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Two
Unreleased Reports by Carl Sagan
exclusive: A pair of technical reports about
Venus, written for the Jet
Propulsion Lab by the soon-to-be-famous
scientist
FBI
File: Bacteriological Warfare in the United States
exclusive:
The
Feds prepare for - and deal with threats of - biological attack in the
US, 1941-1950
National
Archives' Investigation into Missing Papers of Chief Justice John Roberts
exclusive: Previously unreleased report on
criminal investigation into disappeared "Affirmative Action Correspondence"
file from Roberts' tenure as associate counsel to President Reagan
Expunged
Report on Domestic Wiretaps
exclusive:
Administrative
Office of the US Courts removes report about wiretaps. The Memory Hole
restores it
Army
Report on ESP in Animals
exclusive:
In
the 1950s, Duke University's Parapsychology Laboratory investigated using
dogs to psychically detect landmines for the Army, and they looked for
ESP in cats and pigeons
Chemical
Weapons Report: Toxicity by Race and Gender
exclusive: Recently declassified Defense report
Deleted
Website for Justice Dept's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development,
Assistance and Training
exclusive:
Justice
Department removes site about overseas legal operations. The Memory Hole
restores it
Deleted
Webpages from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
exclusive: Federal agency removes health info
for gay-lesbian-bi-trans populations. The Memory Hole restores it
Reports
From the Future of Iraq Project
exclusive:
Over 1,200 pages of previously unavailable reports from State Dept planning
for post-Saddam Iraq. Warnings and recommendations by experts and Iraqi
exiles ignored by administration
CIA
Films at the National Archives
exclusive:
A huge list of several thousand films that the CIA
has sent to the Archives. "Ear Wiretapping -- Bugging Devices."
"How Free Should the Press Be?" "Interrogation
Techniques." "Investigation of US Bacteriological Warfare."
"Unidentified Flying Objects."
updated:
Abu Ghraib
Images
More photos of Iraqis
being abused by US personnel aired by Australia's public broadcasting
station
Minutes
of the Legislative Reference Service, 1947-1953
exclusive:
Documents from the tightlipped Congressional Research
Service's predecessor shows them wrestling with the same problems over
50 years ago
updated:
1956 Report
on Classified Information (Coolidge Committee)
exclusive:
An early governmental report on overclassification
and leaks. "Being a democracy, the government cannot cloak its operations
in secrecy." Now includes an extensive introduction
repost: The
Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile
This was openly admitted by the men who created and implemented
America's public schooling system. Read quotations from their scarce books
and reports, which have been out of print for decades
Federal
Criminal Proceedings Against Mining Companies, 1979-2005
exclusive:
Newly released document gives details on 242 federal
criminal prosecutions
OSHA's
Lost Workday Injury and Illness Database
exclusive:
Injury/illness rates for tens of thousands of companies identified by
name. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration fought in court
for two years to keep this material secret
Reports
on BZ (Chemwar Weapon)
exclusive:
Scan of previously unreleased report: "BZ Psychochemical War Agents"
Reports
on Psychochemical Weapons
exclusive:
Scan of previously unreleased report: "Clinical
and Military Medical Aspects of Psychopoisons"
FBI
Research Reports on the Nation of Islam
exclusive:
Two previously unseen monographs covering the Black Muslims' history and
activities up to the mid-1960s. Based on often obscure public-source documents,
internal NOI literature, and confidential material, such as informants
and FBI investigative files
Films
About the Corona Spy-Satellite Program
exclusive:
Three previously unreleased
films from the historic conference on Corona, plus the CIA's rarely seen
hour-long documentary about the program
All
Available NY Fire Dept Dispatch Tapes From 9/11
exclusive:
The Fire Department of New York's radio dispatches from the morning and
early afternoon of 9/11. For over three years, they fought in court to
keep these recordings secret but were finally forced to release them in
August 2005. For the first time anywhere, we've made the contents of all
21 audio CDs available online
Philadelphia
Grand Jury Report on Pedophile Priests
And the
archbishops who protect them. Entire 418-page report available, plus crucial
excerpts guaranteed to turn your stomach. Example: "A girl, 11 years
old, was raped by her priest and became pregnant. The Father took her
in for an abortion."
FBI
Investigative Report on Porn Films in 1972-3
exclusive:
In the early 1970s, the Bureau was sending agents into sticky theaters
to watch and report on porn movies. Now that porn featuring consenting
adults is once again a top priority for the Justice Dept and FBI, this
old, unseen file has suddenly become highly relevant again.
Films
From the National Reconnaissance Office
exclusive:
We've received and digitized three short films in which the nation's spy-satellite
agency talks about itself, with sometimes unintentionally hilarious consequences
FBI
Research Reports on the Ku Klux Klan
exclusive:
Two previously unseen monographs covering the Klan's history from 1865
to 1958. Based on often obscure public-source documents, internal Klan
literature, and confidential material, such as informants and FBI investigative
files
Gene
Kelly's Naval Intelligence File
exclusive:
Navy investigated the legendary actor-dancer for alleged Communist activity
"Emissions
From Reactions in Nuclear Weapons"
exclusive:
What happens when nukes explode. From the Defense
Atomic Support Agency. Originally
classified "Secret," now almost unredacted
US
Army Chemical Corps Documents
exclusive:
Reports from the biological,
chemical, and radiological warfare program of the US. Originally classified,
now completely unredacted
•
"Summary
of Major Events and Problems" (Fiscal
Year 1957)
"For
example, in the Development Schedule for Lethal-Type Biological Antipersonnel
Systems the objective (target area) by FY 1959 is 1 to 5 square miles;...
by 1966, 1,000 to 100,000 square miles."
•
"Summary
of Major Events and Problems" (Fiscal
Year 1956)
"At
Fort Detrick the screening and evaluation of bacteria, fungi, viruses,
and rickettsiae produced additional information on C. immitis, M. mallei,
M. pseudomallei, Myco. Tuberculosis, R. rickettsiae, Japanese B encephalitis,
and variola.... The virulence and stability of Pasteurella pestis was
increased."
•
"Summary
of Major Events and Problems" (Fiscal
Year 1955)
In
this installment, the Chem Corps discusses development of smallpox,
anthrax, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, encephalitis, typhus, tularemia,
and the extremely obscure nerve agent VP, among others.
•
"Summary
of Major Events and Problems" (Fiscal
Year 1954)
"Among
the BW antipersonnel agents in the pilot plant state of development
are Bacterium tularense, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis,
Brucella melitensis, and Botulinum toxin. In the laboratory phase
are Pasteurella pestis, and Psittacosis virus [sic]."
"In World War II appreciable quantities of radioactive isotopes
became available for use as toxicological weapons."
•
"Summary
of Major Events and Problems" (Fiscal
Year 1953)
"During the period from January to June 1953, research
and development proceeded in both the offensive and defensive aspects
of chemical, biological, and radiological warfare."
•
"Summary History of the Chemical Corps: 25 June 1950 - 8 September
1951"
A short history of the Chem Corps, with emphasis
on the Korean War
"Tactics
and Technique of Chemical Warfare"
exclusive:
1926 military manual on conducting chemical warfare
Photos
of the Iran Hostage Crisis
exclusive:
74 photographs included on the "Espionage Den" CDs. They show
the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran, the taking of hostages, the
inside of the Embassy, and more
"Documents
From the US Espionage Den"
exclusive:
400 pages of still-classified CIA and State Dept documents seized from
the US Embassy in Tehran
List
of Videos the From Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
exclusive:
Hundreds of videos - many restricted - from the LA Sheriff's Video Production
Unit
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission's Brief Bank Index
exclusive:
Never-before-published guide to aspects of employment
discrimination law. Initially the EEOC was going to withhold large portions
of this document, but eventually decided to release it in its entirety
"75
Years of IRS Criminal Investigation History"
exclusive:
Uncensored version of a book-length report that
the IRS pulled from libraries in 1996. In it, their investigative division
celebrates its biggest cases since 1919, provides stats, and profiles
its leaders
updated:
Air
Force Arms Lab Reports (Front Matter)
exclusive:
Now includes a second batch of title pages and tables of contents from
1960s technical reports on chemical, biological, psychological and other
weapons then in the US arsenal
"The
US Army Radioactive Waste Disposal Program in the United States"
exclusive:
A 1966 "Official Use Only" report released
earlier this month
Disease
Vector Risk Assessment Profiles From the Navy
exclusive:
Previously unavailable reports on disease risks
in 147 countries
Previously
Unreleased Economic and Labor Briefings from the Dept of Labor
exclusive:
51 issues of the weekly "Briefing on Economic
and Labor Market Conditions"
"Overview
of the Army's Chemical and Biological Materiel Program"
exclusive:
A 1973 briefing declassified days ago and
presented here. Due to an error, one page that should've been censored
in its entirety is completely visible
Sealed
Testimony From Justice Dept's Case Against the Tobacco Industry
Testimony from former
tobacco insider sealed and removed from Web because it quotes sensitive
internal memo
Conscientious
Objection Applicants in the Navy, 2003-2004
exclusive:
The US Navy reveals the number of officers and enlisted
personnel who applied for - and received - conscientious objector status
in the last two calendar years
updated:
Reports Purged
From the Website of the Civil Rights Commission
exclusive:
We've recovered and posted 19 of the 20 politically-inconvenient
reports that were deleted from the Commission's site
Voice
of America's Prepared Obituaries for Castro and Yeltsin
exclusive:
In a decision it now calls a mistake, the US government's news organization
has released audio of two advance obituaries for still-living leaders.
Hear them online
NCIS
and "NCIS"
exclusive:
Email exchanges and almost 200 photos from the real
Naval Criminal Investigative Service to a writer-producer of the show
"NCIS"
Restricted
Documents From the Department of Homeland Security
Guidelines, advisory, and conference presentation
marked "For Official Use Only"
repost:
photos: Senior
US Officials Cozy up to Dictator Who Boils People Alive
He may be a brutal, fingernail-ripping, electric-shocking
despot, but he's our brutal,
fingernail-ripping, electric-shocking
despot
Military
Ceremony for Louisiana National Guardsmen Killed in Iraq
Soldiers' families and National Guard defy Pentagon,
allow media to film and photograph remains coming home in flag-draped
coffins
Military
Contract for Pulsed Energy Projectile (PEP) Pain Study
exclusive:
University of Florida to figure out how to get maximum
pain out of "non-lethal" directed-energy weapon
updated:
Listing
of Classified and Restricted Documents at the Air Force Historical Research
Agency
exclusive:
Over
500,000 documents cover almost every aspect of US military history from
the 1920s to the early 1980s 1990s, but very few have ever been
released. This is the first time that this massive list has been seen
by the public
updated:
LSD
Reports From the US Military
exclusive:
The previously unreleased "Lysergic Acid Diethyl
Amide (LSD-25): A Clinical-Psychological Study" from the Naval Medical
Research Institute is the third of many such reports that we'll be posting
Faith-Based
Funding Recipients, 2003
Newly-available information
on exactly who received "faith-based" federal money during 2003
updated:
Military Personnel
Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Photo Gallery
warning: two of these pictures are graphic
Pamphlet
From the Off-Limits CIA Museum
exclusive:
Just released, handout literature from the intelligence
museum we can't visit
Document:
Intelligence Agents Who Saw Detainee Abuse Were Threatened
Memo reproduced in full
Documents on BZ: A Partial
List
exclusive:
Information on 40 military reports concerning the
superhallucinogen BZ, a chemical weapon from the 1960s and 1970s
FBI
Reports on Agent Misbehavior
exclusive:
Three previously unreleased reports on unprofessional
and criminal conduct by FBI agents
updated:
Another Official Pre-9/11
Image of the WTC Being Targeted
Illustration of crosshairs on the North Tower also
shows up in 1999 Air Force manual
Photo From the Funeral
of Lance Corporal Nathan Wood
Killed in Fallujah
Notable People Who Don't
Have an FBI File
exclusive:
Mainly of use to other researchers, this running
list keeps tabs on recently deceased notables who weren't the subject
of a file at FBI headquarters
"Nonlethal
Weapons: Terms and References"
Report from the Air Force Academy lists around 200
types of "nonlethal weapons," including many obscure ones
Database
of Consumer Complaints to the Federal Trade Commission
exclusive:
The first public presentation of the FTC's Consumer Response Center database,
September 1997 - December 2001
"The
Origins of the National Security Agency, 1940-1952"
exclusive:
Declassified last month after 14 years, this book-length
report documents the creation of the NSA. Presented for the first time
anywhere
Restricted
Collections at the Library of Congress
exclusive:
Around 200 collections - including the papers of
Mark Twain, Sigmund and Anna Freud, Al Haig, Henry Kissinger, Philip Roth,
Mae West, and WOR Radio - have restrictions on their access or use
The
Pentagon's Polygraph Videotapes
exclusive:
A listing of 500+ videos held by the Department
of Defense Polygraph Institute
Pulled
Document: LNG Security at Distrigas
Removed from the Web due to the Department of Homeland
Security, this report evaluates security at a liquefied natural gas facility
in Massachussetts
Internal
Forms Used by the IRS
exclusive:
We start a new section of the site with the previously
unseen IRS forms "Inadvertent Taxpayer Data Access" and "Disciplinary
and Suitability Cases Closed"
Deleted
Documents from the Air Intelligence Agency
exclusive:
As part of the massive post-9/11 info-purge, the
Air Intelligence Agency pulled down its instructions, manuals, and other
documents. The Memory Hole has recovered many of them
Photos
and Videos From Inside New York's Pier 57 Detention Center
exclusive:
Swept up in the mass arrest during the Republican
National Convention, two people took photos and videos inside the huge
processing center, which used to house buses. Although their camera was
confiscated, they smuggled out the memory stick with the rare images
updated:
US Government
Domain Names
The feds are refusing to release the list of all dot-gov
domains, so we're posting older versions of the list. Now includes
a list naming registrants and points of contact
The
Forfeiture Documents That the Justice Dept Wanted to Destroy
exclusive:
In July, the Justice Dept ordered libraries to destroy
these records. We've posted them...
Justice
Department Censors Supreme Court Quote
Offers smoking gun proof that document redactions are often
a joke
Govt
Report on Judges' Financial Disclosures Pulled Offline
You'll find it here....
Companies
With Highest Levels of Employee Injury and Illness
Garnering practically zero attention, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration—under pressure from a FOIA suit—has
released its hall of shame: 13,000 companies with more than twice the
national average of occupational injuries and illnesses
Classified
Letters Regarding FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
The full
text of all three documents retroactively classified by the FBI
Images
of Executed American Paul Johnson
Government
Documents Pulled Out of Public Circulation
exclusive:
A few times a year, government agencies tell Federal
depository libraries to yank sensitive documents off their shelves, then
destroy or return them. We present a list of these documents
updated:
Edward
Teller's FBI File
exclusive: The FBI has just released its 355-page
file on the "father of the H-bomb."
Now includes the second half of the file
updated:
Photos of Iraqis Being Abused by US Personnel
More shocking images of soldiers gleefully maltreating
and humiliating captives, and approving of a battered corpse
"Rezedents
Rights & Rispansabilities"
exclusive:
Complete snafu document that was "removed and
destroyed" by the federal government
Internal
DuPont Documents on C8
exclusive:
"DuPont argued that the documents are privileged
and should not been unsealed. The company claimed the documents were inadvertently
released to lawyers for area residents."
Video
of American Contractor Being Decapitated in Iraq
And the cycle of brutality continues. Lupus est homo
homini
"Public
Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel"
exclusive:
The NRC's latest report on the Atomic Waste Express
US
Army Report on Torture of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib Prison
Uncensored
Version of National
Labor Relations Board "10(j) Manual"
Air
Force Letter That Came With the Dover Coffin Photos
exclusive:
A lot of people have asked me about this letter,
particularly whether the Air Force explained why it reversed its original
decision to deny release. See for yourself....
Correction/Amplification
Regarding Dover Casket Photos
It turns out that
one-fifth of the Dover casket photos show the Columbia astronauts,
who were military personnel. The other 288 pictures show war fatalities
20 war dead
Photos
of Military Coffins (Battlefield
and Astronaut Fatalities) at Dover Air Force Base
exclusive:
Due to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Memory Hole, the
Air Force has released 288 photographs showing soldiers' remains arriving
home (and 73 photos of the Columbia astronauts). These are the images
that the Pentagon prevented the public from seeing
Edward
Teller's FBI File
exclusive: The FBI has just released its 355-page
file on the "father of the H-bomb"
Military
Coffins: The Photos You're Not Supposed to See
The Pentagon's
blackout on photos of flag-draped coffins has been broken....
Leaked
Documents Reveal Lies About Snowmobiles in Parks
"The four-stroke snowmobile test results, finalized
in a so-far-unreleased March study conducted for the National Park Service,
show that 18 out of 20 snowmobile tests generated peak noise levels in
excess of 100 decibels, far over Yellowstone's new snowmobile noise standard"
The
Most Dangerous Vaccines
exclusive: Figures from the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program reveal which vaccines most often trigger claims of
injury and death
update: Material
From the Disbanded Advisory Committee of the National Nuclear Safety Administration
exclusive:
The Bush Administration has dissolved this nuclear
weapons watchdog, so we're preserving its documents. Now includes withheld
reports, minutes from meetings, and final email to group members
US
Military Keeps Track of Some, If Not All, Civilian Casualties in Iraq
Buried revelations reveal database, investigations
of noncombat casualties, possible info-keeping on combat casualties
updated:
The
Kerry Report Transcripts
exclusive:
The rare landmark Senate hearings on the narco-corruption
of officials and intelligence agencies in the US, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. Chaired by Senator John Kerry. Volume 2 has now been posted
Al
Hubbard's FBI File
exclusive: The first release of the Bureau's
dossier on the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD"
click here
for earlier additions
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