Author: John Greenewald

Background This National Intelligence Daily was issued on February 10, 1980.  Originally, it was released in 2004 with heavy redactions. In April of 2020, I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR), and in July of 2020 – the CIA released the below version with less redactions. Document Archive National Intelligence Daily — February 10, 1980 [24 Pages, 8MB] – MDR Release to The Black Vault in 2020. All NEWLY RELEASED information is highlighted in yellow. Interesting to note that the original release misrepresented how many pages were withheld in full. Archived Versions National Intelligence Daily — February 10, 1980 -…

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Background Below you will find documents regarding 9/11/01, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Document Archive Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Records on 9/11 The following documents have been declassified by the FBI pertaining to 9/11. The 11 September Hijacker Cell Model, February 2003 [10 Pages, 9MB] The 11 September Hijacker Cell Model, February 2003 [13 Pages, 6.5MB] – This was an attempt at a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of the same document, but appears to be a re-release of the same information as nothing else could be revealed. A Review of the FBI’s Handling of Intelligence Information Related…

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Background Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 was a massive statistical analysis undertaken by the U.S. Air Force and the Battelle Memorial Institute to study UFO sightings. This report is significant as it represents the largest such study ever undertaken, with a total of 3,200 cases analyzed by the time the report was completed in 1954. The goal was to make the UFO study more scientific, and the approach involved devising a standardized reporting form and analyzing the existing sighting reports based on about 30 report characteristics​​. The analysts classified the cases into “knowns”, “unknowns”, and a third category…

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Background Adolph Hitler (1889-1945) was leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party and Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945; he led that country into World War II in 1939. The documents in this file range from 1933 to 1947, but primarily fall either in 1933 or between 1945 and 1947. In 1933, the FBI investigated an assassination threat made against Hitler. In the aftermath of Germany’s surrender in 1945, western Allied forces suspected that Hitler had committed suicide but did not immediately find evidence of his death. At the time, it was feared that Hitler may have escaped in the closing…

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