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Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy, the national security archive is an investigative journalism center, open government advocate, international affairs research institute, and is the largest. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The zero dark thirty file lifting the governments shroud over the mission that killed osama bin laden national security archive electronic briefing book no. Otto reich office of public diplomacy to walter raymond national security council, denial of detail of personnel by dod, january 5, 1986, 3 pp. An independent nongovernmental research institute and library located at the george washington university, the archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the freedom of information act. Foreign relations of the united states, 19691976, volume. The osama bin laden file, national security archive electronic briefing book, may 2011. Security archives continually growing collection of electronic briefing books. Aug 15, 2016 records of the national security council rg 273 records of the national security council rg 273 this record group is for the records of the independent office within the white house, headed by the national security advisor, and staffed to assist the president in the development of national security policies and programs.
Francis professor in law and associate dean for academic affairs at the university of texas school of law. The 1983 war scare the last paroxysm of the cold war part i, ii, iii national security archive electronic briefing book 20516 edited by nate jones, item 014g. Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy, the national security archive is an investigative journalism center, open government advocate, international affairs research. Cables, reports, deck logs, and afteraction reports on u. The other signer, william burr, is a senior analyst at the national security archive george washington university, where he does research on u.
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