Military / Defense

Ethics and the Military Profession. Values and the Professional Soldier

Background The following document is an interesting find, written in 1981. It was about ethics and values of being a…

January 28, 2016

Artificial Intelligence

Wikipedia defines "artificial intelligence" as: Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. It is also the…

January 28, 2016

Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States, April 2006

This National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) analyzes the nature of the threat that terrorist groups across the world willpose to US lives…

December 16, 2015

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NAS Daily Event Logs

Recently, I was contacted about some very important documents that exist within the FAA holdings, referred to as the NAS…

November 29, 2015

Project Counter Change / Project Corrode – Enemy Attack Defense Study, 1950s

Background The following description was taken from recently declassified government documents, obtained by The Black Vault, about Project Corrode: During the…

November 26, 2015

Selective Service System “Draft” Lottery Procedure

How does the Selective Service system aka "The Draft" work? Parents across the country fear that as world tensions rise,…

November 24, 2015

Allegations of Biological Experiments in Viet Nam, 1966

In 2014, I came across reference to a document within the CIA's holding, that referenced an alleged incident which occurred…

October 27, 2015

Situation Awareness and Decision Support System for Defensive Counterspace

The following document was first requested in April of 2015, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The following was…

October 27, 2015

Intelligence on Terrorist Organizations and Capabilities

Agencies amass an amazing amount of information of terrorist organizations and their capabilities.  Below, you will find many of the…

October 18, 2015

Department of Justice – Collection Activities Authorized by President George W. Bush post 9/11/01

The Black Vault has obtained, and archived, multiple document releases from the Department of Justice and the Director of National…

September 30, 2015