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New - May 14, 2008
Electronic and Classified Records are Overwhelming the National Archives,
According to Senate Testimony by Archive Director


May 8, 2008
Washington Post Profiles the Archive
"The house that FOIA built and a mecca for documents buffs"; Documents "nothing short of astonishing"


May 7, 2008
Archive Featured in Fox News Expose on FBI Files
FBI Official Claims Innocent Mistake in Answering "No Records" on Al Qaeda; But FBI Sent "No Records" Response a Second Time Answering Archive's Appeal


April 30, 2008
Air Force Histories Show Cautious Presidents Overruling Air Force Plans for Early Use of Nuclear Weapons

Latest Posting from the Archive's Nuclear Vault


April 11, 2008 - Update
U.S. Reconnaissance Satellites: Domestic Targets
Documents Describe Use of Satellites in Support
of Civil Agencies and Longstanding Controversy


April 9, 2008
Fighting the War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973
Air Force Histories Reveal CIA Role in Laos, CIA Air Strike Missions, New Evidence on Nuclear Weapons, Air Force Policy Disputes, During Vietnam War Years


Sunshine Week 2008: March 16-22
Get the latest on Sunshine Week, a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information

March 20, 2008
FOI in Practice: Analysis of the Mexican FOI System
Archive publishes first comprehensive analysis of the Mexican freedom of information law

March 19, 2008
Treasury Wins 2008 "Rosemary Award" as Worst FOIA Agency
National Security Archive Annual Award Cites Shredded Letters, Decade-Long Delays, and Sub-Prime Performance

March 16, 2008
Mixed Signals, Mixed Results
The Knight Open Government Survey
How President Bush's Executive Order on FOIA Failed to Deliver


March 4, 2008
Slain Colombian Insurgent Held Secret Talks with U.S. Diplomats
Declassified State Department Memo Describes Clandestine 1998 Meetings with Colombian Guerrillas Central to Current Saber-Rattling in Andean Region


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The Latest on the White House E-mail Case
New - May 6, 2008
White House Backups are Incomplete, May Not Contain Some Missing E-mails

Court Filing Says White House Cannot Identify Hard Drives in Use When E-mails Were Lost

April 24, 2008
Court Sets Deadline for White House Answers on Missing E-mail
Magistrate Judge Cites "Lack of Precision" in White House Statements

April 17, 2008
Ruling on Preservation of White House E-Mails Awaited
New Law Proposed to Address Destruction of Electronic Records

March 18, 2008
Court orders White House to show cause why it should not create forensic copies of all electronic media
Seeks means to protect missing e-mails in response to Archive lawsuit


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