Government

Sue the Dinosaur and the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research

Background For a quick synopsis, I'd like to reference the Wikipedia article on Sue the Dinosaur, which breaks down some background: "Sue"…

December 27, 2021

National Archives Releases New Group of JFK Assassination Documents, December 2021 Release

Note from The Black Vault: This page is a work in progress. The Black Vault has created searchable .pdfs, a…

December 15, 2021

Federal Election Commission (FEC) E-Mails, 2017 Release of Various Keyword Searches

The following was a 2019 release of internal FEC e-mails. The request was filed in July of 2017, and modified…

December 14, 2021

Special Government Employees (SGEs)

According to the United States Office of Government Ethics: Some ethics provisions that apply to executive branch employees apply differently…

September 15, 2021

Executive Order 14040 of September 3, 2021 – Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

September 14, 2021

Alleged Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information – Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community – Case: INV-17-0002 – 2017

Here is a summary of the investigation: The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) Investigations…

August 26, 2021

Alleged Unauthorized Disclosure – Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community – Case: 18-0001-IN – 2018

The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG), Investigations Division, investigated an unauthorized disclosure of the…

August 14, 2021

Data Destruction Reveals Larger Issue with DoD Records Retention

Six weeks ago, The Black Vault broke a story about a potentially unauthorized destruction of data by the Department of…

July 16, 2021

Review of U.S. Park Police Actions at Lafayette Park on June 1, 2020 – Published: June 8, 2021

According to the Department of Interior Inspector General (the full report is below): At the request of then Secretary of…

June 9, 2021

Examining the U.S. Capitol Attack: A Review of the Security, Planning, and Response Failures on January 6, 2021 – Released: June 8, 2021

On June 8, 2021, the Committee on Rules and Administration sent out the following press release. The full report is…

June 8, 2021