Anna Paulina Luna Held a Hearing on CIA Mind Control. It Went Off the Rails. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A pamphlet published in 1976 to celebrate the Bicentennial and highlight the role of secret intelligence operations in the Revolutionary War was part of an effort to push back against congressional investigations of CIA abuses, writes @ajimenezbacardi.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Cool video summary of @nsarchive.bsky.social article on the CIA & the Bicentennial.

The 4th of July: A time for fireworks, family cookouts, parades, and ... spying on American citizens?

Anna Paulina Luna Held a Hearing on CIA Mind Control. It Went Off the Rails. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Read the documents here: “Exploiting the Bicentennial”: The Church Committee, the CIA, and the Politicization of the Revolutionary War nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

50 years ago, the CIA released a pamphlet celebrating the spies of the American Revolution after it was caught surveilling American citizens. Coincidence? No.

50 years ago, the CIA released a pamphlet celebrating the spies of the American Revolution after it was caught surveilling American citizens. Coincidence? No.

A pamphlet published in 1976 to celebrate the Bicentennial and highlight the role of secret intelligence operations in the Revolutionary War was part of an effort to push back against congressional investigations of CIA abuses, writes @ajimenezbacardi.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

50yrs ago, the CIA published "Intelligence in the War of Independence" to rehabilitate the Agency's public image as it was being investigated for decades of misdeeds. In this post for @nsarchive.bsky.social I write a little history on this CIA publication.

MKUltra: Declassification Task Force Should Focus on Real Secrets, Not Conspiracy Theories nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Is the Freedom of Information Act delivering on its promise? Archive director Tom Blanton spoke with WBUR yesterday. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

From the @nsarchive.bsky.social: recently declassified documents about the global security and economic risks posed by climate change 🗃️

New from @nsarchive.bsky.social The Climate Security Threat: Pentagon War Games, European Political Risks, and Darfur Violence nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

The Archive's Peter Kornbluh spoke with The World's Marco Werman about the Raul Castro indictment. theworld.org/segments/202...

New York Times coverage of the Raul Castro indictment cites declassified records published this week buy the National Security Archive. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA’s Widening Role www.democracynow.org/2026/5/20/cu...

Essential background documents on the case at the heart of the Raul Castro indictment from @nsarchive.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

“One of these days the Cubans will shoot down one of these planes” The Archive's Peter Kornbluh and William LeoGrande reveal essential US documents on the case at the heart of the Raul Castro indictment nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

On Eve of Possible Raul Castro Indictment, Archive Posts Declassified FAA Documents on Events Leading to 1996 Shootdown of Cuban Exile Planes nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

"[W]hat's frightening I think about the pending indictment of Raúl Castro is that it sets a stage as it did in Venezuela for Maduro of kind of a legal fig leaf for some type of attack or operation against Cuba," said Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archive. www.newsweek.com/cuba-braces-...

"In December 2024, the National Security Archive and ProQuest declassified about 1,200 documents pertaining to the MKUltra program, a series of CIA mind control experiments that started in 1953, during the Cold War." www.newsweek.com/cia-raid-dni...

Peter Kornbluh: "It is a historical irony that the CIA director would be sent on a diplomatic mission to issue a do-or-die ultimatum to the Cuban government. In many ways, the CIA may end up accomplishing diplomatically what it has sought to do covertly." www.ksjd.org/2026-05-15/c...

A 1999 CIA intel assessment of Iraq's WMD/nuclear program was just partially declassified. We still can't see the whole document, but it's a timely release considering developments RE Iran. Thanks to @nsarchive.bsky.social for chasing this doc for a decade! www.archives.gov/files/declas...

This is a pretty fascinating development. If you want to read what little the US has declassified on the Israeli nuclear program, @nsarchive.bsky.social is a great place to start. Here's a few:

The National Security Archive is looking for an intern for the Mexico Project! Follow this link for more information: nsarchive.gwu.edu/mexico-proje...

Spoke with @keertigopal.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org about the latest at-risk archival collection: Forest Service records. Very cool to see this story get picked up by @motherjones.com via @climatedesk.org

"Kissinger never intended for the transcripts of his phone conversations to be released publicly." The successful fight to liberate the Kisinger telcons "was a crowning achievement of the National Security Archive," according to author Tom Wells. blog.oup.com/2026/04/the-...

"Eliminating swaths of Forest Service documents would fall in line with the administration’s axing of data and historical records, said Rachel Santarsiero, director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New Challenges, Old Playbook: The U.S.-Mexico Drug War Partnership CIA Deaths in Mexico Expose Persistent Challenges in U.S.-Mexico Security Ties nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

I’ve been interested for a long time in the coup against Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam. I’ve covered it in my book and in a @nsarchive.bsky.social EBB with @ajimenezbacardi.bsky.social. Last week, I recorded a @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode with Jack Cheevers on his Kennedy’s Coup.

Wrote a guest post for the @datarescueproject.org about my process in creating the @nsarchive.bsky.social's Disappearing Data Chronology. Check it out here: www.datarescueproject.org/disappearing...

Guest post: Learn about the creation of the @nsarchive.bsky.social Disappearing Data Chronology created by @rsanta.bsky.social While it takes time and effort, documenting the history happening all around is critical for future generations! www.datarescueproject.org/disappearing...

What is at stake when presidential records are not preserved? AHA members Matthew Connelly (Columbia Univ.) and Timothy Naftali (Columbia Univ.) spoke with NPR about the importance of the Presidential Records Act and the AHA’s lawsuit to protect it. Read more:

An oldie but goodie this #EarthDay 🌏 The first Earth Day was declared in 1970…by President Nixon! These docs are an important reminder that U.S. conservatives once engaged in good faith debates about climate and the environment. @nsarchive.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms The Archive's Peter Kornbluh on the "sobering lessons" of the failed paramilitary invasion of Cuba in April 1961 responsiblestatecraft.org/cuba-bay-of-...

65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms The Archive's Peter Kornbluh on the "sobering lessons" of the failed paramilitary invasion of Cuba in April 1961 responsiblestatecraft.org/cuba-bay-of-...

In the wake of the failed CIA-led Bay of Pigs invasion, President Kennedy considered reconfiguring and even dismantling the Agency, according to documents posted by the National Security Archive on the 65th anniversary of the paramilitary assault on Cuba. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Great collection of documents here from @nsarchive.bsky.social for the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion... important warnings for today, too! #History #Cuba 🗃️ nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

In the wake of the failed CIA-led Bay of Pigs invasion, President Kennedy considered reconfiguring and even dismantling the Agency, according to documents posted by the National Security Archive on the 65th anniversary of the paramilitary assault on Cuba. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

From 2021: "On June 7, 1981 ... Israel attacked and partially destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear research reactor at Tuwaitha, using U.S. supplied F-15 and F-16 aircraft to carry out the attack." nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

From 2021: "On June 7, 1981 ... Israel attacked and partially destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear research reactor at Tuwaitha, using U.S. supplied F-15 and F-16 aircraft to carry out the attack." nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Since the 1950s, US military personnel traveling with the President have carried a special case best known as the nuclear “Football,” which includes information on emergency procedures, nuclear war plans, and communications arrangements with DOD and key allies. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

"The heroic excavators of government secrets" - Author Stephen Kinzer on 40 years of the National Security Archive www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/o...

Rachel Santarsiero on the chronology of disappearing data under the Trump administration that she has compiled for the National Security Archive www.youtube.com/shorts/su2Lj...

PBS: "Take a look at the Iran-U.S. Relations Project of the National Security Archive, which focuses on declassified documents..." www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/classroom-voices/educator-voices/2026/04/backgrounder-history-of-iran-late-19th-century-to-present

Since the 1950s, US military personnel traveling with the President have carried a special case best known as the nuclear “Football,” which includes information on emergency procedures, nuclear war plans, and communications arrangements with DOD and key allies. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

PBS: "Take a look at the Iran-U.S. Relations Project of the National Security Archive, which focuses on declassified documents..." www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/classroom-voices/educator-voices/2026/04/backgrounder-history-of-iran-late-19th-century-to-present

ICYMI: The @nsarchive.bsky.social published the new Disappearing Data Chronology to track major data losses (and wins!) of the last year. As @lyndamk.bsky.social put it in an email, we’re going to need resources like these “in putting the pieces back together.” nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi...

Rachel Santarsiero on the chronology of disappearing data under the Trump administration that she has compiled for the National Security Archive www.youtube.com/shorts/su2Lj...