UNREDACTED: The National Security Archive Blog

Category: Documents

Includes “Document Friday” posts as well as other posts that focus on government documents

Weekend Read: National Archives Sunshine Week Panel Focuses on Artificial Intelligence and Government Access

March 15, 2024
National Security Archive Publishes New Digital Document Collection – U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981: Highest-Level Memos to the President

December 12, 2023
Year in Review: “Chile’s Coup at 50” Impact

December 5, 2023
Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary and Other Resources

November 30, 2023
Special Climate Envoy John Kerry Says “No Climate Reparations” for Developing Countries, Continuing the U.S. Government’s Long Opposition to Environmental Compensation

August 1, 2023
Declassified Documents Shed A Light on U.S. Drone Warfare in Pakistan

July 20, 2023
Questions for the State Dept. After News it Launched a Pilot Program for Declassification Work, Anniversary of Rosenberg Execution for Espionage, and More: FRINFORMSUM 6/23/2023

June 23, 2023
Declassification Provisions of the 2024 Intelligence Authorization Act, Treasury Dept.’s Egregious “Still Interested” Letters, and More: FRINFORMSUM 6/16/2023

June 16, 2023
National Security Archive Publishes New Digital Document Collection: Targeting Iraq, Part II: War and Occupation, 2004-2011

May 24, 2023
Declassified Documents Describe China-Taliban Relations and Fears About Uighur Guerillas

May 8, 2023
NSArchive Activity Round-up: FRINFORMSUM 3/30/2023

March 30, 2023
National FOIA Portal Should be Made Priority as Agencies Prepare for Decommissioning of FOIA Online: FRINFORMSUM 2/16/2023

February 16, 2023
DNI Haines Delivers Keynote Address on Overclassification at PIDB Meeting, and Much More: FRINFORMSUM 2/2/2023

February 2, 2023
Should NARA Ask Living Former Presidents and VPs to Search Personal Holdings for Classified Info? FRINFORMSUM 1/26/2023

January 26, 2023
Declassified U.S. Intelligence Documents Describe Taliban History with Illicit Narcotics Trade

January 24, 2023
Inconsistent Access to Visitor Logs Back in the Spotlight, NSArchive Busboys and Poets Event, and More: FRINFORMSUM 1/19/2023

January 19, 2023
A New Executive Order on Classification Should Not Expand DoD Authority to Censor Diplomatic Info, Biden’s Classified Docs Underscore Need for Reform, and More: FRINFORMSUM 1/12/2023

January 12, 2023
Deadline Extended for Agencies to Transition to Fully Electronic Records – but Questions About Historical Records Remain, A Lackluster National Action Plan, and Much More: FRINFORMSUM 1/5/2023

January 5, 2023
NYT Deems “After Ayotzinapa” Among Best Podcasts of 2022, Updates to the Archive’s Ukraine Cyber Vault, and Much More from the Archive: FRINFORMSUM 12/15/2022

December 15, 2022
New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Covers 20-Year U.S. War in Afghanistan

December 7, 2022