Rachel Santarsiero
@rsanta.bsky.social
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Rachel Santarsiero
@rsanta.bsky.social
· Feb 28
The Climate Intelligence Assessment the Government Doesn’t Want You to See
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025 - For 17 years, the U.S. Intelligence Community has refused to declassify one of its first investigations into climate change as a national security threat.
nsarchive.gwu.edu
For 17 years, the US intel community has kept classified an assessment on the security implications of climate change. Why has the IC kept it a secret? My latest on why the @nsarchive.bsky.social is calling on the ODNI to prioritize the report's declassification: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
Former @nsarchive.bsky.social FOIA coordinator Nate Jones discovered that the State Department deleted already declassfied records from one of its "FRUS" historical volumes. Today, the Archive published the censored documents.
The Censored History of Able Archer 83:
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Censored History of Able Archer 83
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2025 - The State Department quietly deleted important archival records from an official history detailing how a 1983 NATO war game could have led to a catastrophic nucle...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Former @nsarchive.bsky.social FOIA coordinator Nate Jones discovered that the State Department deleted already declassfied records from one of its "FRUS" historical volumes. Today, the Archive published the censored documents.
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
The Censored History of Able Archer 83:
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Censored History of Able Archer 83
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2025 - The State Department quietly deleted important archival records from an official history detailing how a 1983 NATO war game could have led to a catastrophic nucle...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Censored History of Able Archer 83:
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
I read the secret Senate testimony of CIA poison maker Sidney Gottlieb so that you don't have to. Read my summary here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate te...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I read the secret Senate testimony of CIA poison maker Sidney Gottlieb so that you don't have to. Read my summary here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
The Trump administration's ongoing bombing of boats at sea could be setting the stage for a direct attack on Venezuela or even an assassination of President Nicolás Maduro, warns @nsarchive.bsky.social analyst Peter Kornbluh.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/7/gunboat_diplomacy
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/7/gunboat_diplomacy
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Trump administration's ongoing bombing of boats at sea could be setting the stage for a direct attack on Venezuela or even an assassination of President Nicolás Maduro, warns @nsarchive.bsky.social analyst Peter Kornbluh.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/7/gunboat_diplomacy
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/7/gunboat_diplomacy
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First #COP30 report. About the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada and their oil and gas interests for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
First #COP30 report. About the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada and their oil and gas interests for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
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To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
heated.world
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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Dick Cheney Declassified: The VICE File (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The VICE File: Dick Cheney Declassified
Washington D.C., February 22, 2019 – The movie VICE, nominated for eight Academy Awards including the best picture Oscar, shows on screen several documents obtained through the Freedom of Information ...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dick Cheney Declassified: The VICE File (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
It's a good day to re-read this 2019 piece from @foianate.bsky.social and @nsarchive.bsky.social's Tom Blanton.
The VICE File: Dick Cheney Declassified
Washington D.C., February 22, 2019 – The movie VICE, nominated for eight Academy Awards including the best picture Oscar, shows on screen several documents obtained through the Freedom of Information ...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's a good day to re-read this 2019 piece from @foianate.bsky.social and @nsarchive.bsky.social's Tom Blanton.
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents obtained by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reveal. The Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents obtained by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reveal. The Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NYT couldn't find someone to defend the Gates memo who wasn't a former *Gates scholar*??
Opinion | Bill Gates Has a Point
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NYT couldn't find someone to defend the Gates memo who wasn't a former *Gates scholar*??
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Scoop: The EPA has reconsidered its plans to kill the popular Energy Star program in response to intense backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Scoop: The EPA has reconsidered its plans to kill the popular Energy Star program in response to intense backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
The Top Secret Testimony of the CIA's MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate te...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Top Secret Testimony of the CIA's MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
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“Nothing that Trump does says that he cares about people. Everything about his actions shows his disdain for poor and Black people specifically, but poor in general.”
Trump moves to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states
Expansions at five petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana could add the equivalent of more than 1 million cars’ worth of pollution, advocates say
floodlightnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Nothing that Trump does says that he cares about people. Everything about his actions shows his disdain for poor and Black people specifically, but poor in general.”
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A really good FOIA win from @theintercept.com (which shows, in addition to the substance of the document, that it can be worth asking for records from federally funded nonprofits.)
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
An Obama-era Pentagon report called for “direct military action” in the drug war, presaging Trump’s brazen strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A really good FOIA win from @theintercept.com (which shows, in addition to the substance of the document, that it can be worth asking for records from federally funded nonprofits.)
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
Disappearing Data, Part II: Distorted Science and Deregulation
@nsarchive.bsky.social briefing book by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
@nsarchive.bsky.social briefing book by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Disappearing Data, Part II: Distorted Science and Deregulation
Washington, D.C., September 30, 2025 - Eight months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has fundamentally distorted the federal information landscape as it continues to rewri...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Disappearing Data, Part II: Distorted Science and Deregulation
@nsarchive.bsky.social briefing book by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
@nsarchive.bsky.social briefing book by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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With Trump making trouble in Latin America and threatening more, an article in the New York Times looks at the long history of US interventions there and points to key archival evidence revealed over the years by the @nsarchive.bsky.social
This great New York Times article from a few days ago links to several important revelations from the National Security Archive. Links to those resources below.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
Poison Cigars, Propaganda and Coups Litter C.I.A. History in Latin America
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With Trump making trouble in Latin America and threatening more, an article in the New York Times looks at the long history of US interventions there and points to key archival evidence revealed over the years by the @nsarchive.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
What does the government shutdown mean for FOIA requesters? The @nsarchive.bsky.social’s advice: Submit at your own risk, and don’t miss your 90-day appeal deadlines!
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for FOIA?
Screenshot of the FOIA.gov homepage taken on October 17, 2025. The government is shut down – and so is the public’s right to know. As in previous shutdowns, FOIA offices are being adversely affecte…
unredacted.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What does the government shutdown mean for FOIA requesters? The @nsarchive.bsky.social’s advice: Submit at your own risk, and don’t miss your 90-day appeal deadlines!
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
This great New York Times article from a few days ago links to several important revelations from the National Security Archive. Links to those resources below.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
Poison Cigars, Propaganda and Coups Litter C.I.A. History in Latin America
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This great New York Times article from a few days ago links to several important revelations from the National Security Archive. Links to those resources below.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
What does the government shutdown mean for FOIA requesters? The @nsarchive.bsky.social’s advice: Submit at your own risk, and don’t miss your 90-day appeal deadlines!
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for FOIA?
Screenshot of the FOIA.gov homepage taken on October 17, 2025. The government is shut down – and so is the public’s right to know. As in previous shutdowns, FOIA offices are being adversely affecte…
unredacted.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What does the government shutdown mean for FOIA requesters? The @nsarchive.bsky.social’s advice: Submit at your own risk, and don’t miss your 90-day appeal deadlines!
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
EPA will no longer expedite FOIA requests made by members of marginalized communities impacted by pollution.
Trump admin to ditch environmental justice FOIA reg
EPA is planning to ax a public records provision that granted expedited processing for marginalized communities.
www.eenews.net
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
EPA will no longer expedite FOIA requests made by members of marginalized communities impacted by pollution.
Reposted by Rachel Santarsiero
The government is shut down — and so is the public’s right to know.
Read my latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
Read my latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for FOIA?
Screenshot of the FOIA.gov homepage taken on October 17, 2025. The government is shut down – and so is the public’s right to know. As in previous shutdowns, FOIA offices are being adversely affecte…
unredacted.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The government is shut down — and so is the public’s right to know.
Read my latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...
Read my latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
unredacted.com/2025/10/17/w...