Background On 10 April 1997, the President’s National Security Adviser indicated in a letter to the Senate Majority Leader that he would direct the Intelligence Community to prepare a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Vietnam’s cooperation with the United States on Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) issues. Terms of Reference for the estimate were formulated by the National Intelligence Council and coordinated with members of the Intelligence Community and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The draft estimate was presented to the Military Intelligence Board and the National Foreign Intelligence Board for approval in April 1998, and NIE 98-03,…
Author: John Greenewald
Background I requested this document back on July 26, 2013. To my surprise, it took until March 21, 2019 to be released, in which I waited nearly 6 years. The document is undated from what I can tell, but was finally declassified and released in my FOIA Case DF-2013-00163 with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Here is a portion of the introduction to this document: Until relatively recently, the American public knew little about nor understood the role of the U.S. intelligence in formulating U.S. policies both at home and aboard. The “Great Game,” especially during…
Background This is the summary of the Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion by Attorney General William Barr. It was released on March 24, 2019, and contains only a brief overview of the full report. As of the writing of this page, the full report has yet to be released. Document Archive Summary of the Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion (aka “The Mueller Report”) by Attorney General William Barr, March 24, 2019 [4 Pages, 2.7MB]
Background Caught on Camera is a video created by the FBI’s Operational Technology Division to show business owners how their security cameras can aid law enforcement investigations and maybe even help stop a terrorist attack. FOIA Request reference 1375481-000. Video Archive
Background The cover page for this report was released to me in the past, but I was not given (nor did my original request ask for) the report itself. In March of 2018, I requested the entire document, and was told there was “no records.” Given the fact I had already obtained the cover page, I appealed, and won that appeal. However, the result was not ideal. In fact, other than the cover page and table of contents, the entire document was redacted for national security reasons, or exemption (b)(1). Document Archive Special Event Assessment (SEA) for the 2009 United…