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Federal Agency Reading Rooms
- Central Intelligence Agency Electronic Reading RoomThe CIA’s site provides the public with an overview to accessible electronic information including previously released information.
- Department of State FOIA Electronic Reading RoomDisplays (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: The VaultThe Vault is the FBI's electronic reading room, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies.
Central Intelligence Agency
- CIA Center for the Study of IntelligenceAccess to reports, publications, speeches, testimony, and recently unclassified studies.
- CIA World FactbookPublished since the mid-1970's, provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
- CIA World LeadersThe online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States.
- CIA Intelligence Literature - Suggested Reading ListA brief bibliography of intelligence literature that provides a wide spectrum of views on intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency. The readings cover history, technology, opinion, and some of the key personalities associated with intelligence.
- CIA The Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis - Occasional PapersSome very good articles: Strategic Warning, Thereat Analysis, Analyst-Policymaker issues.
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence - ODNIUnder the News + Information section, see specifically Reports, Estimates, and Testimony.
Congressional Committees
- House Armed Services CommitteeSee link for Committee News Center on left hand side of page.
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesSee links for Hearings, Committee Publications, and Press Releases.
Defense Agencies
- Defense Intelligence Agency - DIAInformation from the US Military’s Intelligence Organization. Organizational chart is available under "This is DIA" section; see "Publications" section for Strategic Plans; and the "History" section for the current year Calendar.
- DefenseLinkDepartment of Defense (DOD) Official Website.
- DOD Press ArticlesNews articles from the American Forces Press.
- National Security Agency (NSA) – Central Security ServiceResearch and publications.
FBI
- FBI CounterterrorismGood resource on Domestic Terrorism; see Speeches and Testimony specifically.
- FBI National Security BranchLaw Enforcement Areas - Crime, Corruption, Civil Rights (e.g. human trafficking). National Security Areas: Counter-terrorism, Counterintelligence, CyberCrime, WMD.
- FBI Reports and PublicationsIncludes links to the most recent editions of FBIs Report on Terrorism and Uniform Crime Reports.
Other Security Agencies
- The National Security CouncilA source for official policy statements, press briefings, executive orders, etc.
