History

Briefing For SSCI Aides on May 1981 Assassination Attempt Against The Pope (John Paul II), 1981

Background IAD/CTG Briefing for SSCI Aides on May Assassination Attempt Against the Pope. The below two page document was requested…

November 21, 2019

Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Management of its Confidential Human Source Validation Processes, Audit Report 20-009, November 2019

Background The objectives of this audit were to: (1) evaluate the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Confidential Human Source (CHS)…

November 19, 2019

Cicada 3301

Background Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that on three occasions has posted a set of puzzles…

October 29, 2019

NSA Emails: Media Leaks Strategic Guidance Needed on Engaging FOIA Requesters, 2013

Background The following emails were internal communications between NSA employees on how to deal with certain types of FOIA requesters.…

September 27, 2019

I/TH’s Assigned Commitment to Spend Time at NSA, December 23, 1955

Background The following document was released in 2001, and found in the CIA CREST database. In February of 2019, I…

September 26, 2019

The CIA’s Animal Partners

Background According to the CIA: Throughout history, trained animals have been used in security roles to fulfill mission requirements, notably…

September 16, 2019

CIA MKULTRA / Mind Control Collection

Table of Contents - What is MKULTRA? - The Black Vault and the 2004 FOIA Document Release - The Missing Pages - MKULTRA…

September 1, 2019

FBI Files on Jeffrey Epstein

Background Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender. Epstein…

August 13, 2019

Orlando Terror Attack 911 Transcripts Edited by Department of Justice (DOJ)

Background On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a…

June 21, 2019

National Intelligence Daily – June 2, 1990

Background This National Intelligence Daily was issued on June 2, 1990. It appears in the CIA's CREST database, as CREST…

May 7, 2019