Background This is the “Terrorism Review” for January 1999, as created by the CIA and released to The Black Vault in June of 2019. The result was from a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request. The record had been released in July of 2011, but had many more redactions. The 2019 release was successful in getting many of them lifted. I put a ‘clean’ version below, along with a highlighted version showing the new information released (information that was previously redacted.) Document Archive Terrorism Review for January 1999, CIA – June 2019 Release – [39 Pages, 10MB] Terrorism Review for January 1999,…
Author: John Greenewald
Background PRISM is a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA) collects internet communications from various U.S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD US-984XN. PRISM collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies such as Google LLC under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms. Among other things, the NSA can use these PRISM requests to target communications that were encrypted when they traveled across the internet backbone, to focus on stored data that…
Background Memorandum for Director, CIA Reconnaissance Programs – OPS NRO Quarterly Report on NRP Satellite Systems, July 28, 1969 Document Archive Memorandum for Director, CIA Reconnaissance Programs – OPS NRO Quarterly Report on NRP Satellite Systems, July 28, 1969 [27 Pages, 8MB]
Background This is the Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents for 1976. Document Archive Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents, 1976 [196 Pages, 100MB]
Background A number of specific hypotheses about correlates of hypnotizability were tested. A sample of 25 Ss representative of the investigators’ special volunteer population was drawn. The criterion of hypnotizability used was the maximum hypnotic depth achieved in as many intensive hypnotic training sessions as E needed in order to feel confident that a stable plateau in the S’s performance had been reached. Findings confirmed the hypotheses that hypnotizability could be predicted from a general propensity for unusual subjective hypnotic-like experiences, from attitudes and motivational factors specifically relating to hypnosis, and from postural sway, heat illusion, and vividness of mental…