Day archives: October 31st, 2016

National Security Archive – CIA Releases Controversial Bay of Pigs History

“The CIA today released the long-contested Volume V of its official history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which it had successfully concealed until now by claiming that it was a “draft” and could be withheld from the public under the FOIA’s “deliberative process” privilege. The National Security Archive fought the agency for years in …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

China’s Global Rise – Can the EU and U.S. Pursue a Coordinated Strategy?

Brookings: “China’s emergence as a global economic power and its fuller integration in the international order are among the principal policy challenges facing Europe and the United States in the early 21st century. At the time of Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, China (though already growing rapidly) was in global …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Pollution: 300 million children breathing toxic air – UNICEF report

“Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher than international guidelines – reveals a new UNICEF report. Clear the Air for Children uses satellite imagery to show for the first time how many children are …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care