Author: John Greenewald

Background This handbook is issued in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 13526, “Classified National Security Information” to provide guidance for the development of NASA security classification guides. Original Classification Authorities·are encouraged to publish Security Classification Guides (SCG) to facilitate a standardized a·nd efficient classification management program. A SCG provides detailed classification guidance on program specific information for use by derivative classifiers in applying appropriate security classification markings. The SCG is an invaluable tool created and approved personally and in writing by an Original Classification Authority (OCA) and published to facilitate the proper and uniform derivative classification of information. It is…

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Background This memo was issued to provide the status of the “North Korea Nuclear Issue” back in 1992. I filed an MDR request on the record in February of 2018, as the original that I saw was heavily redacted. It appears it was reviewed late in 2017, therefore my MDR request was denied, but I was furnished a copy. Two years need to pass to request an MDR. Document Archive  Memorandum, William T. Pendley to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Subject: North Korea Nuclear Issue – Where are We Now?, dated October 27, 1992 [6 Pages, 1.5MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dod/18-M-0747.pdf

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Background The following documents have been received under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and contain the “Congressional Correspondence Logs” for all communications between Congress, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Each log outlines who the correspondence was with, the date, and topic of the letter. Declassified Documents 2014-2015  FBI Congressional Correspondence Log – 2014-2015 Release #1 July 2017 [350 Pages, 187MB ]  FBI Congressional Correspondence Log – 2014-2015 Release #2  November 2017 [5 Pages, 0.9MB ] 2013  FBI Congressional Correspondence Log – 2013 Release #1 November 2014 [286 Pages, 110MB ]  FBI Congressional Correspondence Log – 2013 Release #2 January…

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Background “AZORIAN” (erroneously called JENNIFER after its Top Secret Security Compartment by the press) was the code name for a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in the summer of 1974, using the purpose-built ship Hughes Glomar Explorer. The 1968 sinking of the K-129 occurred approximately 1,560 nautical miles (2,890 km) northwest of Hawaii. Project Azorian was one of the most complex, expensive and secretive intelligence operations of the Cold War at a cost of about $800 million ($3.6 billion in 2011 dollars). In addition to designing the…

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