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Nozette and Nuclear Rocketry

…the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor. Dr. Nozette’s name appears on a Timber Wind master access list we obtained which identified…

10.22.09 | 2 min read
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Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, More from CRS

…(pdf), July 2, 2009. Other substantively new and interesting CRS reports that have not previously been published online include the following (all pdf). “U.S. Security Assistance to the Palestinihttps://sgp.fas.org/an Authority,”…

07.09.09 | 1 min read
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CIA Did Provide Bay of Pigs Files to Nixon, Archives Says

fascinating Oval Office taped conversation of this meeting in October 1971 that is publicly available. You can hear Helms putting the papers down on Nixon’s desk,” Mr. Powers said. He…

01.07.09 | 2 min read
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Cheney Sought to Abolish Secrecy Oversight Office

The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney proposed to abolish the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), the executive branch organization that oversees the national security classification system, after its Director…

06.21.07 | 1 min read
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CRS Clamps Down on Public Distribution

…Director Mullohan wrote. The new policy demonstrates that “this is an organization in freefall,” according to one CRS analyst. “We are now indeed working for Captain Queeg.” “We’re all sort…

03.22.07 | 2 min read
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