http://fas.org/irp/threat/cbw/cbd-2016.pdf
Describes the Defense Department’s research and development activities designed to protect the American people against the effects of biological and chemical agents. Released via the Freedom of Information Act. From the Department of Defense, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/258021.pdf
Annual report on acts of terrorism and terrorist groups. Includes sections on state sponsors of terrorism, the global challenge of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear terrorism, terrorist safe havens, and foreign terrorist organizations. From the State Department
In 2007 Congress mandated that all seaborne containers loaded onto U.S. bound ships be checked with radiation detectors and imaging systems to prevent smuggling of weapons of mass destruction. The deadline for implementation has been often delayed. This report examines 5 options that cover the costs and implications of implementation plus alternative approaches. From the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/SASC_Unclassified_2016_ATA_SFR_FINAL.pdf
Presents the U.S. Intelligence Community’s 2016 assessment of threats to U.S. national security. Covers regional and global threats, including cyber and technology, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, outer space, transnational organized crime, economics, and natural resources. From the Director of National Intelligence.
http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v26
Provides documents about the Carter administration’s multilateral, non-strategic arms control policy, including anti-satellite talks, chemical and biological warfare, conventional arms talks, nuclear test ban proposals and more. From the State Department
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB534-DIA-Declassified-Sourcebook/
A collection of 51 declassified documents from the history of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Includes an internal memo about the Iraqi defector named Curveball and the false intelligence about Iraq’s supposed WMD weapons. Also the DIA role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. From the National Security Archive
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2015_national_security_strategy_2.pdf
Updates the strategy document released five years ago. Cites the leading threats as attacks on the homeland or on American citizens abroad, global economic crisis, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, infectious disease outbreaks, and climate change. From the White House
http://fas.org/irp/eprint/attribution.pdf
Recently declassified 2009 report on the challenge of identifying the perpetrator of a potential nuclear attack on the U.S. and the problems in reconciling the careful search for and analysis of forensic evidence with the demand for speed from the policy/political environment. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.