Intelligence

Hexagon: Sentinel of Liberty — 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

Dr. Hans Mark Interviewed by Gerald Haines, 12 March 1997

Background This document transcript was originally released in 2012 with redactions. In December of 2018, I requested that the document…

January 18, 2019

The CIA’s Kryptos Statue

Background Kryptos is an encrypted sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency…

November 5, 2018

NSA Surveillance Program: PROMIS

Background PROMIS is believed by some to be the forefunner to the now infamous "Prism" program by the National Security…

October 29, 2018

China: The Galaxy-II Computer and Nuclear-Related Research, August 3, 1994

Background This document was first released in 2003, though heavily redacted. In February of 2018, I requested a Mandatory Declassification…

October 13, 2018

The FBI’s FOIA Processing Manual – aka “The Green Book”

Background “The Green Book” is a set of guidelines for agency officials in charge of responding to FOIA requests, specifically…

October 1, 2018

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Files on Alexander Shulgin

Background According to Wikipedia: Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist,…

August 14, 2018

FBI Files on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Background Here is FBI File 62-HQ-80750, entitled: Central Intelligence Agency. There were a number of sections missing in my initial FOIA…

August 8, 2018

Doing Business Smarter: A Proposal for Consolidating NSA’s Analysis and Reporting of Foreign Space borne Reconnaissance,1994

Background The following document was published in the Cryptologic Quarterly, Summer 1994, Volume 13, Issue No. 2. When it was first…

June 19, 2018

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division Terminology Lexicon

Background The Cyber Intelligence Section (CybiS) of the Cyber Division periodically updates this Lexicon to provide various customers of the…

June 6, 2018