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The Purpose of National Security Policy, Declassified

…a fascinating account that enlarges and enriches the public record of events of the time. Only last year, for example, a 1985 directive (NSDD-172) on “Presenting the Strategic Defense Initiative”…

10.17.12 | 3 min read
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Disclosure of TSA Manual Stirs Leak Anxiety

…prevent the continued publication of such material on non-governmental web sites (such as cryptome.org and wikileaks.org)? “How has the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration addressed the…

12.10.09 | 2 min read
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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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