Author: John Greenewald

Background According to the document: “Purpose: To inform the commission of recent discussions with a member of the Dutch Parliament.”  I found reference to this document, which was unnamed, but it was classified. I filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request on October 11, 2016, and it was finally released on July 26, 2018. Document Archive  Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information Report, April 15, 1979, Meeting with Member of Dutch Parliament [4 Pages, 0.9MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nrc/SECY-79-263.pdf

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Background According to the document: The Iraq war is over, but its effects continue. Just what kind of war was the Iraq war? This is still being studied. This paper will limit itself to some views on the “invariable” and “variables” of the war. Document Archive  The Iraq War — The Invariable and the Variable, March 8, 2005 [14 Pages, 2.1MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/inscom/iraqinvariablevariable.pdf

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Background Although this document had been released before, in February of 2018, I requested a “Mandatory Declassification Review” (MDR) of the record to see if I could get some of the blacked out information released.  Although it wasn’t much, once the MDR was completed in August of 2018, it had a little less redaction.  I will still consider that a win! Document Archive  NSA and the Supercomputer Industry, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 1995 – Vol. 14, No. 4 [12 Pages, 1.4MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/nsa/MDR103541.pdf

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Background The site ColdFusionNow.com describes “Cold Fusion” as the following: Cold fusion describes a form of energy generated when hydrogen interacts with various metals like nickel and palladium. Cold fusion is a field of condensed matter nuclear science CMNS, and is also called low-energy nuclear reactions LENR,lattice-assisted nuclear reactions LANR, low energy nanoscale reactions LENR, among others. Cold fusion is also referred to as the Anomalous Heat Effect AHE, reflecting the fact that there is no definitive theory of the elusive reaction. The following are documents related to “Cold Fusion” as obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Document Archive Sorted from Newest to…

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Background According to Wikipedia: Alexander Theodore “Sasha” Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA (“ecstasy” or “molly”) to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), which extensively described their work and personal experiences with these…

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