Emma North-Best’s Projects

CIA Liaisons and Official Contacts

This project explores CIA's liaisons with other government agencies.

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Declassifying CIA's Internal Histories

CIA's internal histories tell the story of the Agency, based on classified documents and interviews with the people involved. They're some of the best resources on the history of the Agency, yet most of them remain unavailable to the public. This project will request copies of every CIA history that can be identified.

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Defiant Defectors and Rebellious Refugees

A project looking at the brave people who have defected from or been forced to flee from their home countries.

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FOIA the Trump Administration

FOIA requests regarding the Trump administration and transition.

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Freedom of LGBTQIA+ Information

We’re here, we’re queer, let’s FOIA it.

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Hacking History

A look at government investigations of hackers and their works.

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Haters: Documenting Extremist and Hate Groups

Documenting extremist and hate groups through government documents, ranging from the small time racist groups to the domestic terrorist branches of the KKK. This project takes an inclusive approach of identifying hate groups, regardless of whether they focus on race, sexual identity, religion, etc. Many of the groups were identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Inventorying the FBI

An project to take inventory of the FBI's files on different subjects in order to identify what the FBI has worked on and to help requesters know what files they can request.

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Iran-Contra, October Surprise and Reagan's Wrongs

A look into the wrongdoings of the Reagan administration and campaign, including the October Surprise, Debategate, MCA Records, the Inslaw and Wedtech scandals and the Iran-Contra scandal, which has been called Reagan's unchecked abuse of Presidential power.

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Scientology is Fair Game

The Church of Scientology's "Fair Game" practice was a way of targeting its enemies, including ruining their reputation, attempting to have them committed to a mental facility, trying to drive them to suicide and infiltrating dozens of government agencies. This project focuses on the Church's "Fair Game" practices and other unethical behavior.

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The Cost of Security

A look at the annual cost of security and the extent of classification, broken down by agency.

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The War on Oversight

Documenting the government’s too-often successful attempts to minimize, evade or even eliminate government oversight.

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Unearthing CREST: CIA's Declassified Archives

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After our three-year lawsuit led to the public release of 13 million pages of declassified CIA records, we've begun a daily-deep dive into the depths of the Agency's seven-decade history.

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