Intelligence

The Black Vault’s FBI File Collection – Category Index

Welcome to The Black Vault's FBI Files category page, a repository of documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…

December 6, 2023

NRO Information Review and Release Group (IRRG) Logs (Monday Weekly Emails)

The following are logs generated and emailed weekly to various NRO staff, which update all recipients on open FOIA and…

December 5, 2023

FBI Files: Directors, Agents and Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Background The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry…

November 26, 2023

FBI File: Bob Lazar’s United Nuclear

In November of 2018, The Black Vault began pursuing records relating to the company United Nuclear, owned by Bob Lazar…

November 22, 2023

Hearts-and-Minds: A Strategy of Conciliation, Coercion, or Commitment? by Lt. Col. Karl E. Nell

The follow It is written as a Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) publication, authored by Lieutenant Colonel Karl E.…

November 22, 2023

Surge in US Trademark Registrations by China

Below, you will find records at the US Patent and Trademark Office about the surge in US Trademark registrations by…

November 16, 2023

Decades-Old Korean COMINT Efforts Further Revealed in NSA Release

The Black Vault has successfully obtained a less redacted version of a once-classified document detailing the Korean Communications Intelligence (COMINT)…

November 15, 2023

LANL’s Security Inspection: A Declassified 2003 Analysis of Safeguards and Accountability

A previously classified document, "Independent Oversight Inspection of Safeguards and Security of the Los Alamos Site Office and Los Alamos…

November 12, 2023

Further Declassified “FISA Amendments Act Section 702 Summary” Sheds Light on U.S. Surveillance Procedures

The previously released heavily redacted "FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Section 702 Summary Document" has been released in a less…

November 10, 2023

Newly Released 1973 FBI Document Sheds Light on Historical Terrorism Tactics

The declassified FBI document "Terrorism -- Its Tactics and Techniques," dated January 12, 1973, provides an analytical overview of the…

November 8, 2023