CIA Declassifies the "Family Jewels"

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:03PM from the in-case-you-were-inclined-to-trust-the-government dept.

An anonymous reader informs us that the CIA has recently declassified for your reading pleasure some records relating to illegal spying, assassination attempts, and other goodies. These are available from the CIA's FOIA portal. From the BBC article: " Last week, CIA chief Michael Hayden announced the decision to declassify the records, saying the documents were 'unflattering but part of CIA history.' The documents detail assassination plots, domestic spying, wiretapping, and kidnapping... Among the documents is a request in 1972 for someone 'who was accomplished at picking locks' who might be retiring or resigning from the agency."

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Good stuff for people across the world by cygnusx · 2007-06-26 21:08 · Score: 5, Interesting

For example, readers from India might want to check out the CIA's files about the India-China war of 1962, especially since India's Freedom of Information laws (IIRC) don't cover matters of national security.
bah! by ekran · 2007-06-26 21:12 · Score: 5, Interesting

Where are the top secret documents about the assassination of Kennedy? I wanna read them!