CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room

81 bookofjoe 9 9/16/2025, 1:10:29 PM cia.gov ↗

Comments (9)

marginalia_nu · 1h ago
I don't know what sort of MKUltra-esque psyop is going on with the font rendering on this website, but it is exceptionally trippy[1].

[1] https://imgur.com/fpruTB9

zibw · 1h ago
I run into this on some other websites, I think it's just a font and Linux issue.

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wlkr · 1h ago
It's not quite as pronounced for me, but it still seems to be a bit off. The CSS suggests that the intended font is GT America Extended.

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LargoLasskhyfv · 1h ago
They are trying to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story) you :-)

j/k. For me that occurs only when I zoom the site on FF under Linux, but not when I leave it at normal scaling, and use the 3 letters on the upper right side to change the font size instead.

diabllicseagull · 1h ago
fine on firefox and safari under macos

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sunscream89 · 1h ago
Hey, go grab those Gateway files, I’m sure they have copies at the desk!

Gateway II is disappointing and the hidden plot line is that these experiences are curated by superior handlers and these are the accounts as ordinary man would interpret them.

Btw, were you being satirical? They won.

hoistbypetard · 1h ago
It's interesting that they chose to redact some of the markings on the document. (e.g. you see "SECRET" and below that there's a redacted mark.)
psunavy03 · 52m ago
That generally means that while the document was declassified, parts of it weren't, and the still-classified info obviously gets redacted.

Information generally gets declassified after 25 years, but there are exceptions for when arbitrarily declassifying things could jeopardize capabilities that are still in use, burn intelligence sources who are still alive, etc.

nonameiguess · 46m ago
Portion markings in the IC, at least in the modern era, will include both the classification and a compartment. The compartment is specific to the collection method, i.e. SI indicates signals intelligence, TK indicates satellite data. Since those can reveal the source of the data, that reveals capabilities that the agency may not want to reveal, even if the data itself is no longer sensitive enough to classify.