CIA's "Bible Lesson on Spying" This CIA study, "A Bible Lesson on Spying," appeared in the Winter 1978 issue of the agency's classified spy journal, Studies in Intelligence. The study reviews the ethical and strategic lessons of spy missions ordered by Moses and Joshua to scope out the "Promised Land." CIA Censorship Report This report by CIA Publications Review Board chair John Hedley, titled "Secrets, Free Speech, and Fig Leaves," unveils recent changes in the CIA's procedures for censoring memoirs by former U.S. spies. Highlights of the Classification Appeals Panel This report on the work of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel describes how the panel has reversed efforts by several government agencies to keep Cold War foreign policy records classified. "Operation Fantasma" Leaflet This is an "Operation Fantasma" leaflet supplied by the CIA and dropped over Cuba by Frank Sturgis in late 1961. Miami archivist Gordon Winslow provided this leaflet. FBI Document on Frank Sturgis This December 22, 1961 memo by FBI official S.B. Donahoe explores the CIA's involvement with an anti-Castro leaflet mission flown by soldier-of-fortune Frank Sturgis (aka Frank Fiorini). Sturgis dropped leaflets calling for "Phantom Cells" to burn Cuba's economy to the ground. The document was released to the public in July of 1998. Tenet's Statement on Declassification In this July 24, 1998 statement, CIA Director George Tenet announces that the agency will cut back on promised historical releases, and describes his current declassification priorities. CIA: Hypnosis in Interrogation This study, written by Edward F. Deshere, appeared in the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence in 1960. This document explores some of the possible applications of hypnosis during interrogations. George Bush Christmas Note to Felix Rodriguez This 1988 Christmas note was sent by president-elect George Bush to Felix Rodriquez, a veteran of several CIA covert operations. Pentagon Plan for "Imaginary Cuban Leader" This document, authored by Lt. Col. James Patchell, outlines a bizarre proposal for creating an "imaginary Cuban leader" to "serve as a focal point" for the anti-Castro movement. Operation Mongoose PSYOP Group In this June 1, 1962 Defense Department memo, Lt. Col. James Patchell reports on the latest activities of an inter-agency "Psychological Operations Group" responsible for coordinating U.S. propaganda against Cuba. The document was classified TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE and was not declassified until 1998. The Cuba Project In this February 20, 1962 document, CIA counterinsurgency specialist Edward Lansdale summarizes plans and objectives for Operation Mongoose, outlining a coordinated program of intelligence gathering, sabotage and political warfare. CIA Biographic Register on Che Guevara This five-page CIA document contains extensive information about Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the Argentine-born revolutionary who the CIA tracked until his death. Possible Actions to Provoke, Harrass, or Disrupt Cuba This document lists bizarre and ruthless plans to "provoke, harass, or disrupt" the government of Fidel Castro. Nuke Test Fallout Report This report by the National Cancer Institute estimates that thousands of U.S. citizens may have developed lethal cases of cancer from exposure to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests in the Nevada desert. Havana Museum of CIA Covert Ops Take an online tour of a Havana museum that documents secret CIA operations against Cuba. A ParaScope exclusive. Hey Kids! Join the CIA! The Central Intelligence Agency ran this creepy ad in the Hispanic Almanac recently, portraying book-toting college students as vigilant mirror-shaded spooks. Phoenix Program PSYOP Comic This comic book, prepared and disseminated by U.S. forces in South Vietnam, presents the fictional story of "Mr. Ba," who informs the government where Viet Cong cadre are hiding in his village. CIA "Counterintelligence Interrogation" Manual This CIA interrogation manual details brutal methods of extracting information from resistant sources. But the "KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation" document does more than simply outline various psychological and physical torture tactics: it demonstrates a real-world application of the CIA's mind control research and offers clues on the agency's role in human rights abuses around the world. Guide to Contra/Drug Documents An annotated guide to documents available online that expose the connection between narcotrafficking and the CIA's contra armies in Nicaragua. Sen. Jesse Helms' Contra-Cocaine Connection North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms vigorously supported a Nicaraguan rebel group closely tied to narcotrafficking. These documents show that he continued his support long after the drug link was widely known in Washington and reported in the national press. Iran-Contra Final Report: Clarridge Chapter This excerpt from Volume I of the Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters details allegations against Duane Clarridge, a former CIA official who has authored a new memoir, A Spy for All Seasons. El Mozote Massacre Documents In December 1981, the inhabitants of a small Salvadoran hamlet were systematically exterminated by the Atacatl Battalion, a U.S.-trained counterinsurgency force. The Reagan administration, determined to preserve U.S. support for El Salvador's war against leftist guerrillas, downplayed reports of this massacre. School of the Americas: Training Tyrants? Does the U.S. Army run a "School of assassins"? These excerpts from the School of the Americas training manuals, along with other documents, expose the tactics of repression, coercion and brutality which the Pentagon taught to foreign military cadets. Supernatural Counterinsurgency in the Congo This unusual document, "Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomena, and Their Implications on Military and Paramilitary Operations in the Congo," was prepared for the U.S. Army in 1964. Korean War POW Documents More than four decades after the "forgotten war," an unsettling question is being pursued by Pentagon and Congressional investigators: Did the United States forfeit the lives of hundreds of American soldiers, abandoned as POWs at the close of the Korean War? View the documents. Iraqgate: Secret U.S. Support of Saddam These documents prove that during the 1980s, the United States secretly supported Iraq's war effort against Iran. Following the Gulf War, evidence of the covert operation came to light, and shocked citizens learned that Iraq's dictator had long enjoyed the backing of U.S. officials. DoD Report on Demolitions at Khamisiyah This "case narrative," prepared by the Defense Department's Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, describes events at Khamisiyah, Iraq, where U.S. troops may have been exposed to chemical agents that are a suspected cause of Gulf War Syndrome. GAO Report on Gulf War Weapons This July 1996 GAO report, "Operation Desert Storm Air War," found that the military and the arms business made misleading claims about the success of high-tech weapons in the conflict with Iraq. Intelligence Oversight Board Report on Guatemalan Human Rights Abuses For decades, the CIA station in Guatemala has assisted the country's brutal security forces. This unusually critical White House report now calls the Agency to task for its relationship with Guatemalan military personnel guilty of severe human rights abuses. UN Report on the "Brothers to the Rescue" Shootdown On February 24, 1996, Cuban MiG fighters destroyed two light aircraft operated by the Miami-based exile organization Brothers to the Rescue. This document contains the conclusions of the United Nations report on the incident. Bay of Pigs Invasion Documents Declassified CIA plots, a Bay of Pigs invasion map, and a historical memo on the Radio Swan propaganda operation. Also included is a memo by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., which offers a near-perfect case study in the dilemmas of covert actions for those who authorize them.

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