CIA

June 20, 2012 Stephen C. Webster Raw Story A document declassified this week by the National Security Archive reveals that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) delivered a briefing to the Bush administration which directly contradicts former Vice...

Top Secret CIA Documents on Osama bin Laden Declassified National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 381 Posted June 19, 2012 Edited by Barbara Elias-Sanborn with Thanks to Archive Senior Fellow Jeffrey T. Richelson The National Security Archive Washington,...

The CIA has released nearly 800 pages of newly declassified documents on Al Qaeda and the September 11 attacks. The documents were released in response to an INTELWIRE Freedom of Information Act request for material referenced by the 9/11 Commission. Numerous documents were withheld, and those that were released have been heavily redacted. Despite this, it is highly unusual to receive any material from the CIA in response to a FOIA request, and they provide a fascinating look at the state of the agency's understanding of Al Qaeda over the years.

May 22, 2012 We have been asked to post notice of the following petition, originally posted May 7, 2012, which has a goal of being delivered to the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Avaaz Community...