The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing responsibilities are split between the department’s Privacy Office, which acts as its central FOIA office, and FOIA offices in its component agencies. The Privacy Office has a number of oversight and coordination functions, including developing policies to implement FOIA initiatives, providing training, and preparing annual reports. Meanwhile, components’ FOIA offices are responsible for processing the vast majority of the requests received by the department, subject to regulations and policies issued by the Privacy Office. While components report FOIA processing costs to the Privacy Office, which then aggregates and…
Author: John Greenewald
The Military Intelligence Digest is a periodic publication produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a United States government agency responsible for providing military intelligence to policymakers, military commanders, and defense planners. The digest contains analysis, assessments, and briefs on various military-related intelligence matters. This includes information on the military capabilities, strategies, and activities of foreign nations, terrorist groups, and other non-state actors. The primary audience for the Military Intelligence Digest includes military commanders, planners, and other decision-makers within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community. The digest is designed to support these individuals in their…
The following document, Model of Parapsychological Communication, was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from Wright Patterson Air Force Base’s National Air & Space Intelligence Center. The document is archived here for reference. This was not an official U.S. Government study, but rather, a document that the United States felt was worthy of archiving in their own files. Please note: this is an English translation, and as such, contains many grammatically incorrect sentences etc. Excerpt Recently more and more is being said about the application of extra-sensual attention (MSF), mental telepathy, as a means of telecommunication. Numerous publications…
Background The following description was taken from recently declassified government documents, obtained by The Black Vault, about Project Corrode: During the summer of 1952, a Study Group under the auspices of Lincoln Laboratory conducted a study of the defense of the United States against enemy air attack. This Summer Study Group recommended the establishment of a distant early-warning (DEW) line in the arctic region to provide warning of impending air attack sufficiently early so that effective defense measures could be initiated before enemy aircraft entered vital areas. Late in 1952, PROJECT COUNTER CHANGE (now PROJECT CORRODE) was established under Air Force cognizance to provide for…
According to a declassified document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Special project 908 is a major national project to collect and disseminate data about China’s littoral region in order to improve China’s ocean management capabilities. It is also known as The Comprehensive Survey and Evaluation of China’s Coastal Waters Project. Special Project 908 was approved by the State Council in 2003. According to Xinhua, Special Project 908 has resulted in the collection of highly precise data on China’s coastline, renewable energy sources, and maritime disaster risks, as well as in the creation of new topographic maps of China’s Coastline. In 2013, ChinaDaily…