Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, many government documents that would normally never be seen by the public are now freely available. Government Attic offers up a very large and diverse set of documents from military secrets to FCC complaints about your favorite show and much more. Makes for some interesting browsing. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A New York state employee who had access to government-owned archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on Monday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

The order for monthly document releases commencing July 5 came in response to a government sunshine request by a civil liberties group. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Top secret mine holds vaults of national treasures, classified files, and government secrets. Aw, what the heck, let's put it on the channel 4 news. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

[WARNING: this list contains images that may offend] This is a list of secret projects that have since been found to be true in light of released (either officially, or unofficially) documents. Some have long been the source of conspiracy theories while others have been accepted by the mainstream as real. In no particular order: picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Visitors to the National Archives know they will find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's rotunda. But they will not find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Here's a list of the missing items. picked by suebe 5 months ago

East Germany shredded millions of top-secret documents when the Berlin Wall came down. They were unable to burn them in time and the West took control of some 600 million pieces of shredded paper in 16,000 bags. The $8.5 million dollar E-Puzzler can put them together again! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Nuclear weapon scientists with a drug habit. Scary, scary, scary. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Documents found in a vault in the Dallas County District Attorney's office related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been placed online for the public to review for notable information.

Here's your chance to review never-seen-before materials related to the JFK assassination." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Remember when, as a kid, you would pass “top-secret” notes written in lemon juice that your friends could only read in the right light? Well, in light of new nanotechnology research, this now sounds absurdly antiquated, like cave painting in the modern era. Instead, the youth of the future (and adults, too) could have the option to communicate via documents that self-erase at a program... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago