Background The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent organization within the executive branch of the United States Government, chartered with the responsibility of providing recommendations and advice to the President and the Secretary of Energy regarding public health and safety issues at Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities. In February of 2018, I requested a copy of their intranet website, which would include the home page(s) and each page accessible via “one click” from that home page. This gives a good representation of what the intranet site has. In February of 2019, I received more than 650 pages…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Beginning in 1969, the Journal of Defense Research (JDR) has published defense related classified research, development and experimentation. The intent is to selectively rake available the peer refereed results of classified research and to serve as an archival Journal of this information to be used by future researchers. Below, you will find various documents released about this publication. Document Archive Cumulative Index of the Journal of Defense Research papers, 1969 – 1983 [65 Pages, 16.8MB] Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Journal of Defense Research (JDR), August 27, 1985 [20 Pages, 1.1MB] – The task force…
Background WARNING: The contents of this investigation are disturbing. There are graphic written details (the report contains no visuals) which some may find disturbing. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation based on an allegation received from the Joint Intake Center, Washington, D.C., that [ REDACTED ] was involved in the illegal manufacturing and distribution of child pornography. During the course of this investigation, the DHS OIG assisted in the execution of a search warrant, conducted database checks, reviewed records, and conducted a subject interview. The DHS OIG investigation of the allegation was…
Background The task was to survey the entire field of advanced propulsion to uncover and carry out a technical assessment of any concept that showed promise of leading to a major advance in available energy sources for space power and propulsion in the next century. In general we were to consider any concept that might derive energy from the space environment, as well as any unconventional methods of storing energy in a compact form that may have applicability to space power and propulsion. The best of these were to be selected for investigation in Phase 2 of the contract. We…
Background POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships at sea. The POPPY program was a continuation within NRO’s Program C of the Naval Research Laboratory’s Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) ELINT program, also known as Tattletale. The National Security Agency was given the responsibility of collecting, interpreting, and reporting the signals intercepted. The existence of the POPPY program was declassified by the NRO in September 2005, although most of the details…