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New - July 22, 2008
Court Agrees to Release of Most Rosenberg Grand Jury Materials
Orders Government to Determine Status of Additional Witnesses

July 2, 2008
The "Eyeball to Eyeball" Myth
New Book One Minute to Midnight Reveals Missile-carrying Ships Already Heading Back to Soviet Union

July 1, 2008
"The Impulse towards a Safer World"
40th Anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty - The Latest from the Archive's Nuclear Vault

June 25, 2008
The Shootdown of Major Anderson
New Book One Minute to Midnight Reveals U.S. Intelligence Tracked Activation of Soviet Air Defenses During Missile Crisis

June 13, 2008
U.S. Military Hoped for Virtually Unlimited Freedom of Action in Iraq
Drafting of U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement Began Nearly Five Years Ago

June 11, 2008
Archive Testifies that Implementation of Controlled Unclassified Information Framework Must Include Measures to Reduce Secrecy and Protect Public Disclosure

May 31, 2008
The Moscow Summit 20 Years Later
From the Secret U.S. and Soviet Files

May 23, 2008
The Diary of Anatoly S. Chernyaev: 1987-1988

May 14, 2008
Electronic and Classified Records are Overwhelming the National Archives, According to Senate Testimony of 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"

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The Latest on the White House E-mail Case

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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November 5, 2007
The Record on CURVEBALL
Declassified Documents and Key Participants Show the Importance of Phony Intelligence in the Origins of the Iraq War

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June 21, 2007
The CIA's Family Jewels
Agency Violated Charter for 25 Years

National Security Archive Wins Emmy Award
"Declassified: Nixon in China" Cited by Television Academy for Outstanding Achievement in News & Documentary Research