U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, FBI Name Check Analyses and Recommendations, 2008

May 24, 2018

Background USCIS requests a Federal Bureau of lnvestigation (FBI) Name Check on individuals ages 14 to 79 who apply for…

A summary of the National Reconnaissance Problem, 13 May 1965

May 24, 2018

Background Excerpt from document: "Intelligence vital to the national security of the US now depends to a very large extent on…

Legal Status of NRO – Briefing to Joint DOD-CIA IG Team, 11 September 1995

May 23, 2018

Background The following document was a "Top Secret" briefing by the Office of General Counsel at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)…

Gorbachev’s Response to the US Nuclear Initiative: Implications for Soviet Strategic Offensive Forces, 31 October 1991

May 23, 2018

Background Document Excerpt: "In his speech of 5 October, President Gorbachev announced numerous unilateral Soviet measures relating to strategic offensive arms…

Flight Investigation of a Roll-Stabilized Ramjet Test Vehicle over a Mach Number Range of 2.3 to 2.7, 7 October 1955

May 17, 2018

Background A flight investigation has been conducted on a roll-stabilized ramjet test vehicle. Engine performance data are presented over a…

Novel Biophysical Information Transfer Mechanisms (NBIT), 14 January 1976

May 17, 2018

Background This report presents the results of a review of Soviet research on the biophysics of parapsychological processes. The reviewers…

American Embassy “Foreign Service Despatch” to Department of State Regarding the YETI, 30 November 1959

May 17, 2018

Background This document is housed within the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) and is an archived "Foreign Service Despatch"…

Counterintelligence / Counterespionage In The U.S. Navy, 14 May 1990

May 17, 2018

Background The Soviet Union, its surrogates and other countries hostile to the United States, identify the U.S. Navy as a…

Iraq & Weapons of Mass Destruction

May 16, 2018

Background The fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s…

NASA Handbook for Writing Security Classification Guides, April 2014

May 16, 2018

Background This handbook is issued in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 13526, "Classified National Security Information" to provide guidance for…