History

Completed Histories of DDI Components, 26 July 1973

Background The following document was first released in 2003. It has resided in the CIA's CREST database as document number:…

May 19, 2020

National Intelligence Daily — April 24, 1980

Background This National Intelligence Daily was issued on April 24, 1980. It appears in the CIA’s CREST database, as CREST…

May 18, 2020

The 1983 War Scare in US-Soviet Relations, Undated (circa 1996)

Background This article was written for the CIA Studies in Intelligence. The author was Benjamin B. Fischer. In August of…

May 17, 2020

CIA Agency Regulations About Their Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

Background In August of 2015, I filed a FOIA request for records pertaining to the policy or memorandum of agreement…

May 15, 2020

1975 Memo Documenting the Destruction of CIA Drug Research Programs like MKULTRA

Background It is a fact that most documents relating to MKULTRA and other drug research programs were destroyed. In this…

May 7, 2020

FBI – Information and Technology Branch (ITB) Year in Review Reports

Background The Information and Technology Branch (ITB) is a service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The ITB is responsible…

March 26, 2020

Possible Resumption of Negotiations for US Reactor, Iran, February 1976

Background This document was first requested, but fully denied, in ISCAP appeal number 2009-054-doc3. It was a CIA document, and…

March 25, 2020

Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Controls over Weapons, Munitions, and Explosives, March 2020

Background The objectives of this audit were to evaluate: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) controls over weapons, munitions,…

March 24, 2020

Crypto AG

Background Crypto AG was a Swiss company specializing in communications and information security. It was secretly jointly owned by the…

March 13, 2020

FBI & Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz

Background For some background on the case, Wikipedia explains: Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was…

February 12, 2020