A FOIA release shows NASA, the National Archives, the Air Force and an Australian government attendee registered for AARO’s private 2025 UAP workshop.
News
OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra Release After Safety Tests
OpenAI won’t release GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found deception and scope problems. U.K. AI Security Institute results on GPT-6 Astra are also out.
Declassified
The Unsigned 1989 Panama Order for ‘Whatever Force’
A month before the 1989 Panama invasion, a draft order authorized ‘whatever force’ and overrode conflicting rules. What it says, and what it does not.
Archives
Operation TPAJAX: The 1953 Iran Coup in the U.S. Record
How the State Department’s 2017 FRUS volume documents Operation TPAJAX, the CIA’s 1953 Iran coup: approvals, the failed first try and the lost cables.
News
Last U.S. Troops Leave Iraq; the 2024 Deal Never Required It
U.S. forces are due out of Iraq by Sept. 30. We read the 2024 U.S.-Iraq statement that set the date. It never promised a U.S. exit. How the exit happened.
Opinion
Glass Houses: Is Washington Deeper Into China Than Ottawa?
Washington says Ottawa is getting too close to Beijing. The trade, debt, AI chip and summit record says the U.S. is far deeper into China. An opinion.
News
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded PSAs and the GAO’s Propaganda Ban
Three government-paid Trump ads aired in five days. Who paid and how much is unconfirmed. What GAO’s past propaganda rulings say about ads like these.
Opinion
Congress Buys Certainty, Through December 11
Congress passed its stopgap 53 days early, 90-6 and 370-48, funding 72 days of the year to just past the midterms. An opinion on getting organized later.
Archives
Operation Northwoods: The Joint Chiefs’ 1962 Cuba Pretexts Memo
The full March 1962 Northwoods memo, read page by page: how the Joint Chiefs’ nine Cuba pretexts took shape, what each proposed, and how Kennedy answered.