Background Abstract: When the blind seek to leak the blind, a cautionary note is in order. This report is written in blissful ignorance of whatever systematic efforts the United States Government has made to construct a counter-deception capability, designed to detect, neutralize and undermine those foreign deception operations that degrade governmental performance through U.S. intelligence channels. To the extent that such a capability exists, what follows may be superfluous. Neither the public literature on intelligence activities nor the public record of intelligence predictions confirms the existence of such a counter-deception capability, but the public record is notoriously murky and subject…
Author: John Greenewald
Background The Weekly Inventory List of Detained Cases (WILDC) report was established as a process to achieve consistency, accuracy, improve on the tracking of detained cases and decrease average length of stay. In each weekly published document, ICE tallied the number of “detained” cases throughout their various field offices. In April of 2016, a FOIA request was submitted that requested, “the four most recent WILDC reports at ICE.” In June of 2016, the below were released. Although there is still being research done on these reports by The Black Vault, it appears they may no longer be published by ICE,…
Background Anti-gravity is an idea of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity. It does not refer to the lack of weight under gravity experienced in free fall or orbit, or to balancing the force of gravity with some other force, such as electromagnetism or aerodynamic lift. Anti-gravity is a recurring concept in science fiction, particularly in the context of spacecraft propulsion. Declassified Documents Gravity-Antigravity Mathematical Formulas, theories and calculations; Gravity Motor, dated 6 October 1988 [15 Pages, 2.2MB] – Unsolicited proposal from Wolfgang Palle, Kastelruth, Bozen, Italy. 1988 sent to the United States. 26 pages were…
Background Project Pluto was a United States government program to develop nuclear powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles. Two experimental engines were tested at the United States Department of Energy Nevada Test Site (NTS) in 1961 and 1964. Below, you will find the declassified documents available thus far. More requests are open, and when documents are received, they will be added here. Declassified Documents The Impact of the High Development Cost of Advanced Flight Propulsion Systems on Development Policy, October 1965 [75 Pages, 3.7MB] – A discussion of techniques for handling R and D funds to reduce the investment…
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…