Intelligence

SIGINT and IBS 2014 Briefing for U.S. Northern Command

Background The following document was requested to have a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) in January of 2017. It was then…

May 2, 2018

NRO GEOINT Capabilities, February 2012

Background This document was fought hard for, as it was finally released in a heavily redacted form, after a FOIA…

March 26, 2018

Central Intelligence Agency Daily Summary Reports

Background Before the Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) that began in 1964, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) published the Daily Summary…

March 15, 2018

The National Reconnaissance Office: A Brief History of its Creation and Evolution, April 1999

Background According to the document: Almost forty years ago, United States leaders created a hybrid National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to…

February 15, 2018

The FISA Memo: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Background This memorandum provides Members an update on significant facts relating to the Committee's ongoing investigation into the Department of…

February 2, 2018

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Records Management User Manual, May 2015

Background This document was requested in August of 2017 by The Black Vault. It was then released on January 18,…

January 28, 2018

Glossary of Intelligence Terms and Definitions, Published June of 1989

Background According to the document: This publication updates the 1978 Glossary of Intelligence Terms and Definitions that provided a baseline…

January 24, 2018

The National Security Agency (NSA) Policy on Consensual Monitoring

Background According to the Department of Justice (DOJ): "Consensual monitoring is the interception by an electronic device of any wire,…

January 24, 2018

FBI Classification Guidebooks

Background In November of 2017, I requested the FBI's "Classification Guidebook".  This consists of the, "FBI National Security Information Classification…

January 18, 2018