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A Mysterious MedalI want to thank NDC staffer Stephanie Coon for her discovering these records and writing the following article. Inside a box of recently declassified records related to awards presented to foreign nationals, the NDC discovered a certificate and medal for Exceptional Service presented by the United States Air Force to Dr. Cristjo Cristofv, in recognition of [...] Posted by Alex Daverede on November 9, 2012, under New Openings. The (Not So Smooth) Road to the InternetWhile Internet history is a hot topic and the subject of numerous books and articles, bits and pieces of the story still come up in the records we review for declassification. The phenomenon and accomplishment that is the Internet has been such a successful endeavor that there have been many parents claiming credit for it. [...] Posted by Alex Daverede on July 28, 2011, under New Openings. The Real Pentagon PapersThe pending release of the Report of the OSD Vietnam Task Force (aka the Pentagon Papers) has brought forth the question of relevancy. After all the Papers were made public 40 years ago, right? What’s the big deal? The fact of the matter is that no one, outside the people properly cleared to view Top [...] Posted by Alex Daverede on May 26, 2011, under Special Projects. Pentagon Papers ReleaseNARA is planning a digital/textual release of the Pentagon Papers for the week of June 13, 2011. This simultaneous release will be conducted by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library, and the National Declassification Center at College Park. Posted by Alex Daverede on May 12, 2011, under Special Projects. Pentagon Papers Project UpdateI want to update everyone on our progress on this project with the great news that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has declassified the information of interest to them in the Report of the Vietnam Study Task Force. Since the Report was an OSD product, they retained considerable interest in every volume [...] Posted by Alex Daverede on March 28, 2011, under Special Projects. Pentagon Papers ProjectIn a follow on to the announcement that the NDC Director Sheryl J. Shenberger made in her Second Bi-Annual Report, I am presenting an outline of the Pentagon Paper Project. A Short History There is a considerable body of literature that discusses what came to be known as the Pentagon Papers, so I will not [...] Posted by Alex Daverede on February 14, 2011, under Special Projects. |
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