Author: John Greenewald

Before World War II, intelligence activities in the United States were mostly carried out by the Department of State, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), and the War Department’s Military Intelligence Division (MID). Hoping for greater coordination of intelligence activities, as well as a more strategic approach to intelligence gathering and operations; on July 11, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed William J. Donovan to head a new civilian office attached to the White House, the Coordinator of Information (COI). The COI was charged with collecting and analyzing information which may have had bearing upon national security, correlating such information and…

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The following document comes from my friends over at GovernmentAttic.org. This is an extensive historical publication, with records going back to the 1920s. According to the introduction, “This booklet has been prepared to acquaint peace officers and law- enforcement officials with the work of the Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice in its investigation of alleged violations of laws in which the United States is or may be a party in interest.” Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File No. 62-HQ- 21440, Informational Brochure Concerning the FBI, 1929-1946[ 1,180 Pages, 59.03MB ]

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Background The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) launched the Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX) initiative in 2003.  LInX is designed to enhance information sharing between local, state, and federal law enforcement in areas of strategic importance to the Department of the Navy.  LInX provides participating law enforcement partner agencies with secure access to regional crime and incident data and the tools needed to process it, enabling investigators to search across jurisdictional boundaries to help solve crimes and resolve suspicious events.  LInX is designed to facilitate cooperation and sharing.  Ownership and control of the data remains with the agency that provided it. LInX is organized…

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Below, you will find various reports regarding foreign intelligence on Russia.  This will primarily consist of records after the Cold War. If you are interested in that era, make sure you visit the Cold War Era archive as well. Declassified Documents  Impact of the RMA on Russian Military Affairs. Volume 1, January 1997 [ 113 Pages, 11.91MB ] –  In the early 1980s, the Soviet military was perhaps the first to argue that a new “revolution” was occurring in military affairs. Today the Russian military argues that precision-guided, non-nuclear, deep-strike weapons and the systems used to integrate them are revolutionizing all aspects of military art and…

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As the world population grows, many problems and questions arise.  This section archives documents dealing with these world issues. How Americans View World Population Issues [142 Pages, 4.9MB] – This report presents the results of a survey of Americans’ views about global demographic trends and issues in the context of U.S. international economic assistance. The survey was conducted in August- September 1998 by Belden Russonello & Stewart, a public-opinion research firm in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with Ronald Hinckley of Research/Strategy/Management, and coordinated by Sally Patterson of Wagner Associates Public Affalrs Consulting, Inc., a public-affairs consulting firm based in Washington,…

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