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Primary Documents Archive

Primary-source documents: court filings, FOIA releases, congressional reports, government briefs, academic papers and more. 15 documents archived.

The 9/11 Commission Report — final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004), the official account of the September 11 attacks.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The INSLAW Affair — investigative report of the House Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 102-857, 1992) on the Department of Justice's handling of the PROMIS software dispute.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair (H. Rept. 100-433 / S. Rept. 100-216, 1987) — the joint congressional investigation's official findings.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

House Select Committee on Assassinations final report (1979) — the congressional reinvestigation that concluded a second gunman was 'probable', later disputed. The primary source behind most second-shooter claims.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

Church Committee staff report: Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973 (1975) — the official Senate account of U.S. covert operations in Chile before and after the 1973 coup.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

Church Committee interim report (1975): Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders — the Senate's official investigation of CIA plots, including the Schneider case in Chile.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

Church Committee final report (1976) — the Senate select committee investigation of U.S. intelligence activities, which first publicly documented programs including MKULTRA and COINTELPRO.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report — final report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States (2011).

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The Senate Intelligence Committee's prewar-intelligence report, including its detailed account of the Niger yellowcake claims. U.S. Government Publishing Office copy.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on prewar intelligence about Iraq, including its findings on claimed Iraq–al-Qaeda links. U.S. Government Publishing Office copy.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's referral to the House of Representatives, the culmination of the investigation that began with Whitewater. U.S. Government Publishing Office copy.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The House Select Committee's final report on the Benghazi attack, including its findings on the military response and 'stand-down' claims. U.S. Government Publishing Office copy.

Archived 23 Jul 2026

The declassified 28 pages of the 2002 Joint Congressional Inquiry concerning possible Saudi links to the 9/11 hijackers, released July 2016. Hosted by the House Intelligence Committee.

Archived 23 Jul 2026