Background The Plame affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal and Plamegate) was a political scandal that revolved around journalist Robert Novak’s public identification of Valerie Plame as a covert Central Intelligence Agency officer ...
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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 ...
CARNIVORE (DCS1000) — FBI Files on Their Email and Electronic Communication Monitoring Software
Background Carnivore, later renamed DCS1000, was a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. It used a customizable packet sniffer that can monitor all of a ...
FBI Files: Journalists and their Periodicals
Background Journalists and their periodicals have long been watched by the FBI. Here is a list of prominent journalists and different publications that have their own file folder within the FBI. Declassified Journalist FBI Files Anderson, ...
Global Network Intelligence and Information Warfare: SIGINT and INFOSEC in Cyberspace, 1995
Background According to this article: “GNI (Global Network Intelligence) and IW (Information Warfare) are two acronyms that have become part of NSA’s language over the past couple of years. Both convey new and comprehensive ...
