The Archive’s FOIA Coordinator, Nate Jones, recently appeared on Bloggingheads.tv’s Foreign Entanglements segment to discuss the declassification process and the impact of Wikileaks.
Watch the interview to hear Nate recount some of the more egregious FOIA request horror stories, his research on Able Archer, the 1983 war scare that almost led to nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and the declassified documents behind Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty, and Oscar winner Argo.
The National Security Archive promotes the unearthing of evidence around past and current events relating to U.S. foreign, national security and human rights policies, recognizing the importance of usable history for scholars, journalists, politicians, public interest groups, and advocates for civil society.
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