Background According to this document: The surveillance fences of SPACETRACK detect and track a large number of space objects that do not correlate with known objects in the satellite catalog. This note describes the techniques developed at the Millstone Hill Radar for the analysis of these uncorrelated targets. Document Archive Correlation Techniques for Deep Space ‘Uncorrelated Targets’, March 13, 1979 [36 Pages, 2.9MB]
Author: John Greenewald
Background On May 17, 2017, Robert S. Mueller III was appointed by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel. Special Counsel Mueller’s job was to oversee the previously-confirmed FBI investigation of Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters. After nearly two years, the below is the report generated by Mueller’s investigation, and it is commonly referred to as, “The Mueller Report.” This was released on April 18, 2019. There are color coded “redactions” with explanations on why the material is redacted. The document, as released by the Department of Justice, is available…
Background According to the document: “PBJOINTLY (the Berlin Tunnel project) came into being sometime in 1952 (the exact date cannot be established) and ceased as an active operation in the summer of 1956. The writer served as Headquarters case officer on the project from the winter of 1952-1953 until the summer of 1954 and then as the field case officer until February 1955.” The below is the Clandestine Services History paper that was published in 1968. It appears that it was first released (or at least, that is the date of the last review) in 2007. However, in March of…
Background Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer. According to court documents unsealed today, the charge relates to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States. The indictment alleges that in March 2010, Assange engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, to assist…
Background The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), a non-profit organization, is the manager of the International Space Station United States National Laboratory, a US government-funded laboratory with principal research facilities located in the United States Orbital Segment of the International Space Station (ISS). Document Archive Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Status Reports, 2017-2018 [146 Pages, 5.1MB] – Note: NASA/JSC erroneously marked the letter dated 2017, instead of 2018.