@NSArchive

We advocate for open government and use FOIA to obtain declassified documents. Find us here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/rP2SNyyyCR

 Washington, D.C.
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Joined June 2009
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"The heroic excavators of government secrets" - Author Stephen Kinzer on 40 years of the National Security Archive @stephenkinzer @NSArchive bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/o…

The heroic excavators of government secrets - The Boston Globe

For 40 years, document nerds at the National Security Archive have been discovering things our leaders would rather you didn’t know. Today their job may be harder than ever.

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The Reykjavik Summit 40 Years Later: What Reagan and Gorbachev Actually Said About Eliminating Nuclear Weapons nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The Reykjavik Summit 40 Years Later

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Top national security advisers to Reagan edited the official US transcript of telephone call with Margaret Thatcher about Reykjavik to retract references to total elimination of nuclear devices and instead focus on eliminating ballistic missiles nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The Reykjavik Aftermath

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New collection from @nsarchive — documents on 1986 Reykjavik summit show that U.S. officials edited the transcript of Reagan’s call with Thatcher after Gorbachev summit, to delete the nuclear abolition commitments. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The Reykjavik Summit 40 Years Later

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Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi@arturojimenezbOct 1
Not all the JFK files have been declassified! @cldorfman & I show at @NSArchive what the CIA is hiding in its redacted Mexico City Station History: CIA unilateral ops targeting student groups leading to the Tlatelolco massacre & more. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets 

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New documents, new analysis from me and @arturojimenezb about the CIA and Tlatelolco, among other things! For @NSArchive always nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets 

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The CIA continues to keep secret substantive portions of an internal accounting of its activities in Mexico, including information on covert operations targeting student groups in the days leading up to the massacre at Tlatelolco 58 years ago this week. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets 

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But other CIA documents from the JFK assassination files offer clues as to what the Agency is hiding. A close reading of the redacted history and related records from @cldorfman and @arturojimenezb reveals what the CIA is most eager to conceal. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets 

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Pinochet: The Verdict of History in the Letelier-Moffitt Case thenation.com/article/world/…

Pinochet: The Verdict of History in the Letelier-Moffitt Case

An act of international terrorism on the streets of Washington, DC, still reverberates 50 years later.

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The Letelier-Moffitt Case at 50: The Verdict of History on Pinochet’s Role nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The Letelier-Moffitt Case at 50: The Verdict of History on Pinochet’s Role

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"In April 1951, the [US and Denmark] reached an agreement on the 'defense of Greenland' that ... confirmed Danish sovereignty, and delineated three 'defense areas' for use by the United States, with additional areas subject to future negotiations." nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

The United States and Greenland, Part I: Episodes in Nuclear History 1947-1968

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“All Roads Lead Through China” The Clinton Administration, Climate Diplomacy, and China’s Environmental Awakening nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

“All Roads Lead Through China”: The Clinton Administration, Climate Diplomacy, and China’s Enviro...

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Transforming the Mission: New Documents on the Soviet Military’s Reorientation to a Defensive Posture in Europe nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

Transforming the Mission: The Soviet Military’s Reorientation to a Defensive Posture in Europe

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Gorbachev not only brought change to politcs and economics -- he also sought drastic change in the Soviet Union's military strategy. The National Security Archive @nsarchive unearths the documents in a new posting on a tumultuous era.nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

Transforming the Mission: The Soviet Military’s Reorientation to a Defensive Posture in Europe

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Army Air Force footage of the Baker test, which also can be seen in the closing moments of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. youtube.com/shorts/Y89xoKmGl…

The Baker Test (1946)

This is the footage of the Baker Test, the second nuclear test of O...

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New documents detail industry’s attempts to loosen federal methane pollution reporting requirements while simultaneously urging the US government to preserve the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Read the investigation for @DeSmog and @nsarchive: desmog.com/2026/08/18/trump-…

Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data

New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.

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Transforming the Mission: New Documents on the Soviet Military’s Reorientation to a Defensive Posture in Europe nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

Transforming the Mission: The Soviet Military’s Reorientation to a Defensive Posture in Europe

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Filming Armageddon: Air Force Movies Depict U.S. Preparations for Nuclear War tiktok.com/@natsecarchive/vi…

TikTok · National Security Archive

TikTok | Make Your Day

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There are new ways to connect with the National Security Archive on social media! Follow us on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. instagram.com/natsecarchive/ tiktok.com/@natsecarchive youtube.com/@nsarchive
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There are new ways to connect with the National Security Archive on social media! Follow us on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. instagram.com/natsecarchive/ tiktok.com/@natsecarchive youtube.com/@nsarchive
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Filming Armageddon: Air Force Movies Depict U.S. Preparations for Nuclear War tiktok.com/@natsecarchive/vi…

TikTok · National Security Archive

TikTok | Make Your Day

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Complete videos and more info here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…

Filming Armageddon: Air Force Movies Depict U.S. Preparations for Nuclear War

Secret SAC Movie Includes Dr. Strangelove-esque Dramatization of Nuclear Combat Operation. Declassified “Film Reports” Feature Effort to Clean Up 1966 Nuclear Bomber Crash in Spain, “Arc Light”...

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