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Possible Resumption of Negotiations for US Reactor, Iran, February 1976

Background This document was first requested, but fully denied, in ISCAP appeal number 2009-054-doc3. It was a CIA document, and…

March 25, 2020

Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Controls over Weapons, Munitions, and Explosives, March 2020

Background The objectives of this audit were to evaluate: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) controls over weapons, munitions,…

March 24, 2020

Crypto AG

Background Crypto AG was a Swiss company specializing in communications and information security. It was secretly jointly owned by the…

March 13, 2020

FBI & Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz

Background For some background on the case, Wikipedia explains: Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was…

February 12, 2020

FBI Denies Release of Files on Reddit

Background On December 25, 2017, The Black Vault requested all FBI files on the social news and discussion platform known…

February 11, 2020

USS Stark Incident, May 17, 1987

Background The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War on 17 May 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired…

January 27, 2020

USS Liberty Attack, June 8, 1967

Background The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli…

January 27, 2020

Studies in Intelligence, Volume 1, Number 2, January 1956

Background Studies in Intelligence is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on intelligence that is published by the Center for the…

December 12, 2019

Effectiveness of the CIA Counterterrorist Interrogation Techniques, March 2005

Background This is an odd example of how a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case unfolded. In November of 2018, I…

December 12, 2019

Visual Media Presentation for Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Staffers, September 2, 1987

Background An unknown list of films were shown to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staffers. Edward Levine, John Nelson, Britt…

November 21, 2019