Nathan Myhrvold and the 1993 Blueprint for Corporate Road Kill
Bankers, journalists, and broadcasters were marked for obsolescence in a 25-page internal roadmap that later landed in the files of the national security state.
By Miriam Adler ·
National Security Archive
White House weighed civil liberties against 2000 cyber threats
Privacy and civil liberties were left undefined in a 2000 effort to coordinate cyber defense as the government tracked Trojan intrusions and attacks during a Middle East conflict.
By Marcus Boone ·
Vilem Precan maps how Communist Party lost 41-year grip
Historians spent a decade sorting through wreckage from a state security apparatus to determine how the transition from 41 years of one-party rule actually functioned on paper.
By Roy Castellano ·
Clinton commission mapped US energy and banking fragility in 1997
US banking and energy networks were mapped as targets in 1997, while current EPA talking points on how to manage those vulnerabilities remain fully redacted.
By Miriam Adler ·
FBI Claimed 'Surgical' Precision to Justify CARNIVORE
Targets of lawful orders were intercepted by a system the Bureau framed as a precision instrument, yet the actual mechanisms for that 'surgical' ability remain absent from the record.
By Miriam Adler ·