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The Pentagon released 161 declassified documents on unidentified aerial phenomena, spanning Apollo Moon mission transcripts and astronauts’ sightings of flashes, plus civilian and military reports of hovering objects and 2022 Middle East footage of unresolved UAPs, prompting lawmakers to call for greater transparency and ongoing updates.
The National Security Archive has released verbatim transcripts of Vladimir Putin's meetings and calls with President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2008, revealing their evolving relationship, key discussions on international issues, and the impact of a FOIA lawsuit that expedited the declassification process.
Tulsi Gabbard claimed declassified documents proved a conspiracy by the Obama administration to influence the 2016 election, but the released emails and reports do not support her assertions. The documents show no evidence of an intent to manipulate vote counts or a shift in intelligence assessments, and dissent within the intelligence community was normal. Gabbard's claims about discredited information like the Steele dossier are also unfounded, as the dossier was not the basis for the FBI's investigation.
The Trump administration released over 230,000 pages of previously undisclosed documents related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, including FBI memos and potential leads, with minimal redactions.
The CIA, under President Trump's directive, released over 1,500 pages of previously classified documents related to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, aiming to increase transparency and shed new light on historical events, with efforts led by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other government agencies.
Newly declassified documents reveal that US President Richard Nixon met with a rightwing Chilean media mogul, Agustín Edwards, to discuss blocking Salvador Allende's path to the Chilean presidency in 1970. With the support of Nixon's White House, a plan was hatched for the military to seize power, dissolve congress, and prevent Allende's inauguration. The attempt was botched, resulting in the death of General René Schneider. The revelations shed light on the malevolence of US foreign policy in Chile and the explicit link between Nixon and the overthrow of a democratically elected government. Chile's current president, Gabriel Boric, has requested more information on US involvement in the plot.