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April 26, 2013
National Security Agency Tasked with Targeting Adversaries' Computers for Attack Since Early 1997, According to Declassified Document
"The Future of Warfare Is Warfare in Cyberspace," NSA Declared.

April 23, 2013
China May Have Helped Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Design, Newly Declassified Intelligence Indicates
CIA in 1977 Correctly Estimated South Africa Could Produce Enough Weapons-Grade Uranium "to Make Several Nuclear Devices Per Year."

April 12, 2013
The Thatcher-Gorbachev Conversations
Agreement against German Unification, Encouragement on Economic Reform, Argument over Nuclear Abolition.

April 11, 2013
Reading the North Korean Tea Leaves: The Perpetual Struggle to Fathom Pyongyang's Motives and Goals
"Brinkmanship" Seen As a "Mainstay of the North's Negotiating Repertoire," Say State Department Records.

April 8, 2013
Chiquita Sues to Block Release of Files on Colombia Terrorist Payments
Banana Giant Fears National Security Archive "Media Campaign"

April 3, 2013
Freedom of Information Follies: FOIA Reviewers Declassify Same Rwanda Document Four Times, Creating New Secrets Each Time

April 2, 2013
D.C. Circuit Rejects Justice Department "Maneuver"
Unanimous CREW v. FEC Decision Terms DoJ View "Impermissible."

March 28, 2013
Dos Erres Massacre Radio Show Wins 2013 Peabody Award
Interviewees Include Archive Analyst Kate Doyle.

March 19, 2013
Indicted for Genocide: Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt
U.S. and Guatemalan Documents Trace Dictator's Rise to Power.

March 19, 2013
The Iraq War Ten Years After
Declassified Documents Show Failed Intelligence, Policy Ad Hockery, Propaganda-Driven Decision-Making.

March 15, 2013
Justice Department Repeats as Rosemary Award Winner For Worst Open Government Performance in 2012
National Security Archive "Award" Recognizes Failure to Change Agency Regulations, Sneak Attack on Congressional Intent, and Hyped Statistics.

March 13, 2013
Freedom of Information Regulations: Still Outdated, Still Undermining Openness
Majority of Agencies Have Not Updated FOIA Rules to Meet Either Obama's 2009 Order or Congress's 2007 Law.

March 8, 2013
OPERATION CONDOR ON TRIAL: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ON LATIN AMERICAN RENDITION AND ASSASSINATION PROGRAM OPEN IN BUENOS AIRES
National Security Archive Posts CIA, DIA and State Department Intelligence Reports Provided to Argentine Prosecutors.

March 5, 2013
State Department Intelligence and Research Predicted 1973 Arab-Israeli War
Key INR Memo Published for the First Time.

February 28, 2013
U.S. Officials Hoped Chinese Liberalization Program for Tibet in Early 1980s Would Bring Significant Improvements
Declassified Embassy Cables Assess Rationales for Beijing's Short-Lived Policy and Reasons for Its Collapse.

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