WE012 174764SS
WH006 185178
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Chief of Staff
Stephanopoulos, George
From Dick Morris – Federal Government Power to Regulate Paramilitary Organization
[OA/ID 8032]
Counsel Office
Karcher, Emily; Nolan, Beth
Dick Morris [OA/ID CF 1808B]
Sherburne, Jane
Independent Counsel – Whitewater: Morris [OA/ID CF 401]
Records Management
Streett, Stephanie
172369 [1] [OA/ID 6857]
172369 [2] [OA/ID 6857]
Box 2
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Dick Morris]
[10/25/1995-12/19/1995]
[02/05/1996-05/20/1996]
[05/21/1996-07/03/1996]
[07/31/1996-09/02/1996]
[09/04/1996-01/10/1997]
[01/10/1997-01/14/1997]
[01/14/1997-01/21/1997]
[01/27/1997-03/05/1997]
[03/24/1997-05/19/1997]
[06/06/1997-08/01/1997]
[08/03/1997-09/23/1997]
Box 3
[09/23/1997]
[10/24/1997]
[11/20/1997-01/28/1998]
[02/02/1998]
[02/06/1998-04/17/1998]
[04/28/1998-05/27/1998]
[05/27/1998-08/20/1998]
[09/16/1998-09/21/1998]
[09/21/1998] [1]
[09/21/1998] [2]
Box 4
[09/21/1998] [3]
[09/30/1998-12/22/1998]
[12/22/1998-01/04/1999]
[01/04/1999-01/13/1999]
[01/15/1999]
[01/22/1999-01/25/1999]
[01/27/1999-02/01/1999]
[02/08/1999]
[02/08/1999-03/19/1999]
[03/19/1999-03/20/1999]
[03/20/1999-12/17/1999]
Box 5
[01/24/2000-06/28/2000]
[07/03/2000-11/09/2000]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) [Email]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Dick Morris]
[04/28/1998-06/04/1998]
[09/16/1998-09/30/1998]
[12/22/1998-03/19/1999]
[03/19/1999-12/17/1999]
[12/17/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1995-Dec 1996 [OA/ID 510000]
[Dick Morris]
[06/15/1995-08/07/1996]
[08/20/1996-11/27/1996]
Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [OA/ID 520000]
[Dick Morris]
[06/02/1997-12/23/1998]
Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000]
[Dick Morris]
[07/20/2000]
Jan 2001 [OA/ID 540000]
[Dick Morris]
[01/19/2001]
NSC Email
MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 590000]
[Dick Morris]
[05/26/1995-07/25/1995]
[09/20/1995-11/13/1995]
Box 6
[02/05/1996-02/21/1996]
[04/02/1996-04/15/1996]
[04/15/1996-06/28/1996]
[07/31/1996-09/03/1996]
[09/03/1996-09/16/1996]
[10/04/1996-11/07/1996]
[01/09/1997-01/13/1997]
[01/13/1997-01/16/1997]
[01/21/1997-01/29/1997]
[02/04/1997-03/24/1997]
[04/17/1997-05/22/1997]
Box 7
MSmail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 605000]
[Dick Morris]
[05/26/1995-01/31/1997]
Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000]
[Dick Morris]
[09/05/1997-12/16/1997]
[01/21/1998-09/30/1998]
[01/04/1999-11/09/2000]
Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000]
[Dick Morris]
[08/20/1997-04/07/1999]
[11/01/1999]