Background The House Committee on the Judiciary has completed the consideration of two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump. The first article charges that the President used the powers of his office to solicit and pressure a foreign government, Ukraine, to investigate his domestic political rival and interfere in the upcoming United States Presidential elections. The second article charges that the President categorically obstructed the Congressional impeachment inquiry into his conduct. Taken together, the articles charge that President Trump has placed his personal, political interests above our national security, our free and fair elections, and our system of…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Studies in Intelligence is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on intelligence that is published by the Center for the Study of Intelligence, a group within the United States Central Intelligence Agency. It contains both classified and unclassified articles on the methodology and history of the field of intelligence gathering. Document Archive Studies in Intelligence, Volume 1, Number 2, January 1956 [47 Pages, 19MB]
Background This is an odd example of how a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case unfolded. In November of 2018, I filed an MDR request for the CIA to review the Effectively of the CIA Counterterrorist Interrogation Techniques memorandum. When I first was sent a response, I received a document similar, with the same title, but with slightly different verbiage, formatting and information. I appealed based on the fact it was the wrong document, and won the appeal. Then, on December 4, 2019, I was sent the correct document released. Below, you will find both releases of the. Document Archive Effectively…
Background Below, you will find communications between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These are e-mails sent between the two agencies, and offer details into what is going on on all sorts of topics. Document Archive National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), January 1, 2016 – March 21, 2017 [660 Pages, 150MB]
Background On December 10, 2019, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued two articles of impeachment. They are available below. Document Archive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump [9 Pages, 0.5MB]