Background The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining U.S. Government agency that helps American businesses invest in emerging markets. Established in 1971, OPIC provides businesses with the tools to manage the risks associated with foreign direct investment, fosters economic development in emerging market countries, and advances U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. OPIC helps American businesses gain footholds in new markets, catalyzes new revenues and contributes to jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC fulfills its mission by providing businesses with financing, political risk insurance, advocacy and by partnering with private equity investment fund…
Author: John Greenewald
Background The following document was published in the Cryptologic Quarterly, Summer 1994, Volume 13, Issue No. 2. When it was first released, it was heavily redacted, and has remained released in that form since 2010. So, in October of 2016, I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of the record. It took until the end of May of 2018 for the record to be released, however, it was a huge win since a lot of the information that was previously redacted, was released to the general public. Upon this record’s release to The Black Vault, it had never been seen by…
Background Press Release from Department of Justice, published June 14, 2018: Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report examining various actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the DOJ in advance of the 2016 election in connection with the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server (referred to by the FBI and DOJ as the “Midyear” investigation). The DOJ Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) findings are summarized in detail in the report’s Executive Summary, which is included below. The scope of…
Background Excerpt from the document: “The programs and benefits described in this pamphlet can improve your life immeasurably. It tells you how to get assistance you need from programs available to you because of your military service. The pamphlet also points out that you can remain in service and still claim many benefits.” The document was published in 1992, with a forward by Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense. Document Archive Once a Veteran: The Transition to Civilian Life – January 1992 [37 Pages, 2.8MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/FOIA2017-29ADA256935.pdf
Background The Cyber Intelligence Section (CybiS) of the Cyber Division periodically updates this Lexicon to provide various customers of the FBI with a current and consistent cyber language for their training, knowledge enhancement, and/or reference. The Reference Section of this Lexicon lists various sources and the sources and annotations, if applicable, are also individually attached to the related definitions. Document Archive Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Division Terminology Lexicon [59 Pages, 2.4MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/fbicyberlexicon.pdf