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CIA Covert Ops: Kennedy Assassination Records Lift Veil of Secrecy
Mar 19, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/2025-03-19/cia-covert-ops-kennedy-assassination-records-lift-veil-secrecy)
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DON'T SHRED ON ME!
USAID documents destruction breaks the law,
according to National Security Archive
Mar 12, 2025 | News](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-03-12/dont-shred-me-usaid-documents-destruction-breaks-law-according-national-security)
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The Climate Intelligence Assessment the Government Doesn’t Want You to See
Feb 28, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project-intelligence/2025-02-28/climate-intelligence)
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The Anwar al-Awlaki File, Explained
Feb 14, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/2025-02-14/anwar-al-awlaki-file-explained)
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Disappearing Data:
Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites
Feb 6, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project-foia/2025-02-06/disappearing-data-trump)
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The Panama Canal Treaty Declassified
Feb 3, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/2025-02-03/panama-canal-treaty-declassified)
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Nuclear Proliferation and the “Nth Country Experiment”
Jan 23, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2025-01-23/nuclear-proliferation-and-nth-country-experiment)
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Carter and Cuba: A Legacy of Dedicated Diplomacy Toward Normalization
Jan 15, 2025 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2025-01-15/carter-and-cuba-legacy-dedicated-diplomacy-toward-normalization)
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Jimmy Carter: A Declassified Obituary
Dec 29, 2024 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/2024-12-29/jimmy-carter-declassified-obituary)
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CIA Behavior Control Experiments Focus of New Scholarly Collection
Dec 23, 2024 | Briefing Book](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/dnsa-intelligence/2024-12-23/cia-behavior-control-experiments-focus-new-scholarly)
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[CIA Boss Bugged Himself, French Embassy Break-in & Other Recycled Tales in New JFK Documents Release](https://www.spytalk.co/p/cia-boss-bugged-himself-french-embassy "(opens in a new window)")
_SpyTalk_
Mar 19, 2025
[Unsolved Mystery: The Bombing of Cuba’s Embassy in Washington, DC](https://www.spytalk.co/p/unsolved-mystery-the-bombing-of-cubas "(opens in a new window)")
_SpyTalk_
Mar 13, 2025
[The US President Is Right: It’s Time To Bring Russia In From The Cold – OpEd](https://www.eurasiareview.com/13032025-the-us-president-is-right-its-time-to-bring-russia-in-from-the-cold-oped/ "(opens in a new window)")
_Eurasia Review_
Mar 13, 2025
[USAID Official Orders Destrction of Classified Records, Prompting Legal Action](https://slguardian.org/usaid-official-orders-destruction-of-classified-records-prompting-legal-action/#google_vignette "(opens in a new window)")
_Sri Lanka Guardian_
Mar 13, 2025
[The Nation’s Archivist Should Not Be Political](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/nations-archivist-should-not-be-political-nara-national-archives-records-administration-shogan-wilson-weinstein-trump "(opens in a new window)")
_The Bulwark_
Mar 12, 2025
[USAID keeping reports secret out of fear of Trump retaliation](https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/usaid-keeping-reports-secret-out-of-fear-of-trump-retaliation/ "(opens in a new window)")
_Freedom of the Press Foundation_
Mar 9, 2025
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The Short-lived NATO-Russia Honeymoon
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Apr 4, 2024
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Global Competition and the Deterioration of U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1977-1980
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Nov 12, 2012
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Bordaberry Condemned for 1973 Coup
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Mar 30, 2010
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Authors' Roundtable with Robert S. McNamara
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Apr 27, 1999
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The Cuban missile crisis 40th anniversary (News Release, October 12, 2002)
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Oct 12, 2002
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Senate Threatens First Amendment
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Sep 29, 2000
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U.S. Cold War Nuclear Target Lists Declassified for First Time
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Dec 22, 2015
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Aug 9, 2024
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