Author: John Greenewald

Background Press Release from Department of Justice, published June 14, 2018: Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report examining various actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the DOJ in advance of the 2016 election in connection with the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server (referred to by the FBI and DOJ as the “Midyear” investigation). The DOJ Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) findings are summarized in detail in the report’s Executive Summary, which is included below. The scope of…

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Background Excerpt from the document: “The programs and benefits described in this pamphlet can improve your life immeasurably. It tells you how to get assistance you need from programs available to you because of your military service. The pamphlet also points out that you can remain in service and still claim many benefits.” The document was published in 1992, with a forward by Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense. Document Archive  Once a Veteran: The Transition to Civilian Life – January 1992 [37 Pages, 2.8MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/FOIA2017-29ADA256935.pdf

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Background The Cyber Intelligence Section (CybiS) of the Cyber Division periodically updates this Lexicon to provide various customers of the FBI with a current and consistent cyber language for their training, knowledge enhancement, and/or reference. The Reference Section of this Lexicon lists various sources and the sources and annotations, if applicable, are also individually attached to the related definitions. Document Archive  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division Terminology Lexicon [59 Pages, 2.4MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/fbicyberlexicon.pdf

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Background Entwined in the many conspiracy theories that state 9/11 was something other than what we were told, there is a story about 5 Israeli men that were arrested on the George Washington Bridge, who had a van full of explosives and were going to detonate it. Here is one example of the report that ran on the mainstream media, reported by Dan Rather on the night of September 11, 2001: Admittedly, this story by Rather did not label them as “Israeli,” but many “conspiracy theories” linked these men to Israeli intelligence known as Mossad. None of these claims really had…

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Background In March of 2016, I requested information on the extent and impact of satellite jamming on BBG signals, such as in Iran and other areas.  I limited the request from January of 2015, through to the date of processing my request, which included records through approximately March of 2016. Below, you will find the information released in April of 2017. Document Archive  Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Documents on Satellite Jamming in Iran, January 2015 – circa March of 2016 [402 Pages, 45.9MB]

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