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Newly Declassified Documents Reveal What Nuclear War Would Look Like
Annie Jacobsen presents a scenario for a nuclear war, set in the present day, where North Korea attacked the United States.
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Donald Trump Heard Discussing Secret Documents On Tape: Report
Former US president Donald Trump can be heard discussing secret documents he had apparently held on to and took unlawfully to his beachfront mansion in Florida. He is acknowledging that he had not declassified them in an audio recording aired by CNN.
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'He Declassified The Classified Documents': Trump Lawyer's Defence
Trump is set to appear Tuesday in federal court in Miami on 37 charges, including violations of the Espionage act, making false statements and conspiracy regarding his mishandling of classified material.
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US Planned To Assassinate Fidel Castro's Brother Raul In 1960: Declassified Documents
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according to declassified documents published Friday.
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A Strong India Would Act As ''Counterbalance'' To China: White House
Asserting that India maintains the capacity to counter border provocations by China, the outgoing Trump administration in a declassified document has said that a strong India, in cooperation with like-minded countries, would act as a "counterbalance" to China in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
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Have Declassified Documents On "Russia Hoax", Clinton Email Probes: Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has declassified all documents related to federal investigations into Russian election interference and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private server for government emails.
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After Operation Blue Star, UK Tried To Ban Sikh Protests, Say Documents
The British government led by then prime minister Margaret Thatcher made several attempts to ban protests by Sikhs in the country following Operation Blue Star in 1984, according to recently declassified documents.
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The Pentagon Isn't Taking UFOs Seriously Enough
In December, the Defense Department declassified two videos documenting encounters between U.S. Navy F-18 fighters and unidentified aircraft. The first video captures multiple pilots observing and discussing a strange, hovering, egg-shaped craft, apparently one of a "fleet" of such objects, according to cockpit audio. The second shows a similar inc...
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US Knew About Indonesia 'Slaughter' In 1960, Secret Files Show
The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as "widespread slaughter", recently declassified documents have revealed.
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Rajiv Gandhi Was 'Genuinely Interested' About US Military Ties: Report
Rajiv Gandhi was "genuinely interested" in developing military ties with the US and the former Indian Prime Minister had shown he could move India's foreign policy in new directions, according to a declassified CIA document.
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Sweden Called Off Bofors Probe To Spare Rajiv Gandhi 'Embarrassment', Says CIA Report
Sweden called off its investigation into the Bofors arms scandal to spare then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi embarrassment, a recently declassified CIA report has said. It also claims that Sweden's investigation into alleged bribes paid to its officials was "terminated" in 1988 following a trip by Mr Gandhi to Stockholm.
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Barack Obama To Archive Torture Report, Declassify After 12 Years
President Barack Obama on Monday turned down a request from some senators to declassify a Senate report documenting the CIA's harsh treatment of detainees after 9/11.
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Newly Declassified Document Sheds Light On How President Approves Drone Strikes
President Barack Obama must approve operational plans to target overseas terror suspects with drones or other weapons outside war zones, but in some cases does not sign off on specific strikes, according to newly-declassified administration guidelines.
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Declassified US Document Suggests Pak ISI Link To Attack On CIA Agents
A Pakistani intelligence officer paid $200,000 to an extremist network to facilitate a deadly suicide bomb attack on CIA operatives at a base in Afghanistan in 2009, according to a declassified US government document obtained by an independent research group.
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Osama Micromanaged Al-Qaeda While Hiding In Pakistan: New Documents
For years after the 9/11 terror attacks, top US officials claimed that Osama bin Laden was a man on the run and incapable of overseeing Al-Qaeda but newly declassified files seized from his hideout in Pakistan show he was operating more like a Fortune 500 CEO until he was killed in 2011.
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Newly Declassified Documents Reveal What Nuclear War Would Look Like
Annie Jacobsen presents a scenario for a nuclear war, set in the present day, where North Korea attacked the United States.
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Donald Trump Heard Discussing Secret Documents On Tape: Report
Former US president Donald Trump can be heard discussing secret documents he had apparently held on to and took unlawfully to his beachfront mansion in Florida. He is acknowledging that he had not declassified them in an audio recording aired by CNN.
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'He Declassified The Classified Documents': Trump Lawyer's Defence
Trump is set to appear Tuesday in federal court in Miami on 37 charges, including violations of the Espionage act, making false statements and conspiracy regarding his mishandling of classified material.
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US Planned To Assassinate Fidel Castro's Brother Raul In 1960: Declassified Documents
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according to declassified documents published Friday.
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A Strong India Would Act As ''Counterbalance'' To China: White House
Asserting that India maintains the capacity to counter border provocations by China, the outgoing Trump administration in a declassified document has said that a strong India, in cooperation with like-minded countries, would act as a "counterbalance" to China in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
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Have Declassified Documents On "Russia Hoax", Clinton Email Probes: Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has declassified all documents related to federal investigations into Russian election interference and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private server for government emails.
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After Operation Blue Star, UK Tried To Ban Sikh Protests, Say Documents
The British government led by then prime minister Margaret Thatcher made several attempts to ban protests by Sikhs in the country following Operation Blue Star in 1984, according to recently declassified documents.
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The Pentagon Isn't Taking UFOs Seriously Enough
In December, the Defense Department declassified two videos documenting encounters between U.S. Navy F-18 fighters and unidentified aircraft. The first video captures multiple pilots observing and discussing a strange, hovering, egg-shaped craft, apparently one of a "fleet" of such objects, according to cockpit audio. The second shows a similar inc...
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US Knew About Indonesia 'Slaughter' In 1960, Secret Files Show
The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as "widespread slaughter", recently declassified documents have revealed.
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Rajiv Gandhi Was 'Genuinely Interested' About US Military Ties: Report
Rajiv Gandhi was "genuinely interested" in developing military ties with the US and the former Indian Prime Minister had shown he could move India's foreign policy in new directions, according to a declassified CIA document.
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Sweden Called Off Bofors Probe To Spare Rajiv Gandhi 'Embarrassment', Says CIA Report
Sweden called off its investigation into the Bofors arms scandal to spare then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi embarrassment, a recently declassified CIA report has said. It also claims that Sweden's investigation into alleged bribes paid to its officials was "terminated" in 1988 following a trip by Mr Gandhi to Stockholm.
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Barack Obama To Archive Torture Report, Declassify After 12 Years
President Barack Obama on Monday turned down a request from some senators to declassify a Senate report documenting the CIA's harsh treatment of detainees after 9/11.
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Newly Declassified Document Sheds Light On How President Approves Drone Strikes
President Barack Obama must approve operational plans to target overseas terror suspects with drones or other weapons outside war zones, but in some cases does not sign off on specific strikes, according to newly-declassified administration guidelines.
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Declassified US Document Suggests Pak ISI Link To Attack On CIA Agents
A Pakistani intelligence officer paid $200,000 to an extremist network to facilitate a deadly suicide bomb attack on CIA operatives at a base in Afghanistan in 2009, according to a declassified US government document obtained by an independent research group.
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Osama Micromanaged Al-Qaeda While Hiding In Pakistan: New Documents
For years after the 9/11 terror attacks, top US officials claimed that Osama bin Laden was a man on the run and incapable of overseeing Al-Qaeda but newly declassified files seized from his hideout in Pakistan show he was operating more like a Fortune 500 CEO until he was killed in 2011.
