Background Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that on three occasions has posted a set of puzzles to recruit codebreakers from the public. The first internet puzzle started on January 4, 2012 on 4chan and ran for approximately one ...
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NSA Emails: Media Leaks Strategic Guidance Needed on Engaging FOIA Requesters, 2013
Background The following emails were internal communications between NSA employees on how to deal with certain types of FOIA requesters. I filed an MDR in 2019 as the records were previously released under FOIA, however, no new information came ...
I/TH’s Assigned Commitment to Spend Time at NSA, December 23, 1955
Background The following document was released in 2001, and found in the CIA CREST database. In February of 2019, I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of this record, and it was released to The Black Vault on September 9, 2019. ...
Presidential Transition 2001: NSA Briefs a New Administration (2004 Document)
Background / Excerpt The American electoral process retains many vestiges reflecting its eighteenth century origins. In the age of supersonic transport and email, U.S. citizens select their national leadership on a timetable derived from the ...
The CIA’s Kryptos Statue
Background Kryptos is an encrypted sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Since its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been much speculation about the ...
