Independent Audit Report on Proposed Amounts in Crane & Co., Inc.’s Price Proposal dated February 19, 2020 (Audit Report No. 1901-2020A21000003)

November 15, 2023

The inspector general investigation focused on an audit of Crane & Co. Inc. (referred to as Crane Currency), a subsidiary…

Decades-Old Korean COMINT Efforts Further Revealed in NSA Release

November 15, 2023

The Black Vault has successfully obtained a less redacted version of a once-classified document detailing the Korean Communications Intelligence (COMINT)…

White House Cocaine Incident: Released Secret Service Files Shed Light on Security Response

November 14, 2023

UPDATE: On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Secret Service decided to release additional records to The Black Vault through a…

The Census Bureau Lessons Learned Documents from the 2000 Decennial Census

November 12, 2023

The Census Bureau released its Lessons Learned document from the 2000 decennial census.  Every 10 years, the Census Bureau documents…

LANL’s Security Inspection: A Declassified 2003 Analysis of Safeguards and Accountability

November 12, 2023

A previously classified document, "Independent Oversight Inspection of Safeguards and Security of the Los Alamos Site Office and Los Alamos…

Further Declassified “FISA Amendments Act Section 702 Summary” Sheds Light on U.S. Surveillance Procedures

November 10, 2023

The previously released heavily redacted "FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Section 702 Summary Document" has been released in a less…

The Transformation of ‘Jake the Barber’: Inside the Pardon of John Factor by JFK

November 9, 2023

A document recently released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveals the intricate details of a clemency request for…

Newly Released 1973 FBI Document Sheds Light on Historical Terrorism Tactics

November 8, 2023

The declassified FBI document "Terrorism -- Its Tactics and Techniques," dated January 12, 1973, provides an analytical overview of the…

Statement by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on the Upcoming Departure of All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick

November 8, 2023

On November 9, 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks issued the following statement about the departure of All-Domain Anomaly…

FBI Releases First Batch of McCabe Emails After FOIA Battle

November 7, 2023

In May of 2017, a FOIA request was filed by The Black Vault, seeking all emails sent to and from…