John Greenewald

White House Cocaine Incident: Released Secret Service Files Shed Light on Security Response

UPDATE: On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Secret Service decided to release additional records to The Black Vault through a…

November 14, 2023

The Census Bureau Lessons Learned Documents from the 2000 Decennial Census

The Census Bureau released its Lessons Learned document from the 2000 decennial census.  Every 10 years, the Census Bureau documents…

November 12, 2023

LANL’s Security Inspection: A Declassified 2003 Analysis of Safeguards and Accountability

A previously classified document, "Independent Oversight Inspection of Safeguards and Security of the Los Alamos Site Office and Los Alamos…

November 12, 2023

Further Declassified “FISA Amendments Act Section 702 Summary” Sheds Light on U.S. Surveillance Procedures

The previously released heavily redacted "FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Section 702 Summary Document" has been released in a less…

November 10, 2023

The Transformation of ‘Jake the Barber’: Inside the Pardon of John Factor by JFK

A document recently released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveals the intricate details of a clemency request for…

November 9, 2023