Author: John Greenewald

Background The NSA leads the U.S. government in cryptology that encompasses both signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA). The SIGINT mission collects, processes and disseminates intelligence information from foreign signals for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, and to support military operations. The IA mission is to prevent foreign adversaries from gaining access to sensitive or classified national security information. Back in 2009, I went after a copy oft the official employee manual. It was released to me in 2011. Document Archive  National Security Agency (NSA) Employee Manual (2011 Release) [130 Pages, 19.2MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nsa/nsaemployeemanual-2011pdf.pdf

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Background Research in support of the NWC weather modification program; Progress in engineering weather modification experiments by computer modelling; Project STORMFURY operations-1967; Flight studies of glaciation in clouds at -4 to -6C; Office of Naval Research program in weather modification. Document Archive  A Summary of the U.S. Navy Program and FY 1967 Progress in Weather Modification and Control, 1967 [19 Pages, 2.6MB]

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Background Each year, government agencies submit an annual “Congressional Budget Justification” book that outlines the programs and projects for that agency, and justifies the budget that they are requesting. For some agencies, they are easy to obtain. For others? Not so much. Below is a growing archive of different agencies, and their respective years. Declassified Documents National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)  National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Congressional Budget Justification – 2018 – Denied IN FULL, I appealed and lost. This is the entire case file for the FOIA case and appeal [45  Pages, 3.4MB]  National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Congressional Budget Justification – 2015-2016 – Denied…

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Background According to this article: “GNI (Global Network Intelligence) and IW (Information Warfare) are two acronyms that have become part of NSA’s language over the past couple of years. Both convey new and comprehensive activities that are critical to NSA’s future and both dramatically affect the Agency’s offensive (SIGINT) and defensive (INFOSEC) missions. The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview of the background and ongoing activities in each area, to explain their interrelationships, and to discuss a few relevant challenges that are of general interest to the NSA workforce.” This record was released previous in heavily redacted…

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Background According to the document: “Purpose: To inform the commission of recent discussions with a member of the Dutch Parliament.”  I found reference to this document, which was unnamed, but it was classified. I filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request on October 11, 2016, and it was finally released on July 26, 2018. Document Archive  Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information Report, April 15, 1979, Meeting with Member of Dutch Parliament [4 Pages, 0.9MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nrc/SECY-79-263.pdf

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