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3.1M
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The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for the international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established. The Executive Branch and the U.S. Congress have constitutional responsibilities for U.S. foreign policy. The Department advances U.S. objectives and...
Topics: State Department, Dept of State, Department of State, State Dept, U.S. State Department
701,164
701K
collection
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Documents by and relating to CIA.
Topic: CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Intelligence Community
410,331
410K
collection
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The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was a wartime intelligence agency, and a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The OSS was formed to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for the United States Armed Forcesbranches. Other OSS functions included the use of propaganda, subversion, and post-war planning.
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, World War 2, World War II,...
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A dump of the State Department's FOIA server, including many unlisted items. Notably, the metadata for many of the files remain intact, though some are more complete than others. The files were originally assigned psuedo-random file names and have been renamed based on the metadata, listing the document name, author, version and page numbers, and any application notes.
Topic: State Dept, Department of State, State Department, FOIA, Metadata, Freedom of Information, Freedom...
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Documents from and relating to the U.S. Department of Defense
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From the 1960s through the 1990s, the U.S. Government declassified the majority of its security-classified records relating to World War II. Yet, 60 years after the war, millions of pages of wartime and postwar records remained classified. Many of these records contained information related to war crimes and war criminals. This information had been sought over the years by congress, government prosecutors, historians and victims of war crimes. In 1998, the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial...
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, World War 2, World War II,...
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Harold Weisberg was an Office of Strategic Services officer during World War II, U.S. Senate staff member, an investigator for the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties, a U.S. State Department intelligence analyst, and an investigative reporter. He devoted 40 years of his life to researching and writing about the Kennedy and King assassinations. His first book, Whitewash: The Report on the Warren Report (1965), was the first critical study of the government's official version of what happened in...
Topics: JFK assassination, Kennedy assassination
141,334
141K
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Documents by and relating to the National Security Agency (NSA).
Topics: NSA, National Security Agency, No Such Agency
100,817
101K
collection
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A collection of declassified UFO files from all countries.
Topics: UFO, UFOs, Unidentified Flying Object, Unidentified Flying Objects
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Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air Force. It started in 1952, and it was the third study of its kind (the first two were projects Sign (1947) and Grudge (1949)). A termination order was given for the study in December 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased in January 1970. Project Blue Book's goals were t o determine if UFOs were a threat to national security, and to scientifically...
Topics: UFO, UFOs, Unidentified Flying Object, Unidentified Flying Objects, Blue book, Project Blue Book,...
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The 7,000 William Friedman documents released by the NSA.
92,289
92K
collection
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Various FBI files collected from every accessible public source, including MuckRock, That 1 Archive, Government Attic, the Memory Hole 2 the Black Vault, F.B. Eyes and Ernie Lazar.
Topics: FBI, FOIA, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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91K
collection
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate. CRS is well-known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has 24/7 access to the nation's best thinking.
Topics: Congress, Research, Congressional Research Services, Congressional research reports
44,780
45K
collection
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Dallas PD documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Topics: Dallas PD, Dallas Police Department, JFK Assassination, Kennedy Assassination, Dallas Municipal...
43,799
44K
collection
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A collection of reports, images, movies, and datasets relating to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath.
Topics: 911, 911, 9-11, September 11, World Trade Center, WTC
39,753
40K
collection
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A collection of documents released by whistleblowers in response to allegations of wrong-doing.
Topics: Whistleblower, Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Transparency, Leak, Leaks
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32K
collection
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The Venona project was a counter-intelligence program initiated by the United States Army Signal Intelligence Service (a forerunner of the National Security Agency) that lasted from 1943 to 1980. The program decrypted messages sent by Soviet Union intelligence agencies, including its foreign intelligence service and military intelligence services. The project produced some of the most important breakthroughs for western counter-intelligence, including the discovery of the Cambridge spy ring and...
Topics: Venona, Venona files, Venona documents, SIS, Signal Intelligence Service, US Army, NSA, National...
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Documents released by and relating to global surveillance.
Topic: surveillance, privacy, Snowden, NSA, National Security Agency
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collection
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20K
collection
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International surveillance companies are based in the more technologically sophisticated countries, and they sell their technology to every country. This industry is, in practice, unregulated. Intelligence agencies, military forces and police authorities are able to silently, and on mass, and secretly intercept calls and take over computers without the help or knowledge of the telecommunication providers. Users� physical location can be tracked if they are carrying a mobile phone, even if it...
Topics: WikiLeaks, Spy files, FinFisher
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18K
collection
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Field manuals and technical manuals from the military services.
Topics: field manual, field manuals, technical manual, technical manuals, military, manual, manuals
12,956
13K
collection
eye 12,956
Publications from the Strategic Studies Institute.
Topics: US Army War College, War College, US Army, Strategic Studies
11,688
12K
collection
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9,643
9.6K
collection
eye 9,643
FOIA documents related to Joint Chiefs of Staff
Topics: JCS, Joint Chiefs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
9,499
9.5K
collection
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The Czechoslovak crisis began in January 1968. The Czech communist leadership embarked on a program of dramatic liberalization of the political, economic, and social orders. These reforms triggered increasing Soviet concerns culminating in the invasion of 21 August 1968. This collection of documents pertains to these issues, the responses and analysis of this event in history.
Topic: CIA
9,480
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collection
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This collection of material by and about Richard Helms as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Ambassador to Iran comprises the largest single release of Helms-related information to date. The documents, historical works and essays offer an unprecedented, wide-ranging look at the man and his career as the United States' top intelligence official and one of its most important diplomats during a crucial decade of the Cold War. From mid-1966, when he became DCI, to late 1976, when he left...
Topics: cia-collection, nationalsecurityarchive
9,370
9.4K
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Major General Edwin Anderson Walker was a highly decorated United States Army officer who fought in World War II and the Korean War. He became known for his ultra-conservative political views and was criticized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for promoting a personal political stand while in uniform. Walker resigned his commission in 1959, but Eisenhower refused to accept his resignation and gave Walker a new command over the 24th Infantry Division in Augsburg, Germany. Walker again...
Topics: JFK assassination, Kennedy assassination, Edwin Walker, Edwin A. Walker, Ed Walker, Ted Walker
8,654
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collection
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The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. The university's mission is to support the joint warfighter by providing rigorous Joint Professional Military Education to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and select interagency civilians in order to develop leaders that have the ability to operate and creatively...
Topics: NDU, National Defense University
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collection
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INSCOM dossiers released through FOIA requests from Cryptome.
Topic: INSCOM
Description via RBTH The video shows two "well-groomed ladies," the CIA agent's wife Laura Carlson and the wife of yet another CIA agent, Janice Chisholm, leaving the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and heading to a coffee shop. Having entered the coffee shop, Chisholm went to the toilet while Carlson waited for her near the door. A while later, a man in a hat went out of the toilet and hastily left the coffee shop. It transpired that this was a U.S. intelligence officer, Timothy Finnegan, and...
Topics: Russia, Moscow, Spy, Espionage, Disguise, Counterintelligence, Counter-intelligence
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5.3K
collection
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The NIST Vault on 9/11.
Topics: 911, 911, 9-11, September 11, World Trade Center, WTC
4,212
4.2K
texts
eye 4,212
favorite 2
comment 0
The FBI files relating to the Jonestown massacre.
Topics: Jonestown, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
Military Field Manuals 1954-1962
Topics: Military, Field manual, Field manuals, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act
Stuxnet is believed to be a jointly built American-Israeli cyber weapon and computer worm. These claims have never been confirmed by either nation state. According to anonymous US officials speaking to the Washington Post, the worm was developed during the administration of George W. Bush to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program with what would seem like a long series of unfortunate accidents.Stuxnet has three modules: a worm that executes all routines related to the main payload of the attack;...
Topics: Stuxnet, Iran, malware, code, reverse engineer
Documents from taken from the American embassy in Iran in 1979. The documents were subsequently distributed throughout Iran and labeled "Documents from the U.S. Espionage Den."
Topics: Iran, Embassy, CIA, CIA Station, Central Intelligence Agency, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom...
A copy of the June 2016 Cryptome Archive, taken from the USB drive shipped out by Cryptome. Cryptome has requested that "recipients provide offshore backup and redundancy by mirroring the library through the lens of their active engagement with the information, no questions asked." Contents: Cryptome Files to June 1996 to 14 August 2014 - 81,600 files, 26.11GB Cryptome Update to 2 November 2015 - 435 files, 645MB Cryptome Update to 1 January 2016 - 365 files, 350MB Cryptome Update to...
Topics: cryptography, freedom of information, freedom of expression, dual use, cryptology, privacy,...
Source: torrent:urn:sha1:0ae6c823dff9fccbe6d3344697fd6c22684ae56b
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collection
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Documents provided by whistleblower Dan Rosenau and cryptographically signed by Cryptome, this document helps expose the corruption in the energy sector in Venezuela and extending into the U.S.
Topics: Whistleblower, Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Transparency, Venezuela, Energy, Corruption, Rosenau
3,102
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Aug 31, 2015
08/15
by
Hillary Clinton
texts
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7,000 of Hillary Clinton’s personal emails from her time as secretary of state. The emails touch on a variety of issues from WikiLeaks to gefilte fish. Clinton's use of a personal email account has become a heated issue during the 2016 presidential campaign, as some say she should have been using a government account, rather than her personal one, while in office. Critics have called the affair a scandal, implying the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential front-runner...
Topics: Hillary Clinton, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act, State Department,...
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Joseph Daniel Casolaro (June 16, 1947 - August 10, 1991) was an American freelance writer who came to public attention in 1991 when he was found dead in a bathtub in room 517 of the Sheraton Hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia, his wrists slashed 10-12 times. A note was found, and the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. His death became controversial because his notes suggested he was in Martinsburg to meet a source about a story he called "the Octopus." This centered on a...
Topics: Casolaro, Danny Casolaro, Octopus, BCCI, Iran-Contra, October Surprise
2,837
2.8K
texts
eye 2,837
favorite 1
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Korean War After Action Reports
Topics: Korean War, Korea, War, Military, Department of Defense, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
2,710
2.7K
texts
eye 2,710
favorite 0
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Miscellaneous documents released by the Department of Defense.
Topics: DoD, Department of Defense, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act
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2.3K
collection
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The Phoenix Program was a program designed, coordinated, and executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States special operations forces, special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam(AATTV), and the Republic of Vietnam's (South Vietnam) security apparatus during the Vietnam War. The Phoenix Program was designed to identify and "neutralize" (via infiltration, capture, terrorism, torture, and assassination) the infrastructure of...
Topics: CIA, Phoenix, Phoenix Program, Assassination, Counterinsurgency, Vietnam, Vietnam war, Cold war
Chief CIA Analyst Regularly Leaked to Press
Topic: CIA
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2.3K
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Central Intelligence Agency
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STAR GATE was an umbrella term for the Intelligence Community effort that used remote viewers who claimed to use clairvoyance, precognition, or telepathy to acquire and describe information about targets that were blocked from ordinary perception. The records include documentation of remote viewing sessions, training, internal memoranda, foreign assessments, and program reviews. The STAR GATE program was also called SCANATE, GONDOLA WISH, DRAGOON ABSORB, GRILL FLAME, CENTER LANE, SUN STREAK....
Topics: CREST, CIA Records Search Tool, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, STARGATE, SCANATE, GONDOLA WISH,...
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2.2K
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eye 2,178
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FBI files relating to Malcolm X.
Topics: Malcolm X, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
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2.2K
texts
eye 2,173
favorite 0
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20,570 pages of Korean War field manuals. The 87 manuals date from 1949 to 1955. Some of the material was not officially declassified until February of 2004.
Topics: Korean war, Korea, War, Military, Field manual, Department of Defense, FOIA, Freedom of...
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2.1K
texts
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INSCOM dossiers provided by John Young and Deborah Natsios of Cryptome.
Topics: INSCOM, Military, Department of Defense, DoD, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information...
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2.0K
texts
eye 2,040
favorite 3
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FBI files relating to the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Topics: JFK, JFK Assassination, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom...
1,930
1.9K
collection
eye 1,930
Publications from the Carnegie Corporation of New York on International Peace and Security.
Topic: Strategic Studies Institute
1,900
1.9K
collection
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Publications from the National Intelligence University, operated by the DIA. The files were originally collected and bulk uploaded by Joshua Smith.
Topic: DIA, NIU, Intelligence, Tradecraft, National Intelligence University
1,810
1.8K
texts
eye 1,810
favorite 1
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FBI files for Al Capone.
Topics: FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mafia, Al Capone, Organized Crime
1,788
1.8K
texts
eye 1,788
favorite 0
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Morris 'Moe' Dalitz FBI Files
Topics: Morris Dalitz, Moe Dalitz, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information,...
George W. Bush Presidential Papers
Topics: George Bush, George W Bush, Presidential Papers, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
1,694
1.7K
texts
eye 1,694
favorite 0
comment 0
Misc. FOIA documents related to Mexico.
Topics: Mexico, NAFTA, DHS, DEA, DIA, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Department...
1,681
1.7K
texts
eye 1,681
favorite 0
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Hollywood Surveillance FBI Files
Topics: Hollywood, Surveillance, Blacklist, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of...
Via The Cthluhu
Topics: Turkey, Police, Leak
Source: torrent:urn:sha1:c8a57e0a5e33b1264fe72ae5a33798628ab44682
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1.6K
texts
eye 1,627
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Frank Sinatra's FBI Files.
Topics: Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom...
MKULTRA dataset
Topic: MKULTRA
1,568
1.6K
texts
eye 1,568
favorite 1
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FBI files relating to the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA).
Topics: CPUSA, Communist, Communism, Communist Party, Communist Party of the United States of America, Cold...
1,551
1.6K
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Department of Defense
texts
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Department of Defense files relating to the Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt.
Topics: Iran, Hostage, Hostage rescue, DoD, Department of Defense, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
1,549
1.5K
texts
eye 1,549
favorite 0
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FBI files relating to the Alcatraz escape.
Topics: FBI, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Alcatraz, Freedom of Information Act, Federal Bureau of...
Papers from [the] Central Intelligence Agency relating to ESAU.
Topics: CIA, ESAU, Central Intelligence Agency, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act
Papers from the Carter-Reagan transition team.
Topics: Carter, Reagan, POTUS, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act
1,537
1.5K
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A collection of 9/11 datasets compiled from as many sources as possible, excluding the 2.5TB 42 part NIST release.
Topics: 9/11, 9-11, September 11, September 11th, 9/11/2001, 9-11-2001
1,518
1.5K
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eye 1,518
favorite 1
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FBI files relating to the Black Panther Party.
Topics: Black Panther, Civil Rights, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information,...
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1.4K
texts
eye 1,438
favorite 1
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FBI files for Abbie Hoffman.
Topics: FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Abbie Hoffman, Hoffman, Freedom of Information, Freedom...
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1.4K
texts
eye 1,364
favorite 0
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FBI files relating to the American Legion.
Topics: American Legion, FBI, FOIA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
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1.4K
texts
eye 1,354
favorite 0
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The FBI files related to Jimmy Hoffa.
Topics: Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, Organized crime, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of...
1,312
1.3K
2015
2015
by
Federal Bureau of Investigation
texts
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A list of FBI files for deceased individuals, all subject to FOIA. The list was obtained by MuckRock.
Topics: FBI, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
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1.3K
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CIA and State Department files relating to Israel.
Topics: Israel, CIA, State Department, Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, FOIA, Freedom of...
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1.2K
texts
eye 1,246
favorite 1
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FBI files relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his colleagues.
Topics: Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, Martin Luther King, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom...
Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air Force. It started in 1952, and it was the third study of its kind (the first two were projects Sign (1947) and Grudge (1949)). A termination order was given for the study in December 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased in January 1970. Project Blue Book had two goals: To determine if UFOs were a threat to national security, and To scientifically...
Topic: UFOs
1,214
1.2K
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eye 1,214
favorite 1
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The FBI files relating to the Atlanta child murders.
Topics: FBI, Atlanta, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information...
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1.2K
texts
eye 1,164
favorite 0
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John Gotti's FBI Files
Topics: Gotti, John Gotti, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
Military Field Manuals 1920-1940
Topics: Military, Field manual, Field manuals, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act