Background For a quick synopsis, I’d like to reference the Wikipedia article on Sue the Dinosaur, which breaks down some background: “Sue” is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is the largest, most extensive and best ...
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The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage Assessment – 30 October 1987
Background According to this document: “This study, undertaken by the Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee (DDAC) at the direction of the Director of Central Intelligence, is one of two assessments of damage undertaken as a ...
Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
Background During the war in Iraq that began in March 2003, personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These ...
Iraq & Weapons of Mass Destruction
Background The fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s against Iranian and Kurdish civilians during and after the Iran–Iraq War. In the 1980s he pursued an extensive ...
J.F.K. Assassination Records Archive – Previously Withheld JFK Assassination Documents Database
Background John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was allegedly fatally ...
