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May 29, 2015
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Madman Strategy during Vietnam WarNixon Wanted the "Other Side" to Think He and Kissinger "Might be Crazy"; Signalled Moscow and Hanoi By Pushing "So Many Chips in the Pot" to Suggest He "Might Really Go Further" Even to Nuclear Use
May 25, 2015
Anatoly S. Chernyaev Diary, 1975The Uncertain Future of Détente
NEW - May 19, 2015
The National Security Archive and Historical Associations Win Lawsuit for David Greenglass TestimonyFederal Judge Rules Against Government's Attempt to Keep Grand Jury Records Secret
May 12, 2015
US: Mexico Mass Graves Raise "Alarming Questions" about Government "Complicity" in September 2014 Cartel KillingsState Department Quietly Suspended Aid to Army Unit Responsible for June 2014 Tlatlaya Massacre
May 6, 2015
OPERATION CONDOR: National Security Archive Presents Trove of Declassified Documentation in Historic Trial in ArgentinaArgentine Newspaper, Pagina 12, Highlights Evidence Presented by Archive Southern Cone Project Director Carlos Osorio
April 28, 2015
LBJ Regretted Ordering U.S. Troops into Dominican Republic in 1965, White House Tapes Confirm; Yet He Insisted, "I'd do the same thing right this second."Dominican Intervention 50 Years Ago Sparked Mainly by Fear of Communists: "I Sure Don't Want to Wake Up ... and Find Out Castro's in Charge," President Said
April 24, 2015
International Atomic Energy Agency Lacks Transparency, Observers and Researchers SayNuclear Inspection Agency Demands Transparency from Others, but Not Itself.
April 16, 2015
Rwanda Pullout Driven by Clinton White House, U.N. EquivocationWhite House Clears E-Mail Release and Susan Rice Hand-written Notes.
April 15, 2015
The U.S. Discovery of Israel's Secret Nuclear ProjectIsraeli Cover Stories about the Dimona Reactor Dismayed Top Level Officials Who Saw a "Clearly Apparent Lack of Candor."
April 10, 2015
NASA's Secret Relationships with U.S. Defense and Intelligence AgenciesDeclassified Records Trace the Many Hidden Interactions Between the U.S. Civilian and National Security Space Programs.
April 6, 2015
Rwanda Re-Examined"Unprecedented" 2014 Conference Illuminates International Response (and Lack Thereof) to Genocide.
March 26, 2015
National Security Archive's Carlos Osorio Honored for Human Rights Work in ArgentinaArgentine Embassy Recognizes Years of Documenting and Testifying about Abuses during Military Dictatorship.
March 24, 2015
New Memoir by Participant in U.S. H-Bomb Program Sheds Light on the Making of the First Test DeviceFirst-Hand Perspectives on Edward Teller and Other Leading Figures, and on Dispute over Who Originated Key Idea of Radiation Implosion.
March 20, 2015
The CIA and Signals IntelligenceFormerly Top-Secret Multi-Volume History Details Spy Agency’s Conflicts with NSA and Military over SIGINT Role.
March 18, 2015
Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council Wins Rosemary AwardHillary Clinton E-Mail Controversy Illuminates Government-Wide Failure.
March 13, 2015
Most Agencies Falling Short on Mandate for Online RecordsThe National Security Archive 2015 E-FOIA Audit.
March 11, 2015
Perestroika in the Soviet Union: 30 Years OnDocuments show extraordinary achievements, Spectacular missed opportunities.
March 4, 2015
Archive Sues State Department Over Kissinger Telcons700 Transcripts Still Withheld, Eight Years after Appeal.
February 23, 2015
The Merchant of Death's Account BookDeclassified Documents Reveal More Information on Government's Opportunistic Relationship with World's Biggest Arms Smuggler, Sarkis Soghanalian.
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