Military / Defense

Area 51 – Declassified Documents

Background Area 51 is a nickname for a military base located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western…

April 9, 2019

Summary and Reflection of Chief of Medical Services on the OMS Participation in the Detention and Interrogation Program

Background Originally, this record was released on the CIA FOIA Reading Room, wherein each and every page read, "PAGE DENIED".…

March 26, 2019

Challenges to Security in Space, February 2019

Background In February of 2019, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released “Challenges to Security in Space,” a report that examines…

March 7, 2019

Collateral Damage to Satellites from an EMP Attack, August 2010

Background In support of The Commissions to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, this paper…

March 7, 2019

Journal of Defense Research

Background Beginning in 1969, the Journal of Defense Research (JDR) has published defense related classified research, development and experimentation. The…

February 22, 2019

Assassination Attempt: President George W. Bush – May 10, 2005

Background On 10 May 2005, Vladimir Arutyunian waited for United States President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili…

December 27, 2018

Additional Operational and Security Considerations for the Next Phase of Abu Zubaydah Interrogation, July 2, 2002

Background This document was first released in 2016 (which I have archived below). I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review in…

December 14, 2018

CIA Report: Saudi-Based Financial Support for Terrorist Organizations, 14 November 2002

Background According to the report: "Saudi Arabia is a key base of financial support for al-Qa'ida. Most of the money…

November 30, 2018

Chemical Agent Fact Book, May 2010

 Chemical Agent Fact Book, May 2010 [222 Pages, 34.5MB]   Background This document was originally denied IN FULL under the…

November 19, 2018

The Projecting Electronic Ray Weapon, 1930s – 1950s

Background The Projecting Electronic Ray appears to have been an invention first created around 1936. It was a contract by…

November 4, 2018