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2008 National Defense Strategy (in PDF)
The strategy outlines the national approach to the defense of this nation and its interests.
Central Intelligence Agency, Electronic Reading Room - Declassified Documents
Click on the Special Collections section to bring up a list of declassified documents.
A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Katrina Report
General David Petraeus report on the situation in Iraq (in PDF)
General Government Bailout (in PDF)
How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida
(in PDF)
The authors conclude that policing and intelligence, rather than military force, should form the backbone of U.S. efforts against al Qa'ida. And U.S. policymakers should end the use of the phrase "war on terrorism"
since there is no battlefield solution to defeating al Qa'ida.
Iraq Study Group Report
Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President (in PDF)
This is the Department of Justice White paper that justifies the NSA phone intercepts.
Pandemic flu
The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avianinfluenza.
Report on the Manipulation of the Oil-for-Food
Progress in developing the National Asset
Database
Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security
released a report titled Progress in developing the National Asset
Database. It is an audit of the activities involved in creating a
database of sites that might be vulnerable to terrorist attack and
therefore in need of greater scrutiny and protection. It is raising some
eyebrows because of the inclusion of things like flea markets, petting
zoos and strip malls, especially the lists from certain states.
The Plum book
Alternately prepared after each Presidential election by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. It provides a current list of data, which includes the following major categories of
positions:
The Plum Book also provides information on SES appointments.
Additionally, appendices provide information on the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid.
Today's Document
National Archives provide a document, record, or photo from its holding relating to the current day.
Tom Delay's Indictment
Tom DeLay's House Web Site
Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
This independent international commission's website contains full text of many research articles on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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