On November 11, 2024, the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) released appeal decisions on five subjects. Cable from Scowcroft to Butler, 1989 The cable fromNational Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft in 1989 is a Top Secret document and its classification was affirmed in its entirety. Background Data, South Vietnam In 1963, a group of South … Continue reading ISCAP Releases from November 2024
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ISCAP Appeal Release on Cablegram to National Security Council, 1953
The Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) reviewed an appeal regarding the declassification of the 1953 cablegram to the National Security Council (NSC). On July 8, 2024, the ISCAP made the decision to declassify some portions and affirm the classification of other portions, declassify some documents in full and declassify some documents in its entirety. … Continue reading ISCAP Appeal Release on Cablegram to National Security Council, 1953
ISCAP Appeal Release on CIA History 1999
The Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) reviewed an appeal regarding the declassification of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) internal history “Hearts and Minds: Three Case Studies of the CIA’s Covert Support of American Anti-Communist Groups in the Cold War 1949 - 1967,” by Michael Warner. The ISCAP decided to declassify additional information in the … Continue reading ISCAP Appeal Release on CIA History 1999
ISCAP Appeal Release Laos 1961
On July 8th, 2024, the staff of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) posted a new declassified document on our website. The released documents outline the United States and Thai covert action in Laos in 1961 under the John F. Kennedy administration known as MILLPOND. During this time, Laos was split into different institutions … Continue reading ISCAP Appeal Release Laos 1961