Michael Evans
@colombiadocs.bsky.social
Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
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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...
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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...
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"On the 50th anniversary of the secret inauguration of Operation Condor, the National Security Archive is posting a selection of documents that record the dark history of transnational repression under the Condor system." nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025 - On General Augusto Pinochet’s 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, four delegations of Southern Cone secret police chieftains gathered in Santiago, Chile, at the inv...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"On the 50th anniversary of the secret inauguration of Operation Condor, the National Security Archive is posting a selection of documents that record the dark history of transnational repression under the Condor system." nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
Seems notable that one of the National Guard victims in the DC shooting was a woman at a time when women in the military are already under relentless attack by the secretary of defense.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Seems notable that one of the National Guard victims in the DC shooting was a woman at a time when women in the military are already under relentless attack by the secretary of defense.
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Throw that word at the father of a disabled kid and you better run.
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Throw that word at the father of a disabled kid and you better run.
Just another heartwarming holiday message from the Trump administration.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just another heartwarming holiday message from the Trump administration.
The DC shooter was a member of a CIA-trained and -supported unit that Human Rights Watch said was a "death squad"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The DC shooter was a member of a CIA-trained and -supported unit that Human Rights Watch said was a "death squad"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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What’s left of this man’s brain is just a Rube Goldberg machine of racism
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What’s left of this man’s brain is just a Rube Goldberg machine of racism
Stop the madness
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Stop the madness
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This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
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Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was yesterday handed a 28-year prison sentence for forming a death squad at his ranch in the 1990s.
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
Former Colombian President’s Ranch Was Paramilitary Base, According to New Testimony
Washington D.C., July 9, 2018 – A ranch owned by former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez and other members of his family was the operational base of a deadly paramilitary group, according to the...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was yesterday handed a 28-year prison sentence for forming a death squad at his ranch in the 1990s.
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
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An enterprising Democrat in WV would pin this on the governor who allowed his NG to be mobilized by Trump for no good reason.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An enterprising Democrat in WV would pin this on the governor who allowed his NG to be mobilized by Trump for no good reason.
Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was yesterday handed a 28-year prison sentence for forming a death squad at his ranch in the 1990s.
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
Former Colombian President’s Ranch Was Paramilitary Base, According to New Testimony
Washington D.C., July 9, 2018 – A ranch owned by former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez and other members of his family was the operational base of a deadly paramilitary group, according to the...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was yesterday handed a 28-year prison sentence for forming a death squad at his ranch in the 1990s.
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
I wrote about the case in 2018. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
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It's so funny when Trump calls people ugly. Bro, look in the mirror.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's so funny when Trump calls people ugly. Bro, look in the mirror.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Something priceless was lost when we stopped using abstract codenames.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Something priceless was lost when we stopped using abstract codenames.
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Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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I absolutely love that the Tish James and James Comey news dropped minutes before Trump is supposed to roll out his latest “healthcare plan,” which just like the last 87 versions doesn’t exist. Perfect timing. Nothing exposes a scam like actual accountability happening somewhere else.
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I absolutely love that the Tish James and James Comey news dropped minutes before Trump is supposed to roll out his latest “healthcare plan,” which just like the last 87 versions doesn’t exist. Perfect timing. Nothing exposes a scam like actual accountability happening somewhere else.
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Stormtroopers NLL0107 and A19[...?] slam an American's face into the hard floor with a chokehold in Charlotte, N.C. on November 19, 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Stormtroopers NLL0107 and A19[...?] slam an American's face into the hard floor with a chokehold in Charlotte, N.C. on November 19, 2025.
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AP editor Julie Pace says it's a fight "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences."
"We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications, not only for other news organizations, but for anyone in America."
"We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications, not only for other news organizations, but for anyone in America."
OpEd: Executive Editor Julie Pace on why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
AP editor Julie Pace says it's a fight "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences."
"We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications, not only for other news organizations, but for anyone in America."
"We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications, not only for other news organizations, but for anyone in America."
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The Associated Press is continuing to challenge the Trump admin in court over President Trump's attempt to bar the newswire from events unless/until it agrees to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." A hearing is underway in DC right now 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Associated Press is continuing to challenge the Trump admin in court over President Trump's attempt to bar the newswire from events unless/until it agrees to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." A hearing is underway in DC right now 🧵