The 1983 War Scare Declassified and For Real

All-Source Intelligence Report finds US-Soviet Nuclear Relations on «Hair Trigger» in 1983
Prelude to Iguala: «Heavy-handed police tactics» used against Ayotzinapa students in 2011

U.S. Ambassador Wayne said state was «blaming victims» and «denying any responsibility»
Iran’s Nuclear Program – Then and Now

Documents from 1970s Presage Issues Surrounding July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Deal with P5+1
The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 25th Anniversary

Documents show accident and contingency, anxiety in world capitals.
Tiananmen at 25 Years

Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen protests, the National Security Archive is posting 25 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) records relating to the event and its aftermath.
Chinese Military Was Split over Bloody Suppression of 1989 Student Protests, DIA Reported
CIA Successfully Conceals Bay of Pigs History

National Security Archive FOIA lawsuit exposes gap between Obama Administration's "transparency" policies and actual bureaucratic (and judicial) behavior.
D.C. Circuit split decision rules CIA Draft History can be kept secret indefinitely.
Kissinger and Chile: The Declassified Record On Regime Change

Kissinger pressed Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected Allende government because his «‘model’ effect can be insidious,» documents show
Reading the North Korean Tea Leaves: The Perpetual Struggle to Fathom Pyongyang’s Motives and Goals

«Brinkmanship» Seen As a «Mainstay of the North’s Negotiating Repertoire,» Say State Department Records
The Iraq War Ten Years After

Declassified Documents Show Failed Intelligence, Policy Ad Hockery, Propaganda-Driven Decisionmaking.
Justice Department: Worst Open Government Performance in 2012

The Prize Memorializes President Nixon’s Secretary Who Erased Watergate Tapes
Space-Based Early Warning: From MIDAS to DSP to SBIRS

Cold-War DSP System is now in the process of transition to SBIRS. First SBIRS GEO Scheduled to become operational in January 2013.
Declassified Documents Trace U.S. Policy Shifts on Use of Commercial Satellite Imagery from 1970s to Today

Lack of Control over Foreign Developments, Desire to Promote American Firms, and Potential Benefits Vied with National Security Concerns.