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New - January 12, 2009
The Nuclear Emergency Search Team, 1974-1996
Declassified Documents Depict
Creation, Capabilities, and Activities of Once-Secret Nuclear Counterterrorism Unit


January 7, 2009
"Body count mentalities": Colombia's "False Positives" Scandal, Declassified
Documents Describe History of Abuses by Colombian Army


New - January 5, 2009
"Riveting" Account of U.S. Presidents and the Middle East Details Inconsistent Policies and influence of Foreign Leaders
New Patrick Tyler book narrates "A World of Trouble"; Documentary highlights posted on Archive Web site


December 23, 2008
"We can bomb the bejesus out of them all over North Vietnam."
The Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts

"Dr. Kissinger, Mr. President"
Kissinger's Telcons and Nixon's Tapes


December 21, 2008
"No se Registró Novedad Digna de Mencionar"
Documentos del Archivo del Terror de Paraguay Desmienten la Fuga de Prisionero
s (Paraguayan Secret Police Covered Up Forced Disappearances in 1976)


December 8, 2008
Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor's Island
Previously Secret Documents from Soviet and U.S. Files on the 1988 Summit in New York, 20 Years Later


December 2, 2008
NPR Features Archive Analyst in Tlatelolco Massacre Program
Links to Declassified Documents from Archive FOIA Requests and Mexican Archival Research


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


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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