Background According to the document, the purpose of the report is to: “To provide strategic direction for the NRO in a changing world environment. The plan also provides a basis for focused dialogue among NRO managers regarding critical ...
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A summary of the National Reconnaissance Problem, 13 May 1965
Background Excerpt from document: “Intelligence vital to the national security of the US now depends to a very large extent on photography acquired by overhead reconnaissance. This important intelligence source has been developed quite ...
Legal Status of NRO – Briefing to Joint DOD-CIA IG Team, 11 September 1995
Background The following document was a “Top Secret” briefing by the Office of General Counsel at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) regarding the “Legal Status of the NRO,” given to a Joint DOD/CIA Inspector ...
NRO GEOINT Capabilities, February 2012
Background This document was fought hard for, as it was finally released in a heavily redacted form, after a FOIA appeal. After receiving the declassified page on the NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE (NRO) from the Intellipedia system, I found a ...
The National Reconnaissance Office: A Brief History of its Creation and Evolution, April 1999
Background According to the document: Almost forty years ago, United States leaders created a hybrid National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to meet the unusual intelligence demands of the nuclear age and the Cold War. The chain of events began ...
