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The National Security Agency Declassified

This new electronic briefing book from the National Security Archive (last reviewed in the November 12, 1999 Scout Report) offers a peek inside the creation, evolution, and management of the National Security Agency (NSA). Originally founded as the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) in 1948, the name and function of the agency was changed in 1952, when its role was expanded beyond merely...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB23/
National Security Action Memoranda: Document Images From The Presidential Papers of John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Security Files

The John F. Kennedy Library has posted the National Security Action Memoranda of the Kennedy administration, written either by the President himself or his National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy. Topics of the memorandums include policy for Cuba, forces in Vietnam, reconnaissance flights over Russia, NATO, South Africa policy, CIA support of "certain activities," and many others. The copies are...

https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/national...
The Pentagon's Spies: Documents Detail Histories of Once Secret Spy Units

The latest electronic briefing book from the National Security Archive features declassified documents from 1965 to 1995 that offer a glimpse into the Pentagon's human intelligence operations (HUMINT). The page begins with an introduction and brief overview of these operations, and presents abstracts and the full text of 21 documents that chart the creation, evolution, and in some cases, abolition...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB46/
Science, Technology and the CIA: A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book

This release on George Washington University's (GWU) National Security Archive site includes documents related to CIA projects in science and technology. The 44 documents are wide ranging, covering the years 1951-2000 and a broad span of projects from satellite reconnaissance systems to the failed "Acoustic Kitty" project, in which a cat was surgically altered to "become a mobile, eavesdropping...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB438/
Kennedy & Castro: The Secret History

Released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, this intriguing electronic briefing book (presented by the National Security Archive at George Washington University), contains an audio tape of the late President Kennedy discussing the possibility of a clandestine meeting with Fidel Castro in Havana (just several weeks before Kennedy's death). Along with this...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB103/index.htm
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FRONTLINE: United States of Secrets

FRONTLINE doesn't shy away from difficult topics, as demonstrated by "United States of Secrets" a recent documentary on the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States. On this site, visitors can view both parts of the documentary, explore interviews with tech industry experts, learn about journalistic guidelines, and also look over a raft of extra features. In The Latest...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/united-states...
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