Intelligence

United States Cryptologic History, Space Surveillance SIGINT Program, Originally Drafted in 1968

Background The Space Surveillance Sigint Program came into existence in the early 1960s when both the United States and the…

May 16, 2019

Iraq’s Chemical Warfare Program: More Self-Reliant, More Deadly, August 1990

Background According to the document: The Iraqi chemical warfare (CW) program, by far the largest in the Third World, is…

May 10, 2019

The “NRO Evolution and Overview” video, dated September 11, 1995 (Declassified from SECRET, Appears w/ Redactions)

Background This video was requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault.…

May 8, 2019

2017 FOIA Training Presentation by Jennifer Black at the IRS

Background I learned that in 2017, there was a presentation about the FOIA, for training purposes, that was given by…

May 7, 2019

Hypnosis and the United States Secret Service (USSS)

Background Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to…

April 22, 2019

Protecting the Nation – U.S. Intelligence – From George Washington to George W. Bush (Date Unknown)

Background I requested this document back on July 26, 2013. To my surprise, it took until March 21, 2019 to…

March 25, 2019

DCI Task Force on the National Reconnaissance Office, Final Report (The Fuhrman Report), April 1992

Background According to the document, the purpose of this task was was to: "Advise the DCI on issues attendant to…

February 26, 2019

Department of Homeland Security / Office of the Inspector General Investigation of Border Patrol Agent Trafficking Child Pornography – DHS/OIG Investigation: I14-BP-TUC-16379

Background WARNING: The contents of this investigation are disturbing. There are graphic written details (the report contains no visuals) which…

February 15, 2019

Poppy Satellite

Background POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.…

February 13, 2019

Gambit: Eye of the Eagle — National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Video

Background This video was declassified and released to The Black Vault in NRO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Case F-2017-00169…

February 7, 2019