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Happy 4th! What better day to do some light reading on a CIA domestic psy op to rehabilitate its public image by exploiting the war of independence. A nice (if perhaps awkward) conversation starter. @nsarchive.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

“Exploiting the Bicentennial”: The Church Committee, the CIA, and the Politicization of the Revolutionary WarWashington, D.C., July 1, 2026 - A pamphlet published 50 years ago by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to celebrate the United States Bicentennial and highlight the role of secret intelligence op...nsarchive.gwu.edu

Cool video summary of @nsarchive.bsky.social article on the CIA & the Bicentennial.

50yrs ago, the CIA published "Intelligence in the War of Independence" to rehabilitate the Agency's public image as it was being investigated for decades of misdeeds. In this post for @nsarchive.bsky.social I write a little history on this CIA publication.

“Exploiting the Bicentennial”: The Church Committee, the CIA, and the Politicization of the Revolutionary WarWashington, D.C., July 1, 2026 - A pamphlet published 50 years ago by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to celebrate the United States Bicentennial and highlight the role of secret intelligence op...nsarchive.gwu.edu

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Glad someone is tracking the administration's assault on the right to information

Check out our new article @lucatrenta.bsky.social

My piece w @lucatrenta.bsky.social is up @justsecurity.org. It warns of implications of Khamenei assassination & US abandonment of domestic assass ban for inter society & recommends Congress invest & legislate prohibiting assass as Church recommended 50 yrs ago. www.justsecurity.org/135015/khame...

Khamenei’s Killing and the Perilous Death of the Assassination BanKhamenei’s killing ends U.S. ban on assassination, deepens U.S.-Israeli lethal ties, and invites States to abandon diplomacy for violence.www.justsecurity.org

Here is my discussion with @klasfeldreports.com on my article for @nsarchive.bsky.social on the Barr Doctrine: the secret legal framework that paved the way for the Noriega op in 1989, Maduro this year & potentially more to come www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9cj...

Trump's Ex AG Bill Barr MEMO EXPOSES Maduro RaidYouTube video by Legal AFwww.youtube.com

Here is an article @lucatrenta.bsky.social and I wrote in @uk.theconversation.com that situates the Khamenei killing within long hist of assassination plots where US prefers that someone else pulls the trigger. Based @nsarchive.bsky.social docs posted over years theconversation.com/ali-khamenei...

Ali Khamenei’s killing continues long US tradition of letting others pull the triggerDeclassified documents reveal details about the long history of the US seeking allies willing to cooperate to kill.theconversation.com

Odds of decapitation or "inadvertent" assassination just went up as well

Looking forward to participating in this webinar @quincyinst.bsky.social on Fabruary 17 at 1:00pm to discuss a new book by Jack Cheevers on the 1963 coup and assassination of Diem in South Vietnam. You can sign-up here. quincyinst.org/events/kenne...

Kennedy’s Coup: How Diem’s Assassination Became Our Foreign Policy AlbatrossA discussion of Jack Cheevers' new book.quincyinst.org

Powerful warning by @sophieduroy.bsky.social & @lucatrenta.bsky.social on the U.S.'s lack of even trying to engage with international law re the Maduro snatch operation. verfassungsblog.de/even-hypocri...

“Even hypocrisy requires a moral code”verfassungsblog.de

I just received a hard copy of @lucatrenta.bsky.social & @avramovok.bsky.social (eds) Killing in the Name of the State: State Sponsored Assassinations in International Politics, where I contributed a chapter on secret treaties and assassinations. www.rienner.com/title/Killin...

Aquí está mi artículo para @nsarchive.bsky.social sobre cómo la invasión estadounidense de Panamá en 1989 abrió la puerta a la operación contra Maduro. Traducido al español. elindependiente.mx/nacional/202...

Doctrina Barr contra Noriega sirvió para capturar de Maduro — El IndependienteDr. Arturo Jiménez-Bacardi/ I de V partes* Los memorandos legales de 1989 decían que el presidente tenía “autoridad constitucionalelindependiente.mx

And for each one of those power grabs there should be some secret legal opinions effectively amending the law. #secretlaw #FOIA www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Tests Presidential Power: Venezuela Operation, Iran Bombing and MoreA breakdown of the presidential powers President Trump has sought for himself, including what he did to obtain power and what’s next.www.nytimes.com

Here is my new article for @nsarchive.bsky.social It is based on documents I found at the George H. W. Bush Library that deal with the lead up to the "snatch" operation against Panama's Noriega in 1989 and how that op served as the key precedent for the Maduro op nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Imperial Prerogative: How the Panama Invasion and the “Barr Doctrine” Set the Stage for the Maduro “Snatch” OperationWashington, D.C., January 16, 2026 - The Justice Department official who wrote the legal opinion determining that President Donald Trump had the constitutional authority to “unilaterally order” the “e...nsarchive.gwu.edu

Great power unilateralism and climate change are not a good combination. @rsanta.bsky.social @nsarchive.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Trump’s Withdrawal from UN Climate Body Breaks Bipartisan Consensus on Multilateral EffortsWashington, D.C., January 15, 2026 - President Donald Trump’s recent withdrawal from the foundational United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli...nsarchive.gwu.edu

A huge loss. Bill Burr's commitments to transparency, accountability, knowledge, and mentorship had no limits. His EBBs always amazed me. Always FOIA, MDR, and appeal. @nsarchive.bsky.social

Nice to see my article for @nsarchive.bsky.social on the killing of Che Guevara cited by the New York Times. Not as excited to see the U.S. continue to engage in "covert" regime change operations. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuelawww.nytimes.com

Doyle & Dorfman @nsarchive.bsky.social continue amazing work as justice seekers for Ayotzinapa."the Chicago story within the Ayotzinapa case offers a cautionary tale about how drug war considerations can obscure and overwhelm the demand for accountability and justice for human rights."

The DEA and AyotzinapaWashington, D.C., September 26, 2025 - The eleventh anniversary of the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students from the Ayotzinapa college brings a grim reckoning. To date, no one has been held ...nsarchive.gwu.edu