Author: John Greenewald

Declassified Version of Part Four, Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001  Download the Missing 28 Pages [34 Pages, 4.3MB] – This has been converted to a searchable .pdf, by The Black Vault. Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the Declassification of Part Four of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s 2002 Report on the Committees’ Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of…

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Background According to the papers of President Richard M. Nixon, he stated the following about the Intelligence Evaluation Committee in his, “Statements about the Watergate Investigations” on May 22, 1973: Coordination among our intelligence agencies continued to fall short of our national security needs. In July 1970, having earlier discontinued the FBI’s liaison with the CIA, Director Hoover ended the FBI’s normal liaison with all other agencies except the White House. To help remedy this, an Intelligence Evaluation Committee was created in December 1970. Its members included representatives of the White House, CIA, FBI, NSA, the Departments of Justice, Treasury,…

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Background According to the CPSC: The CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure vulnerable poulations like children and the elderly. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30% decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer…

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Background Take a trip back in time, and take a sneak peek at 1930s Hollywood, and its connection with the FBI. During the 1930s, Hollywood was still in its infant stages, and the FBI was fighting notorious gangsters throughout the streets of America. During this time, Hollywood wanted to work the Bureau into different motion pictures. This file, obtained from the FBI, chronicles the correspondence between J. Edgar Hoover (pictured), the FBI and different Hollywood production studios / producers. In it, you will also find scripts that were sent in for Hoover’s personal review. Find something interesting? Post it in the comments below!…

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Background Weather modding is the act of intentionally manipulating or altering the weather. The most common form of weather modification is cloud seeding to increase rain or snow, usually for the purpose of increasing the local water supply. Weather modification can also have the goal of preventing damaging weather, such as hail or hurricanes, from occurring; or of provoking damaging weather against the enemy, as a tactic of military or economic warfare. Weather modification in warfare has been banned by the United Nations. Declassified Documents  Operational Defenses through Weather Control in 2030, April 2009 [44 Pages, 1.0MB] – The United States needs to…

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