This discretionary review and release was undertaken to fulfill the President's commitment to provide as much information about these human rights cases as appropriate. Information has been deleted from some of these documents to eliminate material pertaining to other subjects or to protect the privacy of individuals, intelligence sources and methods, and other national security interests.
The release from the three agencies includes approximately 155 documents from CIA, 270 documents from DoD, and about 450 documents containing newly-released material from the Department of State. The Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) has provided to the victims or their surviving family members documents the IOB believed shed light on the facts and circumstances of their cases. Those documents are included in these releases. Full sets of documents relevant to their cases will be provided to the victims or surviving family members. Complete sets of the documents are available for public review at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.