The National Security Archive

New Postings

NEW - October 4, 2010
THE IRAQ WAR -- PART III: Shaping the Debate
U.S. and British Documents Show Transatlantic Propaganda Cooperation

October 1, 2010
THE IRAQ WAR -- PART II: Was There Even a Decision?
U.S. and British Documents Give No Indication Alternatives Were Seriously Considered

September 29, 2010
The United States vs. Rito Alejo del Río
Ambassador Cited Accused Colombian General's Reliance on Paramilitary Death Squads

September 22, 2010
THE IRAQ WAR -- PART I: The U.S. Prepares for Conflict, 2001
Documents Outline Policy Makers’ Aims for the Conflict and Postwar Rule of Iraq

Update - September 16, 2010
Former Guatemalan Soldier Sentenced to Ten Years for Lying About Role in Dos Erres Massacre

New from the Archive's Nuclear Vault

August 11, 2010
The Test Ban Challenge
Nuclear Nonproliferation and the Quest for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

June 16, 2010
"We can't go on the way we are"
U.S. Proposals for a Fissile Material Production Cutoff and Disarmament Diplomacy during the 1950s and 60s

More New Postings

September 13, 2010
"No-Go" Tribal Areas Became Basis for Afghan Insurgency Documents Show
Washington's Immediate 9/11 Demands to Islamabad

August 11, 2010
To Save Dan Mitrione Nixon Administration Urged Death Threats for Uruguayan Prisoners
In Response Uruguayan Security Forces Launched Death Squads to Hunt and Kill Insurgents

July 29, 2010
Archive Director Takes on Stephen Colbert!
Also A Guest on The Kojo Nnamdi Show

June 23, 2010
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea?
New Archive Document Collection Sheds Light on Nixon's Frustrating Search for Military Options

June 13, 2010
The Washington/Camp David Summit 1990: From the Secret Soviet, American and German Files
Documents Show Serious Domestic Challenges to Gorbachev; Bush Tries to Help with Trade Agreement, Not Arms Cuts

More recent items

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May 28, 2010
Archive Reading Room Closed, June 15 - October 15, 2010
From June 15 until October 15, 2010, the Reading Room of The National Security Archive will be closed to researchers due to construction

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