Intelligence

Hypnosis and the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

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

August 25, 2017

Threats Against Electoral College Members, 2016 Election Season

Background The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a…

August 25, 2017

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Review and Redaction Guide for Automatic Declassification of 25-Year Old Information, 2015 Edition

Background This document represents the current policy of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the declassification of all 25-year-old and older…

August 25, 2017

The Voynich Manuscript – National Security Agency (NSA) Documents

Background According to Wikipedia: The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the…

August 24, 2017

TOPOFF Operations, US Department of Homeland Security

Background The Top Officials Exercise (TOPOFF) is a congressionally mandated biennial cycle of seminars, planning events, and national exercises designed…

August 20, 2017

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) FOIA Training Material, Released April of 2017

Background According to their website, the mission statement of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is: "Enforcing the controlled substances laws…

August 20, 2017

FBI FOIA “VAULT” Request Procedures, Released 2017

Background Many years after The Black Vault came into existence, and became known worldwide as an archive to download hundreds…

July 18, 2017

Independent Oversight Report on the Status of the Department of Energy’s Information Security Program for National Security Systems, September 2006

Background Section 3545 of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requires that each Federal agency conduct an annual independent…

July 15, 2017

Flight Ops GeoLITE Training, May 2009 (Declassified May 2017)

Background Special thanks to Gunter's Space Page for this description of GeoLITE: GeoLITE (Geosynchronous Lightweight Technology Experiment) is an advanced,…

July 2, 2017

Operation Morning Light

Background Kosmos 954 (Russian: Космос 954) was a reconnaissance satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1977. A malfunction prevented…

May 8, 2017