The National Security Archive Fund Inc The George Washington University Gelman Library Suite 701 2130 H Street N W Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchive@gwu edu www nsarchive org EDITORIAL POLICY The mission of the National Security Archive is to enrich research and public debate about issues of national security policy by gathering indexing publishing and making available to the public its unique collections of documentary materials on U S foreign policy issues The Archive determines its editorial policy independent of any outside funder government or other entity This applies to the subjects we choose as our focus as well as the scope and content of our publications In publishing documentary records the Archive offers no assurances about the accuracy of their content Government records sometimes contain material which is unverified inaccurate distorted or untrue Furthermore under the Privacy Act 5 U S C Section 552a agencies are not required to substantiate personal data that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act 5 U S C section 552 The Archive therefore urges users of its collections not to rely on the accuracy of the documents We affirm only that they are true facsimiles of government or other records whose content has not been independently verified The Archive does not take positions on substantive issues of U S foreign and national security policy – other than on matters pertaining to freedom of information and open government Rather our goal is to empower interested members of the public to develop more informed opinions of their own by means of direct access to the underlying record of U S foreign policy Official Archive views on topics relating to access to information can be found in our many publications testimony and public statements At the same time the Archive encourages staff members and fellows to produce their own independent writings on topics with which they have become familiar through their work here In Archive publications individual staff viewpoints are limited to factual conclusions derived from the documents themselves and avoid judgments on the policies of a particular president or his her administration If staff views appear to go beyond factual inferences their writings are specifically labeled as analyses commentaries or otherwise the product of personal opinion When publishing elsewhere staff members are expected to request that their views be identified as their own and not those of the Archive although we recognize that it is often not possible to guarantee other publications will provide such identification An Independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act Publication royalties and tax deductible contributions through The National Security Archive Fund Inc underwrite the Archive’s Budget