Covert Operations, 2017-2020

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3. Covert Operations, 2017-2020

2021-2024 / 2009-2016 / 2001-2008 / 1993-2000 / 1989-1992 / 1981-1988 / 1977-1980 / 1969-1976 / 1965-1968

1961-1964 / 1953-1960 / 1945-1952 / 1933-1944 / 1929-1932 / 1925-1928 / 1921-1924 / 1913-1920

1947-2021, FAS: Presidential Directives
1940-2021, FAS: Selected Executive Orders on National Security

2013-2020, IC Off the Record: Public Access to Unauthorized Leaks
2013-2020, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Public Filings
2000-2020, FAS: The State Secrets Privilege: Selected Case Files

21 December 2020, NYT: Laura Poitras: I Am Guilty of Violating the Espionage Act
18 December 2020, Democracy Now: Democracy Now: CIA-Backed Afghan Death Squads Massacred Children Inside Religious Schools in Campaign of Terror

1 July 2020, NYT: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says

30 June 2020, NYT: Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say
29 June 2020, WP: Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments
23 June 2020, Electrospaces: NSA documents and cover names from the book Dark Mirror
16 June 2020, WP: Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found
9 June 2020, Majority Report: Vincent Bevins (The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Campaign that Shaped Our World) (MP3)
4 June 2020, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Design for Great Power Competition (PDF)

29 May 2020, NYT: The 'Liberal World Order' Was Built With Blood
21 May 2020, Intercept: System Update: The CIA's Murderous Practices, Disinformation Campaigns, and Interference in Other Countries Still Shape the World Order and U.S. Politics
14 May 2020, NYT: Ralph W. McGehee, Agent Who Exposed the C.I.A., Dies at 92
12 May 2020, Yahoo News: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers
8 May 2020, US District Court, Southern District NY: In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2011 (Declaration of Jill Sanborn, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation) (PDF)

27 April 2020, WP: President's intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat
April 2020, ODNI: Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Use of National Security Authorities: Calendar Year 2019 (PDF)

26 March 2020, Electrospaces: Edward Snowden and the STELLARWIND report
20 March 2020, WP: U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic
9 March 2020, WP: Jury in CIA leaks case fails to reach a verdict on most serious charges
7 March 2020, NYT: Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups

17 February 2020, WP: Compromised encryption machines gave CIA window into major human rights abuses in South America
15 February 2020, Electrospaces: The serial numbers of NSA reports
11 February 2020, National Security Archive: The CIA's 'Minerva' Secret
11 February 2020, Guardian: CIA controlled global encryption company for decades, says report
11 February 2020, WP: 'The intelligence coup of the century': For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries
4 February 2020, WP: Trial begins for former CIA employee accused of leaking agency hacking tools
4 February 2020, NYT: Ex-C.I.A. Analyst Faces Trial in Biggest Leak of Agency's History

23 January 2020, NYT: The Saudi Connection: Inside the 9/11 Case That Divided the F.B.I.

18 November 2019, NYT: The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq
11 November 2019, Electrospaces: Review of Snowden's book Permanent Record - Part I: At the CIA

31 October 2019, Intercept: A CIA-Backed Militia Targeted Clinics in Afghanistan, Killing Medical Workers and Civilians
October 2019, Human Rights Watch: "They've Shot Many Like This": Abusive Night Raids by CIA-Backed Afghan Strike Forces (PDF)
8 October 2019, ODNI: Release of Documents Related to the 2018 FISA Section 702 Certifications
1 October 2019, Frontline: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

30 August 2019, NYT: In a Tweet Taunting Iran, Trump Releases an Image Thought to Be Classified
30 August 2019, NYT: Trial for Men Charged With Plotting 9/11 Attacks Is Set for 2021
28 August 2019, NYT: U.S. Cyberattack Hurt Iran's Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say
23 August 2019, WSJ: Ex-Trump Affiliate Worked for FBI, CIA
21 August 2019, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown Univ.: Costs of War: The CIA's "Army": A Threat to Human Rights and an Obstacle to Peace in Afghanistan (PDF)
21 August 2019, Intercept: Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report Says
15 August 2019, NYT: Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize N.S.A.'s Deactivated Call Records Program
12 August 2019, WP: Letter to Sen. Burr, Rep. Schiff re. "urgent concern," 50 USC §3033(k)(5)(A) (whistleblower complaint) (PDF)
8 August 2019, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1977-1980: Volume XIX: South Asia (PDF)
8 August 2019, Democracy Now: Behind the Lines: Shane Bauer Travels to Syria to Uncover America's Role in the Syrian War

29 July 2019, NYT: Lawyers Press Case That 9/11 Confessions Given to F.B.I. Are Tainted
25 July 2019, WH: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Zelenksyy of Ukraine (PDF)
July 2019, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Active Oversight Projects and Other Engagements (PDF)

29 June 2019, Secrecy News: CIA Seeks Expanded Definition of "Covert Agents"
28 June 2019, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: Johnson v. CIA (Summary Order) (PDF)
26 June 2019, NYT: N.S.A. Gathered Domestic Calling Records It Had No Authority to Collect
22 June 2019, NYT: U.S. Carried Out Cyberattacks on Iran
21 June 2019, Yahoo News: Pentagon secretly struck back against Iranian cyberspies targeting U.S. ships
19 June 2019, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF)

25 May 2019, NYT: In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc
23 May 2019, US District Court, Eastern District VA: US v. Assange (Superseding Indictment) (PDF)
23 May 2019, NYT: Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues
14 May 2019, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: U.S. Airborne Electronic Attack Programs: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF)
10 May 2019, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Iran's Nuclear Program: Status (PDF)

18 April 2019, NYT: Mueller Reveals Trump's Efforts to Thwart Russian Inquiry in Highly Anticipated Report

March 2019, DOJ: Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III: Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election (Mueller Report) (PDF)
28 March 2019, NYT: N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Biggest Breach of U.S. Secrets Pleads Guilty
25 March 2019, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response (PDF)
24 March 2019, 60 Minutes: CEO of Israeli spyware-maker NSO on fighting terror, Khashoggi murder, and Saudi Arabia
22 March 2019, NSA/CSS: OIG: Report on the Review of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service's Deletion of Certain USA FREEDOM Act Data (ST-18-0008) -- Special Study (PDF)
4 March 2019, NYT: Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says

February 2019, Army: FM 3-13.4: Army Support to Military Deception (PDF)

27 January 2019, 60 Minutes: Private company launches "largest fleet of satellites in human history" to photograph Earth
January 2019, Strategic Studies Institute; US Army War College: The U.S. Army in the Iraq War: Vol. 2: Surge and Withdrawal: Executive Summary (PDF)
January 2019, Strategic Studies Institute; US Army War College: The U.S. Army in the Iraq War: Vol. 2: Surge and Withdrawal, 2007-2011 (PDF)
January 2019, Strategic Studies Institute; US Army War College: The U.S. Army in the Iraq War: Vol. 1: Invasion, Insurgency, Civil War: Executive Summary (PDF)
January 2019, Strategic Studies Institute; US Army War College: The U.S. Army in the Iraq War: Vol. 1: Invasion, Insurgency, Civil War, 2003-2006 (PDF)

1993-2018, ACLU: The NSA Archive

December 2018, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1977-1980: Volume XII: Afghanistan (PDF)
December 2018, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1917-1972: Volume VII: Public Diplomacy, 1964-1968 (PDF)
December 2018, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1977-1980: Volume XXIV: South America; Latin America Region (PDF)

16 November 2018, WP: CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination
16 November 2018, NYT: C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed

18 October 2018, FISC: (redacted) (Opinion and Order) (PDF)
October 2018, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1952-1954: Iran, 1951-1954, 2nd Ed. (PDF)
17 October 2018, Democracy Now: The UAE Hired Former U.S. Soldiers to Kill Leaders in Yemen. Is This the Future of War?
17 October 2018, Democracy Now: Investigation: As U.S.-Backed War in Yemen Raged, UAE Hired U.S. Mercenaries to Kill Yemeni Leaders
15 October 2018, Democracy Now: "Assassination of a Saint": Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero Is Canonized as Murder Remains Unsolved
15 October 2018, Democracy Now: Vatican Canonizes Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Who Was Killed by a U.S.-Backed Death Squad
14 October 2018, Yahoo News: AP: Pope makes El Salvador's Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI saints
11 October 2018, Democracy Now: Owner of Limo Involved in Deadly NY Crash Spent Years as FBI Informant Entrapping Muslim Men
9 October 2018, NYT: Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership
2 October 2018, Frontline: Trump's Showdown

26 September 2018, Intercepted: American Dissident: Noam Chomsky on the State of the Empire (MP3)
25 September 2018, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: The Islamic State and U.S. Policy (PDF)

20 July 2018, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Iran Nuclear Agreement and U.S. Exit (PDF)
14 July 2018, Electrospaces: Collection of domestic phone records under the USA FREEDOM Act

29 June 2018, NYT: N.S.A. Purges Hundreds of Millions of Call and Text Records
18 June 2018, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Intelligence Community Spending: Trends and Issues (PDF)
18 June 2018, NYT: New Charges in Huge C.I.A. Breach Known as Vault 7
7 June 2018, US District Court, DC: US v. Wolfe (Indictment) (PDF)

15 May 2018, WP: U.S. identifies suspect in major leak of CIA hacking tools
4 May 2018, NYT: N.S.A. Triples Collection of Data From U.S. Phone Companies

26 April 2018, US District Court, Southern District NY: Johnson v. CIA (Memorandum Decision and Order Granting Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (PDF)
April 2018, ODNI: Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities: Calendar Year 2017 (PDF)

27 February 2018, Frontline: Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia: Part Two
20 February 2018, Frontline: Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia: Part One

18 January 2018, NYT: Congress Approves Six-Year Extension of Surveillance Law
16 January 2018, NYT: Senate, Rebuffing Privacy Concerns, Clears Path to Extend Surveillance Law
11 January 2018, House Extends Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Privacy Safeguards
3 January 2018, Intercepted: All The News Unfit to Print: James Risen on His Battles with Bush, Obama, and the New York Times (MP3)

13 December 2017, Intercepted: Daniel Ellsberg (The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner) (MP3)
13 December 2017, FAS: CRS: Report for Congress: Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (PDF)

12 November 2017, NYT: Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core
9 November 2017, WikiLeaks: Vault 8

22 October 2017, NYT: A Newly Assertive C.I.A. Expands Its Taliban Hunt in Afghanistan
20 October 2017, Atlantic: What the United States Did in Indonesia
18 October 2017, NYT: U.S. Stood By as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show
18 October 2017, AP: Files reveal details of US support for Indonesian massacre
17 October 2017, National Security Archive: U.S. Embassy Tracked Indonesia Mass Murder 1965
10 October 2017, NYT: How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets

30 September 2017, WP: In Indonesia, the 'fake news' that fueled a Cold War massacre is still potent five decades later
15 September 2017, NYT: C.I.A. Wants Authority to Conduct Drone Strikes in Afghanistan for the First Time

13 July 2017, Daily Beast: Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe? Asks Senator Bob Graham

16 June 2017, Secrecy News: Iran 1953 Covert History Quietly Released
2 June 2017, NYT: C.I.A. Names the 'Dark Prince' to Run Iran Operations, Signaling a Tougher Stance
2 June 2017, NYT: Trump Administration Returns Copies of Report on C.I.A. Torture to Congress
June 2017, DOS: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1952-1954: Iran, 1951-1954 (PDF)

14 May 2017, Internet Archive: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Laos
2 May 2017, NYT: Reined-In N.S.A. Still Collected 151 Million Phone Records in '16

28 April 2017, Majority Report: Interview with Max Blumenthal re. Syrian civil war (MP3)
24 April 2017, University of Pennsylvania Law Review: Pozen: Freedom of Information Beyond the Freedom of Information Act (PDF)
18 April 2017, Secrecy News: History of Iran Covert Action Deferred Indefinitely
13 April 2017, Majority Report: Henry Heller (The Capitalist University: The Transformations of Higher Education in the United States, 1945-2016) (MP3)
12 April 2017, NYT: Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties
11 April 2017, WP: FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page
6 April 2017, Majority Report: Chris Hayes (A Colony in a Nation) (MP3)
4 April 2017, Democracy Now: Full Interview: Noam Chomsky on Trump's First 75 Days & Much More
4 April 2017, Democracy Now: When Scapegoating Immigrants No Longer Works, Would Trump Stage an Attack to Maintain Power?
4 April 2017, Democracy Now: Chomsky: With U.S. History of Overthrowing Govts, Outrage over Russian Hacking Claims is Laughable

31 March 2017, WP: WikiLeaks' latest release of CIA cyber-tools could blow the cover on agency hacking operations
26 March 2017, 60 Minutes: 60 Minutes investigates first ISIS-claimed attack in U.S. and what the FBI knew
15 March 2017, US House: Committee on Armed Services: Crafting an Information Warfare and Counter-Propaganda Strategy for the Emerging Security Environment (PDF)
12 March 2017, 60 Minutes: Prisoner 760 (re. Mohamedou Slahi, Guantanamo Bay)
7 March 2017, WikiLeaks: Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed
7 March 2017, WP: WikiLeaks: The CIA is using popular TVs, smartphones and cars to spy on their owners
7 March 2017, WP: WikiLeaks says it has obtained trove of CIA hacking tools
7 March 2017, NYT: WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents
4 March 2017, NYT: Trump Inherits a Secret Cyberwar Against North Korean Missiles

22 February 2017, Intercepted: Sam Biddle: Peter Thiel's Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World (MP3)
21 February 2017, Frontline: Out of Gitmo
13 February 2017, Intercepted: Interview with Allan Nairn re. Trump administration (MP3)
2 February 2017, NYT: Gina Haspel, C.I.A. Deputy Director, Had Role in Torture
1 February 2017, Intercepted: Interview with Mike German (fmr. FBI Special Agent), Betsy Reed (editor-in-chief, Intercept) re. FBI documents (MP3)

25 January 2017, Intercepted: Interview with Seymour Hersh re. Trump administration (MP3)
19 January 2017, US District Court, DC: Eddington v. DOD OIG (Complaint) (PDF)
19 January 2017, NYT: C.I.A. Torture Detailed in Newly Disclosed Documents
17 January 2017, CIA: Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Activities: Procedures Approved by the Attorney General Pursuant to Executive Order 12333 (PDF)
11 January 2017, WSJ: Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump