This report summarizes the results of an audit of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) 8702 Detasking Requirements (AU- 10-0023) and incorporates management ’s response to the draft report. It was received by The Black Vault from the NSA, through MDR case 103586. Document Archive Final Report of the Audit on the FISA Amendments Act §702 Detasking Requirements, 24 November 2010, AU-10-0023 [57 Pages, 21MB]
Author: John Greenewald
On March 31, 2020, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request with the CIA for e-mails sent to or from then Director Gina Haspel (FOIA Case F-2020-01212). The keywords sought after included, “PANDEMIC,” “COVID19,” “COVID-19,” and “Coronavirus.” The request did not stipulate a timeframe, and asked for a search of Haspel’s e-mails that was feasible. This likely would include her first date as CIA Director, which was April 26, 2018, through to at least the date of the request. The CIA’s final response after more than a year and a half is what is known as a “GLOMAR response.” This…
Background This file was obtained by The Black Vault from the FBI, through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It references numerous instances from 1944 through 1996, wherein the FBI destroyed records and/or material evidence. All portions of the file that have been released to The Black Vault, are available below. I have learned that there are at least 6,500+ more pages in the file. I am seeking those, and also going after pages beyond that, should they exist. Getting the files below has taken years, and they have ignored the scope of my request which should have yielded the…
On December 1, 2021, Rep. Tim Burchett gave a “5 minute speech” on the house floor. Here is what he had to say about the UFO issue, along with the letter he sent to the DoD the same day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PF5IFBsUU Rep. Burchett’s Letter to the DoD
Background The United States President’s Commission on CIA Activities within the United States was set up under President Gerald Ford in 1975 to investigate the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies within the United States. The commission was led by the Vice President, Nelson Rockefeller, and is sometimes referred to as the Rockefeller Commission. The commission was created in response to a December 1974 report in The New York Times that the CIA had conducted illegal domestic activities, including experiments on U.S. citizens, during the 1960s. The commission issued a single report in 1975, touching upon…