Intelligence

U.S. House of Representatives Report on Russian Active Measures, March 22, 2018

Background The United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigated Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential campaign.…

November 21, 2019

NRO Primer Presentation, August 22, 2005

Background The NRO Primer was referenced in a February 2003 issue of the NRO's internal magazine called RECON. I requested…

November 12, 2019

DoD Information Security Program: Marking of Information – Department of Defense Manual 5200.01

Background This Manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall Manual, as…

August 18, 2019

United States Cryptologic History, Space Surveillance SIGINT Program, Originally Drafted in 1968

Background The Space Surveillance Sigint Program came into existence in the early 1960s when both the United States and the…

May 16, 2019

Iraq’s Chemical Warfare Program: More Self-Reliant, More Deadly, August 1990

Background According to the document: The Iraqi chemical warfare (CW) program, by far the largest in the Third World, is…

May 10, 2019

The “NRO Evolution and Overview” video, dated September 11, 1995 (Declassified from SECRET, Appears w/ Redactions)

Background This video was requested via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault.…

May 8, 2019

2017 FOIA Training Presentation by Jennifer Black at the IRS

Background I learned that in 2017, there was a presentation about the FOIA, for training purposes, that was given by…

May 7, 2019

Hypnosis and the United States Secret Service (USSS)

Background Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to…

April 22, 2019

Protecting the Nation – U.S. Intelligence – From George Washington to George W. Bush (Date Unknown)

Background I requested this document back on July 26, 2013. To my surprise, it took until March 21, 2019 to…

March 25, 2019

DCI Task Force on the National Reconnaissance Office, Final Report (The Fuhrman Report), April 1992

Background According to the document, the purpose of this task was was to: "Advise the DCI on issues attendant to…

February 26, 2019