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

Evidently, "declassification" doesn't mean you can see the documents.

Bornbad's original article on government declassif... picked by hypnotode 3 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

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

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

It took 25 years to force the government to release the documents. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Listing of Classified and Restricted Documents at the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Over 500,000 documents cover almost every aspect of US military history from the 1920s to the early 1990s

Very few of these documents have been released to the public picked by jLoSsDh 2 years ago

It's only a matter of time before Google unveils a full-fledged online operating system. This week, Microsoft's biggest rival rolled out a new version of Docs & Spreadsheets - its online answer to Word and Excel - adding Windows-like folders, an improved search engine, and an all-around prettier interface. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, thought it would be a good idea to teach her dog a new trick by having the dog drive her car. The two didnt make to far on the open road before crashing her car. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years 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

Timothy McVeigh sometimes laughed, joked around and appeared to show little remorse as he described for his attorneys his 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, recently discovered defense documents show. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

According to trust documents, Majel Roddenberry made sure her dogs would get to live in one of her multimillion-dollar mansions until they die. picked by suebe 7 months ago

A California district court has shut down a controversial Web site in the U.S. that allows whistle blowers to post corporate and government documents online anonymously. picked by jhordie 2 years ago

A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Observe one of the most challenging construction projects in North America, the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. The sequence documents development from May 2003 to November 2007 through a series of still images captured daily at 1 pm during construction and at 10-minute intervals throughout opening week picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

Prankster John Hargrave of zug.com documents the The most ambitious prank in history; hacking the Super Bowl.

(In addition, wired.com released a blog on why his stunt failed.) picked by beckinacea 10 months ago

As sentencing nears, victims remain furious over massive Ponzi scheme.

According to earlier court documents, prosecutors reserved the right to pursue more than $170 billion in criminal forfeiture. That represents the total amount of money that could be connected to the fraud, not the amount stolen or lost. picked by drogue 5 months 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