Wartime

DoD’s Private Discussions on 2022 Afghan Screening and Extremism IG Reports

A recent FOIA release has provided insight into the Department of Defense's internal communications concerning two significant reports from 2022.…

June 13, 2024

The “Family Jewels” Collection (CIA)

The CIA's "Family Jewels" is a compilation of documents that expose a series of controversial and often illicit activities conducted…

May 29, 2024

CIA Documents Outline Cold War Era Communist Dissensions and Propaganda Wars

In a recent release under Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case EOM-2020-00275, the CIA has provided new insights into the propaganda…

March 1, 2024

Evaluation of the Screening of Displaced Persons from Afghanistan, February 15, 2022

According to the "objective" of the report: The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the…

February 29, 2024

FBI File: Glossary of Marxist/ Communist Words and Phrases (Date Unknown/Cold War Era)

This glossary, prepared by the FBI from a wide range of Communist literature, offers a glimpse into the specific language…

December 15, 2023

Operation Paperclip

[Declassified Documents on Operation Paperclip Follow This Brief Introduction] At the twilight of World War II, as the embers of…

September 25, 2023

Collision Between USS Baton Rouge and Russian K-276 Crab (later B-276 Kostroma), 2/11/1992

Background The collision between the USS Baton Rouge and a Russian Sierra Class submarine K-276 Crab (later named the B-276…

September 3, 2023

Operation Mount Hope III

Operation Mount Hope III was a secret operation conducted by the United States in 1988 with the goal of retrieving…

July 19, 2023

Air Force Oral History Interview: Maj. Fred N. Thompson – 2 June 1970

Fred Thompson was interned as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam after he was shot down on March 20,…

July 15, 2023

The CIA’s Assessment of the Threat From Iraqi UAVs – March 3, 2003

The following document was referenced in Senate Reports Nos. 330-331. The excerpt is at: On January 20, 2020, The Black…

October 22, 2022