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New - November 14, 2008
National Security Agency Releases History of Cold War Intelligence Activities
Soviet Strategic Forces Went on Alert Three Times during September-October 1962 Because of Apprehension over Cuban Situation


November 12, 2008
Obama administration can act quickly to restore openness, according to new transparency proposals


November 5, 2008
Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News
CIA Ordered to Treat National Security Archive as Representative of the News Media for All FOIA Requests


October 31, 2008
Court Orders Government to Submit Warrantless Surveillance Legal Opinions for Judicial Review
Court refuses to accept blanket assertions of secrecy regarding DOJ surveillance opinions


October 24, 2008
More Cold War Espionage Transcripts Unsealed
Victory for Archive and Historical Associations Results in the Release of New Information About Rosenbergs Spy Case


October 5, 2008
Trujillo Declassified
Documenting Colombia's 'tragedy without end'


October 2, 2008
2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1968 - Verdad Bajo Resguardo
On the 40th Anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre, Archivos Abiertos offers the most complete account to date of what files exist and what remains hidden bajo resguardo


September 18, 2008
Out of the Black: The Declassification of the NRO
Declassified Documents Depict Debates Over Whether to Declassify the "Fact of" U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance Organization


September 10, 2008
New Kissinger 'Telcons' Reveal Chile Plotting at Highest Levels of U.S. Government

Nixon Vetoed Proposed Coexistence with Allende Government; Kissinger to the CIA : "We will not let Chile go down the drain."


September 9, 2008
Archive Expert Testifies in Fujimori Trial
Testimony Explains How Declassified Documents Provide Information on Human Rights Abuses of Fujimori Government


August 20, 2008
1998 Missile Strikes on Bin Laden May Have Backfired
Extensive 1999 Report on Al-Qaeda Threat Released by U.S. Dept of Energy


May 8, 2008
Washington Post Profiles the Archive
"The house that FOIA built and a mecca for documents buffs"; Documents "nothing short of astonishing"


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November 10, 2008
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November 5, 2007
The Record on CURVEBALL
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June 21, 2007
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