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![115 people helped sort through Donald Rumsfeld’s memos. Here’s what they found.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/06/01/Snow.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
115 people helped sort through Donald Rumsfeld’s memos. Here’s what they found.
Our contest to crowdsource #RummysSnowflakes is officially over, so now it’s a time to congratulate the winners and see the results!
![Help analyze Donald Rumsfeld’s memos and win MuckRock requests and swag](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/05/02/rummy.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Help analyze Donald Rumsfeld’s memos and win MuckRock requests and swag
In January, thanks to a five-year fight by the National Security Archive, the Pentagon began releasing massive troves of Donald Rumsfeld’s memos, so copious that they developed their own legendary status within the Armed Forces. Now you can explore the early days of the War on Terror - and potentially earn free MuckRock requests and even swag - by helping analyze the release.
![Agency Voice: The Government Accountability Office's Charles Young and John Bielec](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/03/31/GAOcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Agency Voice: The Government Accountability Office’s Charles Young and John Bielec
For Congress to get the background and facts they need to consider legislation and oversee the operations of the executive branch, it relies on the Government Accountability Office. Earlier this week, MuckRock had the opportunity to speak with Charles Young, Managing Director of Public Affairs, and John Bielec of the GAO Office of General Counsel.
![The Iraq War short story classified as a state secret](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/04/07/IraqCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The Iraq War short story classified as a state secret
In a reflective piece of fiction set after the War in Iraq concludes, then-Major General David A. Fastabend outlines a strategy for victory. Fastabend's writing, dramatically titled How All This Ends: It’s Fourth and Long, Go Deep, has become a work of fiction not only hidden from the public but officially made a state secret.
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Burn Pits and Military Working Dogs - VA Study
Brian Sparks sent this request to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration of the United States of America
No Responsive Documents
Burn Pits Risk Assessment 3rd Infantry 2005 - MG William Webster and Col Edward Cardon
Brian Sparks sent this request to the United States Central Command - CENTCOM of the United States of America
Completed
CENTCOM: IED Attack, Baghdad, Iraq, 13MAR06 (FOIA)
David Scantling sent this request to the United States Central Command - CENTCOM of the United States of America
No Responsive Documents
FBI records, subj: Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
T. McElwee sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America
Withdrawn
JIEDDO: Complex Attack, Karbala, Iraq, 20JAN07 (MDR)
David Scantling sent this request to the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America