Bored at work? Read some CIA docs.
The CIA recently declassified an assload of papers under the Freedom of Information Act. While some of these go pretty far back, it’s still an interesting read nonetheless… if you’re into this kind of thing. Some of these have had their TOP SECRET classifications struck over with a pen like it really doesn’t matter at all.
From a subsite:
The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers
Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis of Soviet and Chinese Policy and Decision Making, 1953-1973
This collection of declassified analytic monographs and reference aids, designated within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Intelligence (DI) as the CAESAR, ESAU, and POLO series, highlights the CIA’s efforts from the 1950s through the mid-1970s to pursue in-depth research on Soviet and Chinese internal politics and Sino-Soviet relations. The documents reflect the views of seasoned analysts who had followed closely their special areas of research and whose views were shaped in often heated debate.
I’ll let you know if I find anything interesting. You do the same.
Gary @ 27 Jun 2007 :: A thousand words, Good readin', Crypto, Stifle me, stifle you :: No Comments »