|
This page contains stories that have been rotated off
the main column of the front page.
updated:
Listing
of Classified and Restricted Documents at the Air Force Historical Research
Agency
Over
500,000 documents cover almost every aspect of US military history from
the 1920s to the early 1980s 1990s, but very few have ever been
released. This is the first time that this massive list has been seen
by the public
updated:
LSD
Reports From the US Military
The previously unreleased "Lysergic Acid Diethyl
Amide (LSD-25): A Clinical-Psychological Study" from the Naval Medical
Research Institute is the third of many such reports that we'll be posting
Faith-Based
Funding Recipients, 2003
Newly-available information
on exactly who received "faith-based" federal money during 2003
updated:
Military Personnel
Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Photo Gallery
warning: two of these pictures are graphic
Pamphlet
From the Off-Limits CIA Museum
Just released, handout literature from the intelligence
museum we can't visit
Document:
Intelligence Agents Who Saw Detainee Abuse Were Threatened
Memo reproduced in full
Documents on BZ: A Partial
List
Information on 40 military reports concerning the superhallucinogen
BZ, a chemical weapon from the 1960s and 1970s
FBI
Reports on Agent Misbehavior
Three
previously unreleased reports on unprofessional and criminal conduct by
FBI agents
updated:
Another Official Pre-9/11
Image of the WTC Being Targeted
Illustration of crosshairs on the North Tower also
shows up in 1999 Air Force manual
Photo From the Funeral
of Lance Corporal Nathan Wood
Killed in Fallujah
Notable People Who Don't
Have an FBI File
Mainly of use to other researchers, this running
list keeps tabs on recently deceased notables who weren't the subject
of a file at FBI headquarters
"Nonlethal
Weapons: Terms and References"
Report from the Air Force Academy lists around 200
types of "nonlethal weapons," including many obscure ones
Database
of Consumer Complaints to the Federal Trade Commission
The first
public presentation of the FTC's Consumer Response Center database, September
1997 - December 2001
"The
Origins of the National Security Agency, 1940-1952"
Declassified last month after 14 years, this book-length
report documents the creation of the NSA. Presented for the first time
anywhere
Restricted
Collections at the Library of Congress
Around 200 collections - including the papers of Mark
Twain, Sigmund and Anna Freud, Al Haig, Henry Kissinger, Philip Roth,
Mae West, and WOR Radio - have restrictions on their access or use
The
Pentagon's Polygraph Videotapes
A listing of 500+ videos held by the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute
Pulled
Document: LNG Security at Distrigas
Removed from the Web due to the Department of Homeland
Security, this report evaluates security at a liquefied natural gas facility
in Massachussetts
Internal
Forms Used by the IRS
We start a new section of the site with the previously
unseen IRS forms "Inadvertent Taxpayer Data Access" and "Disciplinary
and Suitability Cases Closed"
Deleted
Documents from the Air Intelligence Agency
As part of the massive post-9/11 info-purge, the Air Intelligence
Agency pulled down its instructions, manuals, and other documents. The
Memory Hole has recovered many of them
Photos
and Videos From Inside New York's Pier 57 Detention Center
Swept up in the mass arrest during the Republican National
Convention, two people took photos and videos inside the huge processing
center, which used to house buses. Although their camera was confiscated,
they smuggled out the memory stick with the rare images
updated:
US Government
Domain Names
The feds are refusing to release the list of all dot-gov
domains, so we're posting older versions of the list. Now includes
a list naming registrants and points of contact
The
Forfeiture Documents That the Justice Dept Wanted to Destroy
In July, the Justice Dept ordered libraries to destroy
these records. We've posted them...
Justice
Department Censors Supreme Court Quote
Offers smoking gun proof that document redactions are often
a joke
Govt
Report on Judges' Financial Disclosures Pulled Offline
You'll find it here....
Companies
With Highest Levels of Employee Injury and Illness
Garnering practically zero attention, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration—under pressure from a FOIA suit—has
released its hall of shame: 13,000 companies with more than twice the
national average of occupational injuries and illnesses
Classified
Letters Regarding FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
The full
text of all three documents retroactively classified by the FBI
Images
of Executed American Paul Johnson
Government
Documents Pulled Out of Public Circulation
A few times a year, government agencies tell Federal
depository libraries to yank sensitive documents off their shelves, then
destroy or return them. We present a list of these documents
updated:
Edward
Teller's FBI File
exclusive: The FBI has just released its 355-page
file on the "father of the H-bomb."
Now includes the second half of the file
updated:
Photos of Iraqis Being Abused by US Personnel
More shocking images of soldiers gleefully maltreating
and humiliating captives, and approving of a battered corpse
"Rezedents
Rights & Rispansabilities"
Complete snafu document that was "removed and
destroyed" by the federal government
Internal
DuPont Documents on C8
"DuPont argued that the documents are privileged
and should not been unsealed. The company claimed the documents were inadvertently
released to lawyers for area residents."
Video
of American Contractor Being Decapitated in Iraq
And the cycle of brutality continues. Lupus est homo
homini
"Public
Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel"
The NRC's latest report on the Atomic Waste Express
US
Army Report on Torture of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib Prison
Uncensored
Version of National
Labor Relations Board "10(j) Manual"
Air
Force Letter That Came With the Dover Coffin Photos
A lot of people have asked me about this letter, particularly
whether the Air Force explained why it reversed its original decision
to deny release. See for yourself....
Correction/Amplification
Regarding Dover Casket Photos
It turns out that
one-fifth of the Dover casket photos show the Columbia astronauts,
who were military personnel. The other 288 pictures show war fatalities
20 war dead
Photos
of Military Coffins (Battlefield
and Astronaut Fatalities) at Dover Air Force Base
exclusive:
Due to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Memory Hole, the
Air Force has released 288 photographs showing soldiers' remains arriving
home (and 73 photos of the Columbia astronauts). These are the images
that the Pentagon prevented the public from seeing
Edward
Teller's FBI File
exclusive: The FBI has just released its 355-page
file on the "father of the H-bomb"
Military
Coffins: The Photos You're Not Supposed to See
The Pentagon's
blackout on photos of flag-draped coffins has been broken....
Leaked
Documents Reveal Lies About Snowmobiles in Parks
"The four-stroke snowmobile test results, finalized
in a so-far-unreleased March study conducted for the National Park Service,
show that 18 out of 20 snowmobile tests generated peak noise levels in
excess of 100 decibels, far over Yellowstone's new snowmobile noise standard"
The
Most Dangerous Vaccines
exclusive: Figures from the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program reveal which vaccines most often trigger claims of
injury and death
update: Material
From the Disbanded Advisory Committee of the National Nuclear Safety Administration
The Bush Administration has dissolved this nuclear
weapons watchdog, so we're preserving its documents. Now includes withheld
reports, minutes from meetings, and final email to group members
US
Military Keeps Track of Some, If Not All, Civilian Casualties in Iraq
Buried revelations reveal database, investigations
of noncombat casualties, possible info-keeping on combat casualties
updated:
The
Kerry Report Transcripts
exclusive:
The rare landmark Senate hearings on the narco-corruption
of officials and intelligence agencies in the US, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. Chaired by Senator John Kerry. Volume 2 has now been posted
Al
Hubbard's FBI File
exclusive: The first release of the Bureau's
dossier on the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD"
US
Army's Report on Killing of Reuters Journalist in Iraq
exclusive:
The official investigation into the death
of Mazen Dana, a cameraman fatally shot by a US soldier in Baghdad
Supreme
Court Justice Scalia Fought Against the Freedom of Information Act
exclusive:
Documents from the time period show that Scalia actively worked to keep
the FOIA weak and unenforceable
Complete
List of Forms Used by the National Security Agency
exclusive:
Well, the NSA claims
this 40-page list is complete, anyway.....
images:
Iraqi Mob Desecrates Americans' Bodies
Things are not going well in the US's newest colony. If
we're big enough to invade and occupy a country, we should be big enough
to look at the result. Warning: extremely graphic
Suppressed
FBI Report on Dismissed Agents
exclusive: For over three years, the FBI kept the
lid on this survey of agents who committed murder, rape, child molestation,
extortion, espionage, drug-dealing, public masturbation...
Mirror
of 9/11 Commission Website
Maybe
it's just me, but the 9/11 Commission's Website has been mostly unavailable
for the last two or so weeks. On Sunday night, March 28, while the site
was briefly available, I copied it (minus the videos) and have now posted
the mirror
Dover
Air Force Base: Mortuary Procedures
exclusive:
Handling the dead at the Defense Department's largest mortuary
update:
Forms Used by the FBI
exclusive:
In the second part of The Memory Hole's ongoing project
to post previously unseen forms used by the FBI, we present 36 more forms,
including Shooting Incident, Authority for Use of Personally Owned Weapon,
Body Recorder/Transmitter Consent, Informant Index Card, and Consent
to Interview With Polygraph
Inventories
of George W. Bush's Gubernatorial Papers
exclusive: Not otherwise available online, these
are the finding aids for documents from Bush's term as Governor of Texas.
He and his successor have tried—and are still trying—to
keep these documents out of public reach
Censored
Congressional Testimony About Airport Security
TSA gets Congress to remove talk of the old handgun-under-the-thigh-bandage
trick
Microsoft
Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font
exclusive:
Supposedly "critical"
update removes Star of David and swastika
Leaked SEC Report on American Stock Exchange
The New York Times pulled down this leaked report,
so we've reposted it.
Man
Pickup: A Secret World War II Pilot Rescue Manual
exclusive:
Includes a scan of the entire original copy of the manual, never before
seen outside the US military in the 1940s
and 1950s
audio:
Betty Ong's
Call from 9/11 Flight 11
Played at the 9/11 hearings, this is a 4-1/2 minute segment
of a flight attendant's call from Flight 11 to an operations specialist.
updated:
9/11
Transcripts and Police Reports
exclusive: Withheld by the authorities, released
because of a lawsuit, and insanely expensive to purchase, these are the
9/11 documents that the Port Authority fought to
keep under wraps. Previously unavailable online. Now includes 19 LaGuardia
transcripts
Supreme
Court Justice Harry Blackmun: Highlights from the Finding Aid for His
Papers
Over a half-million of Blackmun's documents have been cataloged
by Library of Congress, but they're refusing to release the finding aid
in advance of the March 4th release. We have a copy and are posting highlights
Former
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Israel Deliberately Attacked US
Ship
And Defense Secretary McNamara twice called off rescue
operations
Inside
the CIA Museum
Over 20 images from inside the spy museum we can't visit
FCC
Indecency Ruling Against Clear Channel
Bureaucrats displeased with Alvin and the Chipmunks singing, "Put
'em in your mouth and [bleep]uck 'em, filthy chipmunk-whore"
Unofficial
(Alleged) Photos of Saddam Hussein's Capture
Leaked photos—apparently taken by a soldier—surface at military
Website
The
Bush-Hitler Ads Removed by MoveOn
Compare and contrast
List
of Records from the Rockefeller Commission's Investigation of the CIA
A rarely seen catalog of documents acquired or
created by the 1975 presidential commission that examined the CIA's domestic
misdeeds
updated:
High-Ranking
Officials Admit 9/11 Could've Been Prevented
Thomas
Kean—the Republican Chair of the 9/11 commission—joins the chorus
of powerful people who admit that the attacks didn't have to happen
Accidents
Involving Nukes: Official
List from the UK Ministry of Defence
The British government fought the release of this information for
six years...
Deleted
List of Texas Inmates' Last Meals
Amid charges of bad taste, the Texas Department of Corrections
pulls the most popular page of its Website
updated:
Military Personnel Wounded
in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Running Log
updated: Military
Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Photo Gallery
updated:
More Congressional Research Service Reports
We've posted three-dozen more obscure reports from the
CRS on homeland security, suicide attacks, electronic voting, nukes, the
electoral college, and more
Previously
Unseen 9/11 Footage
Embedded in a 20-minute video allegedly made by al Qaeda,
this footage of unknown origin shows Flight 175 hitting the South Tower
Forms
Used by the FBI
In the first part of The Memory Hole's ongoing project to post previously
unseen forms used by the FBI, we present 20 such forms, including Investigative
Report, Log for Technical Surveillance, Applicant Fingerprint Card, and
Employee Suggestion
Neil
Bush's Contract With Chinese Chipmaker
Exclusive: The 2-page contract
in which a Chinese computer chip manufacturer (backed by the son of a
former Chinese President) agrees to pay President Bush's brother $2 million
in stock for "consultancy services"
The
US Terrorism Plot That the Media Ignores
Feds arrest white supremacists in Texas with a sodium
cyanide bomb, other bombs and chemicals, illegal weapons, hate literature,
fake I.D., gas masks, bomb-making books, and coded plans for "meetings"
in 10 US cities. Hundreds of subpoenas
have been issued around the country. But they weren't Muslims, so only
the Texas media reported it
Ask
Your Representatives for Congressional Research Service Reports
Announcing a new project involving readers of The Memory
Hole: Together, we can obtain and post hundreds (or even thousands) of
scarce CRS reports.....
images:
Armed Cops Invade High School,
No Drugs Found
Guns drawn, kids handcuffed, uniformed military man
on the scene....
Draft
Board Member Information Booklet
Exclusive: If you express interest in joining the
resuscitated draft boards, this is the pamphlet you'll receive
List
of Videos From the Congressional Research Service
Even rarer than their printed counterparts, CRS videos
cover terrorism, homeland security, the military, civil rights, and other
controversial issues
Defense
Department Deletes Notice About Draft Boards
"If a military draft becomes necessary,
approximately 2,000 Local and Appeal Boards throughout America would decide
which young men, who submit a claim, receive deferments..."
Over
300 Congressional Research Service Reports That Were Pulled from the Web
Fact-filled governmental reports on Iraq, terrorism,
abortion, porn, privacy, taxes, nukes, hate crimes, Enron and other hot-button
issues pulled offline, but we've rescued 300+ of them
The
Justice Dept's Attorney Workforce Diversity Study—Uncensored
Exclusive: This embarassing report, which the Dept
of Justice has withheld for two years, is presented here with all blacked-out
portions restored
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Pressures Watchdog Group to Remove Letter
Letter slams unrealistic attack simulations at Indian Point
nuclear plant
CDC
Deletes Sensitive Portion of Ricin Factsheet
No longer reveals: "Amateurs can make ricin from castor beans."
updated:
Mirror of a Now-Unavailable Defense Department Website
The Defense Department recently closed off its directives and
procedure manuals from public view. We present a complete, unrestricted
mirror of the site, with all documents intact. Defense Department restores
full access to site three days after we mirror it
Ancient
Secrets
US government holds thousands of classified technical
documents more than 50 years old
Adverse
Events Log Pulled From FDA Website
We have it inside....
Associated
Press Deletes Crucial Portion of Witness Statement
Sentences about Baghdad bomber not being Iraqi cut from
later versions of article
Since
January 2000, More Than 10,600 Sailors Have Deserted the US Navy
Navy document
quantifies sailors who jumped ship
CIA
Refuses to Declassify Info on Project Bojinka
First the NSA, then the DIA, now the CIA. We're not allowed
to learn anything about this proto-9/11 terrorist plot
update:
2001:
Powell & Rice Declare Iraq Has No WMD and Is Not a Threat
Now includes video and transcripts
update:
eBay
Repeatedly Cancels Auctions for Schwarzenegger Issue of Oui
Auctions by different sellers abruptly stopped,
yet other issues of Oui remain available for bidding. eBay responds
Deleted
Political Cartoons From al Jazeera
The Arab news channel removed these images from its
Websites under pressure from the US goverment
February
2001: Powell Declares Iraq Has No WMD and Is No Threat
"He has not
developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction.
He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors."
New
York Times
Deletes Paragraph in Article on Plame Affair
Newspaper of Record expunges ridiculous summation of
the scandal
List
of Members of the Virginia State Bar
For some reason, the Bar put up a big fight about releasing this supposedly
public information
Since
1997, More Than 22,000 People Have Deserted the US Army
View the Army's documents here
Complete
List of Forms Used by the FBI
For the first time anywhere, The Memory Hole presents
the names of hundreds of FBI forms
Defense
Intelligence Agency Refuses to Declassify Info on Project Bojinka
Even one single document on this 9/11 precursor is too
much for us to see....
The
$10,000 Bill, and Other Large Denominations
Images of actual $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and
$100,000 bills issued by the US Treasury
FOIA
Request List from ABPnews
Thousands of Freedom of Information requests that were
filed by the defunct news site
9/11
Main Page
All of The Memory Hole's 9/11 material on one page
Map:
Hijacked 9/11 Flights and Military Bases
Graphically demonstrates that the planes went through some
of the most heavily militarized parts of the US
Pentagon
Initiates New Research into Prohibited Chemical Weapons
The Sunshine Project reports on newly unearthed documents
Military
Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Running Log
The Pentagon won't make info about the wounded in action
easily available, and the hurt soldiers typically appear only in local
news. In this ongoing project, we gather stories of the maimed, amputated,
blinded, and others injured in the "war on terrorism"
Military
Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Photo Gallery
As a companion piece to the log of the wounded, we present scarce pictures
of those who have sacrificed their legs, arms, and other vital body parts
for the "war on terrorism"
click here
for earlier additions
|
