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Understanding the CIA: How Covert (and Overt) Operations Were Proposed and Approved during the Cold War
Mar 4, 2019 | Briefing Book
Washington, DC, March 4, 2019 – The covert operations of the Central Intelligence Agency are one element of the forward edge of power in U.S. foreign policy. But the CIA is not a lone ranger, shooting up saloons on its own account. A senior interagency group within the United States government acts as the high command of the secret war.
The Vela Incident: South Atlantic Mystery Flash in September 1979 Raised Questions about Nuclear Test
Dec 6, 2016 | Briefing Book
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2016 - A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded that a mysterious flash detected by a U.S. Vela satellite over the South Atlantic on the night of 22 September 1979 was likely a nuclear test, according to a contemporaneous report published today for the first time by the National Security Archive and the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.  
Existence of Secret Sudan Annex Archive was “Fishing Around” For Revealed, After Six Year Delay
Jul 7, 2016 | Blog Post
22 Years Later, US Still Classifying “Bombshell” Plan to Pull Peacekeepers Out Before Rwanda Genocide
Apr 26, 2016 | Blog Post
Declassified Documents on Darfur Genocide Reveal Situation Nearly Identical to Current Atrocities
Mar 7, 2016 | Blog Post
1994 Rwanda Pullout Driven by Clinton White House, U.N. Equivocation
Apr 16, 2015 | Briefing Book
Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 – Newly declassified Clinton White House e-mails and notes detail a decisive U.S. role in the tragic pullout of United Nations peacekeepers during the first two weeks of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, according to documents and analysis posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University on Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). The documents show U.S. skepticism about United Nations peacekeeping operations as early as September 1993, as domestic political criticism of U.S. involvement, the specter of U.S.
Rwanda Re-Examined
Apr 6, 2015 | Briefing Book
IN THE NEWS Exclusive: Rwanda Revisited By Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy, April 5, 2015 Declassified U.N. Cables Reveal Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis of 1994 By Mark Landler, The New York Times, June 3, 2014 The Shroud Over Rwanda's Nightmare By Michael Dobbs, The New York Times, January 9, 2014
Conversations with a Genocidaire
Feb 4, 2015 | Blog Post
Key Diplomat's Personal Notebook Sheds Light on Inner Workings of US Government Response to Genocide Unfolding in Rwanda in 1994
Jan 30, 2015 | Briefing Book
Washington, DC, January 30, 2015 – Former Ambassador Prudence Bushnell's notebooks provide a never-before-seen view into the inner workings of US diplomacy during one of the international community's darkest hours in recent decades.
Inside the UN Security Council: April–July 1994
Jun 2, 2014 | Briefing Book
EXPERT OPINION Declassified U.N. Cables Reveal Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis of 1994 By Mark Landler, The New York Times, June 3, 2014 The United Nations Security Council in Rwanda By Michael Barnett, the George Washington University, June 1, 2014   RELATED POSTS Rwanda: The Failure of the Arusha Peace Accords International Community's Lack of Support for Military Demobilization and Rwandans' Inability to Implement Accords Led to Genocide in 1994 May 21, 2014 Sitreps Detail Rwanda's Descent into Genocide 1994 April 7, 2014

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