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- ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
- CIA (Central Intelligence Agency): DI, DS&T, NCS, CSI
- FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Directorate of Intelligence , NSB
- TREASURY (Terrorism and Financial Intelligence) TFI
- NSA (National Security Agency)
- DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)
- NRO (National Reconnaissance Office)
- NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
- AF/ISR (Air Force ISR Agency)
- INSCOM (Army Intelligence and Security Command)
- ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
- MCID (Marine Corps Intelligence Department), see also MCIA
- STATE (Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research)
- DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
- ENERGY (Department of Energy)
- HOMELAND (intelligence-related components of the Department of Homeland Security)
- COASTGUARD (U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence)
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- DNI/IC Related Interest:
- NIC (National Intelligence Council)
- NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center)
- NCPC (National Counterproliferation Center)
- NCIX (National Counter Intelligence Executive)
Other United States Government Intelligence Related Servers
- NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration/Department of Energy)
- DOS-OCC (Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State)
- IEB-CWG (Intelink Engineering Board: Collaboration Working Group)
- IOSS (Interagency OPSEC Support Staff)
- JUSTICE (Justice Department); (Office of Intelligence)
- NITFS Technical Board
- CSI (Center for the Study of Intelligence)
- NPS-CCC (Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School)
- ONR (Office of Naval Research)
- PFIAB (President's Intelligence Advisory Board)
- HPSCI (House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
- SSCI (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)
- ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
- DSS (Defense Security Service)
- FINCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network)
- RFJ (Rewards for Justice Program)
- USSS (Secret Service)
- DOSFAN (Department of State Foreign Affairs Network)
- NDIC (National Drug Intelligence Center at DOJ)
- NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
International Links Related to Strategic Intelligence
- ADIO (Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation)
- ADSD (Australian Defence Signals Directorate)
- IGIS (Australian Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security)
- ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service)
- ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation)
- ONA (Australian Office of National Assessments)
- PJCIS (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security - formerly on the ASIO, ASIS, and DSD)
- BFCO (British Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
- MI5 (British Security Service)
- MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service)
- CCSE (Canadian Communications Security Establishment) [Commissioner's Site][Annual Reports]
- RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
- CFIBA (Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch Association)
- Office of the Auditor General of Canada
- Canadian Intelligence Resource Centre (unofficial)
- CSIC (Canadian Security and Intelligence Community, 2001) (pdf format)
- CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
- CSIS Public Reports (several annual reports available)
- SIRC (Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee)
- DAS (Colombian Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad)
- AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst, formerly BVD) Annual Reports: BVD1998 , BVD2001 (Dutch)(English), AIVD2002 (Dutch) (English) , AIVD2003 (Dutch)(English), AIVD2004 (Dutch)(English), AIVD2005 (Dutch), AIVD2006 (Dutch), AIVD2007 (Dutch), AIVD2008 (Dutch) (all local pdf format)
- BfV (German Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz / Counterintel)
- BND (German Bundesnachrichtendienst)
- MAD (German Militärischer Abschirmdienst)
- NBH (Hungarian National Security Office)
- SISDe (Italian Intelligence and Democratic Security Service-Intelligence magazine)
- GID (Jordanian General Intelligence Department)
- GCSB (New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau)(annual report, 2008)
- NZSIS (New Zealand Security Intelligence Service)
- NZ-SONS (New Zealand: "Securing Our Nation's Safety" 2000)
- AW (Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency) (also in English)
- ABW (Polish Internal Security Agency)
- SIED (Portuguese Strategic and Defense Intelligence Service)
- SIS (Portuguese Security Intelligence Service)
- AGENTURA (Russian Language Site on Intelligence; some pages in English)
- FSB (Russian Intelligence)
- SVR (Russian Foreign Intelligence)
- CNI (Spanish National Intelligence Center: Centro Nacional de Inteligencia)
- SISD (Swedish Intelligence and Security Directorate)
- MIT (Turkish National Intelligence Organization)
- NIM (United Kingdom National Intelligence Machinery)
- GCHQ (United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters)
- CESG (United Kingdom Communications-Electronics Security Group)
- An extensive library of links is available in French at http://sources.ouvertes.free.fr/ .
Organizational Sites Related to Strategic Intelligence
- AAA (Air America Association)
- AFCEA (The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)
- AFIO (Association of Former Intelligence Officers)
- AI (Africa Intelligence)
- ATIA (Advanced Technical Intelligence Association)
- AIPIO (Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers)
- BCISS (Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies)
- CASIS (Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies)
- CICENTRE (Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies)
- CIP (Center for International Policy: Intelligence News and Documents)
- CONET (Numbers Stations Around the World) Also, the project booklet
- CRYPTOME (On-line archival site, via JYA/Urban Deadline)
- CSP (Center for Security Policy)
- FASPGS (Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy)
- FASIRP (Federation of American Scientists Intelligence Resource Program)
- ICG (International Crisis Group)
- IF (Intelligence Forum: Academic Discussion Group on Intelligence)
- IIHA (International Intelligence History Association)
- INT-ONLINE (Intelligence Online -- Newsletter Index)
- IRSN (International Relations and Security Network)
- ISS (Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association)
- IWP (Institute of World Politics, Graduate School of Statecraft and National Security)
- MCCIA (Marine Corps Counterintelligence Association)
- NCMS (National Classification Management Society)
- NSArchives (National Security Archives)
- NCVA (U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association)
- NSG (Naval Security Group Alumni)
- NISA (Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association)
- PBI (Public Intelligence Blog)
- PDA (Project on Defense Alternatives - Intelligence Issues page)
- SISG (UK Security and Intelligence Studies Group - University of Reading)
- SPOOKS (The Spooks' Newsletter - Numbers Stations around the world)
- USIC Guide (Document Service Center, Columbia University Libraries)
- 64 Baker Street (Women of the S.O.E.)
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Documents Related to Strategic Intelligence
- Office of the DNI: Reports Archive
- CIA Reports Archive
- National Intelligence: A Consumer's Guide, 2009
- 2009 National Intelligence Strategy
- 2007 National Counterintelligence Strategy
- Defining the Future of the NRO (The Jeremiah Panel Report, 26 August 1996)
- DCI Reports on Intelligence Community Activities 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
- CIA IG Report: Improper Handling of Classified Information by John M. Deutch
- Congressional Research Service Reports on Intelligence via Federation of American Scientists
- Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015 (12/2001) (313KB pdf)
- Global Trends 2015
- Global Trends 2025
- Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the US, CRS Report RL30252 (pdf)
- Interception Capabilities 2000 (EP Report on ECHELON and COMINT, via NRC Handelsblad)
- The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography via Muskingum College
- FY97 and FY98 US Intelligence Budget Statements
- PFIAB Report and Appendix on DOE security Problems (1999)
- CRISIS: Cryptography's Role In Securing the Information Society
- Annual FISA Reports to Congress from DOJ
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Title 50 U.S.C. (chapter 36, sec. 1800 ff.)
- Geospatial Intelligence StandardsWorking Group Charter (or local)
- NSA/CSS Strategic Plan 2004-2009 via NSA
NSA 50th Anniversary Brochure via NSA - Report of the Independent Commission on NIMA (Jan.2001, 2.5mb pdf)
- DoD Space Technology Guide: Intel Chapter 2000-2001 (600 kb pdf)
- Commission to Assess US National Security Space Management and Organization (Jan. 2001) via space.gov
- National Security Agency: Issues for Congress, CRS Report RL30740, January 16, 2001
- Information Security-Opportunities for Improved OMB Oversight (GAO Report, Sept.1996)
- Redefining Security (Joint Security Commission, 1994) html or pdf formats
- JSC-II: Final Report August 24, 1999 (Joint Security Commission) pdf format
- Acquisition of Technology Relating to WMD and Advanced Conventional Munitions (July-December 2003) or PDF
- GAO/NSIAD-96-225 Foreign Missile Threats: Analytical Soundness of Certain NIEs
- GAO/NSIAD-99-163 Combatting Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks
- GAO/NSIAD-97-53 Foreign Missile Threats: Analytic Soundness of National Intelligence Estimate 95-19
- GAO/NSIAD-98-245 EOP Procedures for...Intelligence Information
- The Environment and National Security Speech (1996)
- Rand Hot Topics: Intelligence Gathering
- SSCI Report on Committee Activities, Jan. 4, 1995-Oct. 3, 1996 (also in pdf)
- SSCI Rules
- DCI Directive 1/7: Security Controls on the Dissemination of Intelligence Information
- Intelligence Oversight Board's Guatemala Review (1996) via CIP
- Department of State's Guatemala Documents
- Executive Order 12863 on the PFIAB (also in pdf format)
- Executive Order 12958: Classified National Security Information (pdf format)
- Executive Order 12968: Access to Classified Information (pdf format)
- Executive Order 12972: Amendment to Executive Order 12958 (pdf format)
- Executive Order 12977: Interagency Security Committee (pdf format)
- Executive Order 13142: Amendment to Executive Order 12958 (also in pdf format)
- Secretary of Defense Annual Report to the President and the Congress 2000 (pdf format, ca 2 mb)2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Technology Collection Trends in the U.S. Defense Industry (2002)
- Checklist for the Future of Intelligence
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Legislative Bills, Laws, and Reports
- Public Law 95-511 [summary] Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
- Intelligence Related Laws through March 25, 2003 (via HPSCI or local) (2.6 mb pdf)
- S.2089 A Bill to Amend FISA, introduced in the Senate Feb. 24, 2000 (pdf)
- Executive Summary and Report: Investigation of Espionage Allegations Against Dr. Wen Ho Lee (Released by Sen. Arlen Specter)
- Public Law 104-93 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1996 (pdf)
- Public Law 104-293 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1997 (pdf)
- Public Law 105-107 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1998 (pdf)
- Senate Report 105-24 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1998 (pdf)
- House Report 105-135 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1998 (pdf)
- Conference Report 105-350 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1998 (pdf)
- Public Law 105-272 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1999 (pdf)
- HR3694(enrolled) Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1999 (pdf)
- Senate Report 105-185 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1999 (pdf)
- House Report 105-508 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1999 (pdf)
- Conference Report 105-780 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY1999 (pdf)
- Senate Report 106-3 on Activities of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senate Report 106-048 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2000 (txt)
- House Report 106-130 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2000 (pdf)
- Conference Report 106-457 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2000 (txt) and (pdf)
- HR1555 (enrolled bill) Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2000 (pdf)
- Public Law 106-120 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2000 (pdf)
- House Report 106-620 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001 (pdf)
- Senate Report 106-279 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001 (pdf)
- Conference Report 106-969 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001 (pdf)
- Veto Message on Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001 (November 4, 2000) (pdf)
- Public Law 106-567 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2001 (pdf)
- House Report 107-219 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2002 (pdf)
- Senate Report 107-63 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2002 (pdf)
- Conference Report 107-328 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2002 (pdf)
- Public Law 107-108 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2002 (pdf)
- Senate Report 107-149 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2003 (pdf)
- Public Law 107-306 Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2003 (pdf)
- House Report 108-163 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2004 (pdf)
- Senate Report 108-44 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2004 (pdf)
- House Report 108-558 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2005 (pdf)
- Senate Report 108-258 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2005 (pdf)
- House Report 109-101 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2006 (pdf)
- Senate Report 109-142 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2006 (pdf)
- House Report 109-411 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2007 (pdf)
- Senate Report 109-259 on the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2007 (pdf)
- Public Law 107-56 (USA Patriot Act of 2001)
- Senate Report 109-85 on USA Patriot Act Renewal (2005)
- HPSCI Committee Activity Report for the 105th Congress (173 kb pdf)
- HPSCI Committee Activity Report for the 106th Congress (98 kb pdf)
- SSCI Committee Activity Report for the 107th Congress (pdf)
- Senate Report 107-51 on Committee Activities, Jan. 6, 1999-Dec. 15, 2000. (174 kb pdf)
- Cox Report via House Server or locally on technology transfer and theft of Nuclear Secrets by the PRC
- Report of the Redmond Panel on Improving Counterintelligence at DOE/National Laboratories (pdf)
- SSCI China Report: Report on Impacts to U.S. National Security of Advanced Satellite Technology Exports to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Report on the PRC’s Efforts to Influence U.S. Policy
- SSCI Report on the US Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq
- Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report (1.6 mb pdf)
- Handling of FBI Intelligence Information Related to the Justice Department’s Campaign Finance Investigation (USDOJ/OIG Special Report: July, 1999)
- FBI Intelligence Investigations: Coordination within Justice on Counterintelligence Criminal Matters is Limited (GAO Report 01-780, July, 2001)
- House Reports 109-384 and 109-385 regarding domestic CT surveillance.
- USCODE (U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library U.S. Code)
Hearings, Statements, and Testimony
- William Webster (Fmr. DCI) Testimony before House Committee on National Security February 13, 1997
- Anthony Lake Testimony before the SSCI March 11, 1997
- Thomas R. Wilson, DDIA, before the SSCI 2 February 2000
- George Tenet (DCI), before the SSCI 2 February 2000 [as prepared for delivery]
- John Deutch (Fmr. DCI) Testimony before House Committee on National Security February 12, 1998
- James Woolsey (Fmr. DCI)Testimony before House Committee on National Security, February 12, 1998
- Terrorism and Intelligence Operations, before Joint Economic Committee, May 20, 1998
- CIA: Observations of GAO Access to information on CIA Programs and Activities, GAO Testimony July 18, 2001 (pdf format)
- Disclosure of Classified Information to Congress, before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 4 and 11, 1998 (S. Hrg. 105-729)
- Hearing: Infectious Disease: Threat to America's Health and Security, June 29,2000. H.Serial 106-146 (3.5 MB pdf)
- Hearing: State Department Domestic Security Lapses, May 17, 2000. H.Serial 106-162 (2.4 MB pdf)
- Hearing: Russian Intelligence Activities Directed at the Department of State.Feb.10,2000. S.Hrg.106-565 (225 kb pdf)
- Hearing: NIE on Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States. Feb. 9, 2000. S.Hrg. 106-671 (4.3 MB pdf)
- Hearing: Defense Security Service Oversight, Feb. 16, 2000. H.Serial 106-152 (3.5 MB pdf)
- Inadequate Personnel Security Investigations Pose National Security Risks GAO testimony Feb. 16, 2000
- DOD Personnel: Weaknesses in Security Investigation Program are Being Addressed GAO testimony April 6, 2000
- More Accurate Estimate of Overdue Security Clearance Reinvestigations is Needed GAO testimony September 20, 2000
- Defense Security Service: Mission Degradation? Hearing before Subcom.on Nat.Sec.,Vet.Aff.,and IR of the House Committee of Government Reform, March 2, 2001
- For testimony on U.S. weapons labs and foreign espionage, see technology transfer
Reorganization, Reform, and Management
- IRTPA and IC Reform
- Assessing the 9/11 Panel's Recommendations for Reshaping American Intelligence (2004, via TCF)
- John Millis (HPSCI Staff Director) Address at the CIRA Luncheon, October 5, 1998, via JYA.
- IC21: Intelligence Community in the 21st Century via GPO or local
- Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy Report via GPO or local
- Commision on the Roles and Capabilities of the US IC via FAS
- Preparing for the 21st Century: An Appraisal of US Intelligence
- Rethinking Intelligence, via GovExec
- DOD Personnel: Inadequate Personnel Security Investigations Pose National Security Risk (GAO/NSIAD)
- DOD Personnel: More Actions Needed to Address Backlog of Security Clearance Reinvestigations (GAO/NSIAD)
- NRO at the Crossroads (Report of the National Commission for the Review of the NRO, 2000)(6 mb pdf)
- NSA 1999 External Team Review (large pdf file, ca. 2.7 mb)
- NSA 1999 NETeam (Internal) Review (very large pdf file, ca. 6.5 mb)
- Security Clearance Investigation FAQ
- NPR (National Performance Review)Intelligence Agency Activities
- NPR Intelligence Agency Activities Update 1
- NPR Intelligence Agency Activities Update 2
- NPR New Recommendations for Intelligence Agencies
- Gore announces NPR New Recommendations for Intelligence
- Counter Intelligence Effectiveness (White House Statement: May 4, 1994)
- U.S. Intelligence Community Reform Studies since 1947 via CSI
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
- Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, Annual Report to Congress, 1999 (pdf, 919 kb)
- Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (St. Andrews University)
- Combatting Terrorism: Threat and Risk Assessments Can Help Prioritize and Target Program Investments (GAO Report, April 1998)
- Combatting Terrorism: Need for Comprehensive Threat and Risk Assessments of Chemical and Biological Attacks (GAO/NSIAD-99-163)
- FEMA Virtual Library on Terrorism
- Foreign Terrorist Organizations, via U.S. Department of State
- Heritage Foundation Library on Intelligence/Counter-Terrorism
- HEROES (State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security: Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program)
- Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan
- Khobar Towers Bombing Incident (Staff Report, House National Security Committee, August 1996)
- National Commission on Terrorism Report, 2000 (pdf, 3.2 mb)
- National Domestic Preparedness Office
- Office for DomesticPreparedness (Justice Department)
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1996 via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1998 via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1999 via State Department (or local 3.4 mb pdf)
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000, via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2001, via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2002, via State Department
- Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2003, via State Department
- Country Reports on Terrorism, 2004
- Country Reports on Terrorism, 2005 and map
- Country Reports on Terrorism, 2006
- Country Reports on Terrorism, 2007
- Country Reports on Terrorism, 2008
- Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Site (Centers for Disease Control)
- Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 - by the HPSCI and SSCI (5.5mb pdf, via GPO or local)
- Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Prior to the September 11 Attacks
or in pdf - Terrorism and Intelligence Operations, before Joint Economic Committee, May 20, 1998
- Terrorism: Automated Lookout Systems and Border Security Options and Issues (CRS)(pdf)
- Terrorism Incident Annex to Federal Response Plan (pdf)
- Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction 2nd Annual Report to Congress, Dec. 2000
- Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001 (CRS)(pdf)
- UK Intelligence and Security Committee's Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005
- Government Response to the ISC's Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005
- Report of the Official Account of the Bombing in London on 7 July 2005
Journals, Articles, and Papers Related to Strategic Intelligence
- Journal of Intelligence and National Security (Table of contents and contact information.)
- Journal of Intelligence History
- Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? (Atlantic Monthly, February 1998)
- Intelligence and National Security (15 Year Index)
- International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (on-line index is available)
- National Security and the Future (International Journal published by the St. George Association)
- Russia's Security Services: A Checklist for Reform (from Perspectives)
- The Pitfalls of U.S. Covert Operations via Cato
- Profile: State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- Making Intelligence Smarter
- Intelligence Lost
- The Warning-Response Problem (via Carnegie Commission)
- The Cryptolog
- Strategic Assessments 1995-1999 via NDU
- The Rapid Expansion of Intelink
- Kent Center Occasional Papers via CIA
- Unclassified articles from CIA's Studies in Intelligence: On-line index and access via CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence
- Council on Foreign Relations Report on Intel (2/96), via FAS
- The Satellite Encyclopedia
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Of Historical Interest
Cuban Missile Crisis
- CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis (large pdf)
- Foreign Relations of the US: Cuban Missile Crisis via State Department
- Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges (local)
- RealAudio recordings from Oval Office during Cuban Missile Crisis
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, via NSArchives
- NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Naval Historical Center Document on the Naval Quarantine
- Presenting the Photographic Evidence Abroad via CSI
- Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis via CSI
Declassification
- CIA's Electronic Document Release Center
- CIA Task Force Report on Greater CIA Openness (1991)
- DCI Gates Response to Task Force Report on Greater CIA Openness (1992)
- Conference Remarks on (De-)Classification by John Podesta (Nov. 1998)
- Declassified Military Resources
- Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group via NARA
- State Department Electronic Reading Room
- DIA Electronic Reading Room
- FBI Electronic Reading Room
- GWU Declassification Productivity Research Center
- Activities of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel 5/1997-4/1998
- National Archives: Rules on Declassification of National Security Information
National Archives Guide to OSS Records - National Archives Guide to CIA Records
- National Archives Guide to DIA Records
- National Archives Guide to FBI Records
- National Archives Guide to FBIS Records
- National Archives Guide to NSA/CSS Records
- Yale Library Declassified Documents Site
- Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1945-1950, Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment Summary and full text
Historical Espionage (see also Ames and Hanssen)
- Espionage case summaries from DSS
CNN's Intelligence Interactive: Cold War Espionage - NSA Venona Program
- FBI's FOIA documents on Venona (local) (~3 megs) or via FBI server
- FBI Press Release re: Earl Edwin Pitts
- FBI Affidavit re: Harold James Nicholson
- FBI Summary of the Nathan Silvermaster Group via FBI server
- FBI Summary of the Rosenberg Case (local) Part 1 and Part 2 (~3 megs)or via FBI server
- FBI Summary of the Burgess, MacLean, and Philby Cases (local) or via FBI server
- FBI Summary of Tokyo Rose (local) Parts 1, 2, and 3 or via FBI server
- Historical Images of female spies in the Civil War (via UVA)
- Alger Hiss Story Conference Transcripts, via NYU
- DOJ Final Report on the Leung espionage case
- Ponger - Verber Espionage Case
- Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations (McCarthy Hearings, 1953-54), via GPO or local (volumes I, II, III, IV, V) [large pdf files, ca. 2.5 mb per volume]
- Spy Letters of the American Revolution (Via University of Michgan)
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Historical SIGINT Topics
- NSA Historical Publications
- Cryptologic Histories
- Bletchley Park Trust
- On Enigma and a Method for its Decryption
- Funkaufklaerung im 2. Weltkrieg
- The Turing Bombe
- National Cryptologic Museum
- NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- NSA releases on the 1958 shootdown of a USAF C-130
- Korea: AFSA Role (1.9 mb pdf)
- Korea: Chinese Intervention (1.9 mb pdf)
- Pearl Harbor Revisited: US Navy Communications Intelligence
- Truman Memorandum (Oct. 24, 1952) Establishing NSA (.tif format)
- USS Liberty Memorial Page
- NSA releases of USS Liberty incident audio intercepts, transcripts, and reports
- USS Liberty Messages
- NSA Venona Program
- FBI's FOIA documents on Venona (local) (~3 megs)
- The Zimmermann Telegraph available in coded or decoded versions
Research Related Organizations
- Guatemala Document Collection via National Security Archives
- Harvard Project on Cold War Studies
- Cold War International History Project
- International Intelligence History Study Group
Satellites
- Imaging Space Reconnaissance Operations during the Cold War [William Burrows]
- Corona: America's First Satellite Program (local 18 mb pdf) or via CIA's CSI
- Index, Declassified Collection of CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD Records, 26 Nov 97
- The Life and Death of Cosmos 954 from Studies in Intelligence, Spring 1978 (pdf file, 587 kb)
- NRO Launches from 1959-1965 (F97-0007)
- Declassified imagery via USGS Earth Explorer
- Declassified Satellite Images: Corona
- Declassified Satellite Images: Ocean Topography
- NRO Declassification Initiatives
- NRO: Strategy for Addressing the Commercialization fo Satellite Imagery
Other Historical Documents and Subjects
- The Family Jewels
- At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 via CSI
- Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution via CSI (pdf)
- Church Committee publications via AARC (html and pdf)
CIA Briefings of Presidential Candidates, 1952-1992 - CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974
- CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis 22 megs to PC rather than trying to open over the web)
- My Years with the CIA by Historian George C. Herring
- CIA Creation Collection access via State Department Electronic Reading Room
- British Security and Intelligence History: Documents Overview
- Citizens Guide to Using the FOIA/Privacy Act (House of Representatives pdf)
- The Easter Offensive of 1972 (via FAS)
- Rockefeller Commission Report via AARC (html and pdf)
- Target Central Europe: American Intelligence Efforts Regarding Nazi and Early Postwar Austria
- The Farewell Dossier: Duping the Soviets (pdf format-large) (Gus Weiss, Studies in Intelligence, v.39 no.5, 1996) or html via CSI
- William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan from FBI FOIA Documents
- KGB History (pdf in Russian, via Harvard University)
- List of National Security Council Intelligence Directives (1948-1977)
- CIA Reports on Oswald in Mexico
The Ames Affair
- Ames Complaint and Warrants
- White House Press Conference on Ames (February 22, 1994)
- White House Statement on Ames (February 22, 1994)
- A Review of the FBI’s Performance in Uncovering the Espionage Activities of Aldrich Hazen Ames (DOJ Inspector General, April, 1997)
- 1994 CIA Inspector General Report on the Ames Affair
- 1995 CIA Inspector General SSCI Statement on the Ames Affair
- Security Awareness Bulletin on the Ames Affair
- DCI Deutch Oct. 95 Public Statement on Ames Damage Assessment
- DCI Deutch Dec. 95 SSCI Statement on Ames Damage Assessment
- The Ames Scandal: A Moscow Perspective
The Hanssen Affair
- Robert Hanssen Complaint and Warrants
- Hanssen case photographs
- FBI Press Release on the Arrest of Robert Philip Hanssen, 20 February 2001
- President Bush's Comments on the Arrest of Robert Philip Hanssen, 20 February 2001
- A Review of the FBI's Performance in Deterring, Detecting, and Investigating the Espionage Activities of Robert Philip Hanssen via DOJ/OIG (also DOJ pdf or local pdf)
- Review of the FBI Security Program and its Transformation (Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, July 2001)
- Hanssen plea agreement (via findlaw)
- Hanssen sentencing memorandum (via findlaw)
Debates and Wild Controversy
- Iraq's WMD Programs (Oct. 2002)
- Iraqi Bio Warfare (May 2003)
- DCI Special Advisor Report on Iraq's WMD (Sept. 2004) Key Findings, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Duelfer Addenda (March 2005)
- Prospects for Iraq's Stability NIE (Feb. 2007)
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- GAO/NSIAD-95-187: Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, NM
- FISA and the Fourth Amendment
- Inside the Department of Dirty Tricks (Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1979)
- High Resolution, Unresolved (Atlantic Monthly, July 1996)
- Justice for Jonathan Pollard (n.b.Website authorized by the Pollards)
- Listening In: Eavesdropping and the National Security Agency (via TCF)
- The Politicized C.I.A. [sic.] via Center for Security Policy
- The RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs) Debate Page via Commonwealth Institute/Project on Defense Alternatives
- The CIA as Economic Spy: The Misuse of Intelligence via CATO Institute
- National Intelligence Council, Emerging Missile Threats to North America During the Next 15 Years. Testimony 28 February 1996.
- DIA, Global Threats and Challenges to the United States and its Interests Abroad, 5 February 1997
- Budget of the IC
- Chinese Espionage stories from the Washington Post
- Wen Ho Lee Supporter's Page
- Final Report of the Attorney General's Review Team on the Handling of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Investigation, May 2000 ("The Bellows Report")(local; also available directly from Department of Justice)
Echelon
- Technologies of Political Control (scanned, via Cryptome)
- Interception Capabilities 2000 (EP Report on ECHELON and COMINT, via NRC Handelsblad)
- Working Papers From the European Parliament/STOA:
- Volume 1: Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information (pdf via FAS)
Volume 2: The state of the art in Communications Intelligence (COMINT)(pdf via FAS)
Volume 3: Encryption and cryptosystems in electronic surveillance (pdf via FAS)
Volume 4: The legality of the interception of electronic communications (pdf via FAS)
Volume 5: The perception of economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability of electronic commercial media to interception (pdf via FAS)