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NEW - July 1, 2009
Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI
Twenty Interviews and Five Conversations with "High Value Detainee # 1" in 2004


June 19, 2009
The Secret Sentry Declassified
Declassified Documents Reveal the Inner Workings and Intelligence Gathering Operations of the National Security Agency

June 10, 2009
Ernest R. May 1928-2009, An Appreciation
National Security Archive joins scholars around the world in mourning the passing of Ernest R. May

 June 5, 2009
The Secrecy Court of Last Resort
New Declassification Releases by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP)

May 26, 2009
The Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev 1989
Archive Publishes Fourth Installment of Former Top Soviet Adviser's Journal


May 1, 2009
"How Much is Enough?":The U.S. Navy and "Finite Deterrence"
A Moment in Cold War History when the Fundamentals of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Were at Stake


April 23, 2009
Robert F. Kennedy Urged Lifting Travel Ban to Cuba in '63
Documents Record First Internal Debate to Lift Ban


April 7, 2009
Fujimori Found Guilty of Human Rights Crimes
National Security Archive Posts Declassified Evidence Used in Trial


March 17, 2009
Historical Archives Lead to Arrest of Police Officers in Guatemalan Disappearance
Declassified documents show U.S. Embassy knew that Guatemalan security forces were behind wave of abductions of students and labor leaders


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FOIA and Advocacy

NEW - June 30, 2009
Archive Submits Comments on Obama Administration Declassification Policy
Public Interest Declassification Board Launches Forum for Public Input on Declassification Policy

June 18, 2009
Air Force Audit Finds Agency Lacks Basic Systems to Comply with the Freedom of Information Act
Three years after a federal court found a pattern and practice of not processing FOIAs in a lawsuit brought by the National Security Archive, Air Force still has not fixed its system

May 26, 2009
National Security Archive submits recommendations for President Obama
's Open Government Directive
White House launches public participation and collaboration effort to develop transparency policies

March 13, 2009
2009 Rosemary Award for Worst FOIA Performance Goes to FBI
National Security Archive Cites FBI for Record-Setting "No Records" Responses

February 26, 2009
Obama Administration Lifts Blanket Ban on Media Coverage of the Return of Fallen Soldiers
Policy changed 18 years after Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney first banned news media from covering honor ceremonies at Dover Air Force Base


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