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November 18, 2016
Echoes of the 1956 Hungarian Revolt in Romania, 60 Years AfterRomanian Students Organized Meetings – Authorities Were Quick to Crack Down, Romanian and U.S. Documents Show
November 2, 2016
The NUMEC Affair: Did Highly Enriched Uranium from the U.S. Aid Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program?U.S. Officials in 1960s Believed Americans Had Cooperated with Israeli Intelligence
October 31, 2016
CIA Releases Controversial Bay of Pigs History2016 Change in FOI Law Overturns Agency Stonewalling
October 12, 2016
Gorbachev’s Nuclear Initiative of January 1986 and the Road to ReykjavikSoviet nuclear abolition proposal in January 1986 welcomed by Reagan, set stage for historic Reykjavik summit and the INF Treaty 30 years ago
October 7, 2016
Soviet nuclear submarine carrying nuclear weapons sank north of Bermuda in 1986Top Secret Minutes of Politburo discussion show Soviets learned the lessons of Chernobyl
October 6, 2016
Bombing of Cuban Jetliner 40 Years LaterColgate Toothpaste Disguised Plastic Explosives in 1976 Terrorist Attack
September 30, 2016
Unilateral U.S. nuclear pullback in 1991 matched by rapid Soviet cutsDeclassified documents tell inside story of “most spontaneous and dramatic reversal” of the arms race
September 28, 2016
International Right to Know Day Impact Stories14th Annual Celebration Highlights Access Laws Across the Globe
September 23, 2016
CIA: “Pinochet personally ordered” Letelier bombingU.S. gives documents to Chilean President Bachelet on 40th anniversary
September 14, 2016
Did Nixon Even Read the CIA's Daily Briefs?Nixon's Attention Focused on Kissinger's Cover Memos That Packaged the PDB
August 15, 2016
U.S. Government Debated Secret Nuclear Deployments in IcelandU.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy toward Iceland, 1951-1960
August 11, 2016
‘Declassified Diplomacy’: ArgentinaDeclassified U.S. Records Highlight Argentine Military Abuses, Internal Carter White House Debate over Human Rights Policy
July 22, 2016
Bikini A-Bomb Tests July 1946Declassified Documents, Films and Photographs Depict Tests "Able" and “Baker” and Removal of Bikinians
July 1, 2016
70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946Government Films and Photographs Depict Test "Able" on 1 July 1946
June 30, 2016
President Obama Signs Freedom of Information Act Improvements Into LawLaw Includes Presumption of Disclosure; Deliberative Process Sunset
June 23, 2016
U.S., Britain Developed Plans to Disable or Destroy Middle Eastern Oil Facilities from Late 1940s to Early 1960s in Event of a Soviet InvasionBritish Plans Envisioned Using Nuclear Weapons as an Option in Iran and Iraq, According to Declassified Documents
June 13, 2016
FOIA Commands Headlines as Law Approaches 50th BirthdayWhat Links Operation Condor Convictions to News of Widespread Medicare Overcharging? FOIA!
May 27, 2016
Operation Condor Verdict: GUILTY!Argentine Federal Court Concludes 3-Year Trial on Multinational Repression
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