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  • October 2008

    • 'That Is the End of This Broadcast'

      BBC  |  Oct 3, 08 7:55 AM CDT

      'That Is the End of This Broadcast'

      (Newser) - A radio script that the British government planned to broadcast to survivors of a nuclear attack has been made public for the first time, the BBC reports. The script, written in the 1970s and released by the National Archives, warns listeners to stay in hiding for 14 days and to ration essential supplies. Related documents advised that familiar but authoritative voices make the broadcasts. More »

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      Great Britain  • nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • BBC  • survivors  • National Archives

  • September 2008

    • Cheney Sued to Expose Secrets

      Washington Post  |  Sep 8, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Cheney Sued to Expose Secrets

      (Newser) - A federal judge is being asked to prevent Dick Cheney from destroying or hiding what some believe are the administration's best kept secrets, reports the Washington Post. The advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics is calling for a court order to force the powerful vice president to preserve his papers for public access under the Presidential Records Act. The National Archives consider many VP records personal and not subject to the law. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • Dick Cheney  • National Archives  • Presidential Records Act  • public records  • Office of the Vice President

  • August 2008

    • Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

      Associated Press  |  Aug 14, 08 3:03 AM CDT

      Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

      (Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files from the Office of Strategic Services, a predecessor of the CIA. More »

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      CIA  • World War II  • National Archives  • Harry Truman  • Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • March 2008

    • Beloved Brit Painting Once Owned by Hitler

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 28, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      Beloved Brit Painting Once Owned by Hitler

      (Newser) - A nude painting of Venus on display in London's National Gallery for 45 years—one of the gallery's most popular works—turns out to have been once owned by Adolf Hitler. The whimsical Cupid Complaining to Venus, by German master Lucas Cranach, was given to Hitler by a prominent Nazi and hung in his apartment in Munich, the Guardian reports. More »

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      London  • art  • Adolf Hitler  • National Archives  • National Gallery

    • First Lady Skeds Were Sanitized

      Newsweek  |  Mar 20, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      First Lady Skeds Were Sanitized

      (Newser) - Schedules from Hillary Clinton’s time as first lady don’t reveal much, Newsweek reports. The mound of documents consists only of her public engagements, rather than her private calendar, meaning many potentially revealing details are left out. The thousands of pages don’t, for example, mention her four-hour Whitewater testimony—but do note her appearance on Oprah the same month. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Election 2008  • Bill Clinton  • first lady  • Monica Lewinsky  • National Archives  • Clinton Presidential Library  • Whitewater

    • Clinton to Release First Lady Schedules

      Associated Press  |  Mar 19, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      Clinton to Release First Lady Schedules

      (Newser) - The public can finally get a look at Hillary Clinton’s record as first lady—all 11,046 pages of it. The National Archives will release all of Clinton's daily schedules, it announced yesterday, responding to a Freedom of Information Act request made almost a year ago. The documents detail Clinton’s comings and goings, including meetings, trips, speaking engagements, and social functions. More »

    • Magna Carta Back in US Archives

      Washington Post  |  Mar 4, 08 5:35 PM CST

      Magna Carta Back in US Archives

      (Newser) - The Magna Carta returned to the National Archives yesterday after facing an uncertain fate on the auction block last year, the Washington Post reports. The 13th-century English document, a precursor to the US Bill of Rights 500 years later, is now on permanent loan from a US businessman who bought for $21 million.  More »

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      democracy  • Carlyle Group  • National Archives  • Bill of Rights  • Magna Carta  • David Rubenstein  • history of democracy

  • January 2008

    • White House Still Lacks Email Archive

      Washington Post  |  Jan 22, 08 1:39 PM CST

      White House Still Lacks Email Archive

      (Newser) - The ongoing controversy over the potential disappearance of millions of White House emails stems from an inadequate archiving system that has not been brought up to snuff despite court orders to do so, the Washington Post reports. In fact, the White House scrapped a system put in place by the Clinton administration but has not replaced it. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • White House  • email  • National Archives  • Clinton administration

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