Background Below, you will find communications between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These are e-mails sent between the two agencies, and offer details into what is going on on all sorts ...
Tag Archives: NRO
NRO Primer Presentation, August 22, 2005
Background The NRO Primer was referenced in a February 2003 issue of the NRO’s internal magazine called RECON. I requested the document in December of 2018, and it was released on March 29, 2019. Document Archive NRO Primer Presentation, ...
The “NRO Evolution and Overview” video, dated September 11, 1995 (Declassified from SECRET, Appears w/ Redactions)
Background This video was requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault. The FOIA Case number for reference is F-2018-00088. The video was released in five, individual files. These have been ...
DCI Task Force on the National Reconnaissance Office, Final Report (The Fuhrman Report), April 1992
Background According to the document, the purpose of this task was was to: “Advise the DCI on issues attendant to the future of the National Reconnaissance Office, including those raised by The Senate “Intelligence Reorganization Act ...
Poppy Satellite
Background POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded ELINT data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships ...
