Selected Resources for:
Declassified Documents

CIA Insider's Dictionary of U.S. and Foreign Intelligence, Counterintelligence & Tradecraft  

Over nine thousand terms are here in 747 pages, covering methods of operation, organizations, operations, security, legislation, agents, codenames, cryptonyms, aliases, and more.

Location: JF1525.I6C365 1996 LAU REF STACKS

Dictionary of the United States Intelligence Services: Over 1500 Terms, Programs and Agencies  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=35128187

Location: JK468.I6 W47 1996 LAU REF STACKS

Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=60651022

2006.

Definitions of intelligence terms, entries on agencies, agents, and operations; the dictionary also includes a chronology and a list of acronyms.

Location: Ref. UB250 .W48 2006

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security  

http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu:80/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0787677620&version=1.0&userGroupName=wash43584&source=gale

Eight hundred articles arranged alphabetically; the overall organization is logical and friendly to the average reader. This is an excellent general resource for high school students and the general public. The books are a sound starter resource for undergraduate students.

Location: Ref. JF1525.16E63 2004

Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=35243519

1997

Contains over 2,000 alphabetical entries on the real and fictional people,agencies, operations, tradecraft and tools that make up the clandestine world of espionage.

Location: JF1525.I6P65 1997 LAU REF STACKS

State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=62764515

2006

Location: Lau Stacks JF468.I6 R57 2006

FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=39210202

1999.

Electronic version available through Ebrary (GU only) A scholarly, evenhanded textbook account. Includes an annotated bibliography.

Location: HV8144.F43T48 1999 LAU REF STACKS

Unlocking the Files of the FBI: A Guide to Its Records and Classification System  

1993

This book provides the necessary guidance, including an overview of FBI classifications, a profile of each category, descriptions of some of the cases and the current location of each set of records that can be consulted profitably before filing a Freedom of Information Act request or beginning archival research.

Location: HV8144.F43 H35 1993 LAU REF STACKS

FBI and American Democracy: A Brief Critical History  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=54767570

Table of Contents. Covers the time period of World War I, the New Deal, the origins of FBI intelligence, the Cold War, and continues to the present with the politics of terrorism

Location: HV8144.F43 T49 2004 LAU STACKS

Selected Bibliography on "Sensitive But Unclassified" and Similarly Designated Information Held by the Federal Government.  

http://www.llrx.com/features/sbu.htm

A bibliography of articles, government reports, and reports by public interest organizations and think tanks around the issue of sensitive but unclassified information. Includes links to some full-text articles.

Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy  

http://library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=61240608

2006

Table of contents ; Mark M. Lowenthal. Washington: CQ Press

Location: JK468.I6 L65 2006 LAU STACKS

Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=62741397

2006

Location: JF468.I6 P674 2006 LAU STACKS

National Security Council  

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/

The National Security Act of 1947 established the National Security Council (NSC) and its membership (the President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, etc.) to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and other departments and agencies of the government to operate more effectively on matters involving the national security. Founding of the National Intelligence Structure: August 1945 through January 1946 via Department of State History of the National Security Council, 1947-1997 via the White House

State Department  

http://www.state.gov/

Foreign Relations of the U.S. (FRUS)  

The official printing of selected material from the State Department's archival files. It includes correspondence, notes, telegrams and documents. Also available in Government Documents and Microforms from 1946. For the years 1789-1828 (1st through 20th Congresses), use the appropriate volumes of American State Papers (LAU Stacks quarto vols.1-6).

Location: JX 233 .A3 LAU Stx and S 1.1 GovDocs Stx

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) from Hein  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=e1000131

This collection has the complete set of published of volumes, from 1861 to the last printed volumes (recent volumes are digitized as they are received). Search by presidential administration, year, or country. Links to each country are in the table of contents. Selected volumes of the FRUS are available online: Foreign Relations of the United States from 1961 to the latest volume published are found on the State Department web site. Volumes published since 1961 have been digitized and are keyword searchable or by years of presidential administration. Select volumes of the FRUS from 1861-1960 have been digitized by the University of Wisconsin- Madison Library Digital Collections. More volumes will be scanned and added as they become available.

LexisNexis Congressional  

http://0-web.lexis-nexis.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/congcomp

LexisNexis Congressional is the primary source for electronic government documents such as hearings, committee prints, CRS reports, legislative histories, the Congressional Record, federal regulations, and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set. Many documents are in full text and cover the years 1789 to the present; others are citations that are available in full text in print or microform in the library.

The Memory Hole  

http://www.thememoryhole.org/

The Memory Hole, launched in 2002 by Russell Kick, preserves documents such as government files, court documents, congressional testimony, web pages, photographs and video, news articles, and others that are likely to be suppressed. The site gained international notoriety when it published the images of the flag-draped coffins . at Dover that had been obtained through a FOIA request.

Access to Electronic Records  

http://www.rcfp.org/elecaccess/index.html

Via http://www.rcfp.org/

Central Intelligence Agency  

https://www.cia.gov/

The library has purchased the microfilm series CIA Research Reports, 1946-76 for all geographic areas of the world. This set is located inGovernment Documents and Microforms. A limited number of declassified documents from the agency reprinted as monographs may be searched using GEORGE by corporate author “United States. Central Intelligence Agency.” and then limiting the results by format “Books” and location “Stacks.” The CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence publishes the journal Studies in Intelligence ; issues from 1992-present, with unclassified articles, are available online. The Library page has links to full-text books and monographs published by CSI.

Central Intelligence Agency Electronic Reading Room  

http://www.foia.cia.gov/

The CIA’s site provides the public with an overview to accessible electronic information including previously released information

Department of Justice FOIA Electronic Reading Room  

http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/04_2.html

Department of State FOIA Electronic Reading Room  

http://www.state.gov/m/a/ips/

Displays (a) frequently requested documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), (b) special collections of continuing public interest, and (c) regulations, policy statements, administrative rulings and manuals, and other reference materials. Links to other web sites related to FOIA and State Department/Foreign Policy records and publications.

Federal Bureau of Investigation  

http://foia.fbi.gov/room

The FBI documents represented by the above-listed electronic documents were taken from the Freedom of Information Act Reading Room at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. These FBI documents have been scanned from paper copies as released to FOIA requesters over the years. There is an alphabetical index.

Federation of American Scientists  

http://fas.org/sgp/

The Federation of American Scientist’s Project on Government Secrecy works to challenge excessive government secrecy and promote public oversight. Their website includes news and declassified reports and documents.

FOIA Gallery  

http://epic.org/open_gov/foiagallery/

From the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Freedom of Information Act Guide  

http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foi-act.htm

Via Department of Justice

How to use the Federal FOI Act  

http://www.rcfp.org/foiact/index.html

www.rcfp.org

National Security Agency - Declassification Initiatives  

http://www.nsa.gov/public/publi00003.cfm

The documents listed on this page were located in response to numerous requests received by NSA on the various subjects stated and for which there appears to be a general public interest.

Your Right to Federal Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act  

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/foia/foia.htm

Washington, DC : U.S. General Services Administration: U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2006.

Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)  

http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/servlet/DDRS?locID=wash43584

DDRS is a full-text database of declassified documents acquired from presidential libraries. Documents are from various executive departments including the FBI, CIA, NSC and the State Department. The collection contains more than 75,000 facsimile copies of original documents requested by researchers and subsequently scanned by DDRS. It covers the post WWII era through the 1970s, but is not comprehensive. For instance it does not contain documents routinely declassified under the 30 year rule and made available elsewhere (NARA).

Digital National Security Archive   

http://0-nsarchive.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

20th century.

A full-text database of 22 core collections of primary documents acquired by the George Washington University based National Security Archive . The collection has been acquired through extensive use of FOIA. Each core collection is focused on one topic, e.g. Iran-Contra, Terrorism and U.S. Policy. Each topical collection includes diverse policy documents supplemented by contextual and reference material on chronology, glossary and bibliography.

National Archives and Records Administration  

http://www.archives.gov/

The site contains documents and information routinely available to the public as well as those released under FOIA.