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![CIA archives contain the Air Force’s SECRET sales pitch for getting stationed at Area 51](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/07/23/Area51cov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
CIA archives contain the Air Force’s SECRET sales pitch for getting stationed at Area 51
News that over a million people are planning on breaking into the infamous government facility known as Area 51 would doubtlessly come as a surprise to those who were actually stationed there, many of whom were all too eager to leave.
![This week’s FOIA round-up: The U.S. Army's six figure water bill and records show facial recognition software is being tested on photos of abused children](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/03/22/WaterCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: The U.S. Army’s six figure water bill and records show facial recognition software is being tested on photos of abused children
In this week’s FOIA round-up, the U.S. Army charges an environmental group with a hefty FOIA fee, researchers discover that a sub-agency in the Department of Commerce is employing pictures of immigrants, dead people, and abused children in their facial recognition test program, and Texas public records are increasingly harder to get.
![U.S. Naval Intelligence tasked FBI with digging up dirt on Eric Williams to sway Trinidadian elections](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/10/30/EWcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
U.S. Naval Intelligence tasked FBI with digging up dirt on Eric Williams to sway Trinidadian elections
A FOIA request to the National Archives from early 2015 has finally yielded the Federal Bureau of Investigation file on historian and first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Williams. In addition to the FBI monitoring Williams during his tenure at Howard University, the file contains reports from Naval Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency, who closely monitored his shift from academia into politics, including a request by Naval Intelligence that the FBI gather embarrassing personal details from William’s ex-wife in an attempt to hurt his chances during an election.
![Help shed light on sexual assault in the military, starting with Fort Bragg](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/10/16/KitCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Help shed light on sexual assault in the military, starting with Fort Bragg
MuckRock is launching a project which will attempt to break assaults down by base, branch, and rank, starting Fort Bragg. A request for all reports of sexual assaults from 2012 to 2017 is ready for release upon payment just shy of $120. We’re opening that request to crowdfunding, so please help spread the word.
![American and British governments denied Chagossians the right of return under the guise of environmental stewardship](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/04/17/Chagos.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
American and British governments denied Chagossians the right of return under the guise of environmental stewardship
Between 1967 and 1973, almost 2,000 natives of the Chagos Archipelago were kicked out of their home to make room for an American military base. After decades of lobbying for the right to return, the Chagossians were formally denied last year after the American and British governments started raising questions about the environmental impact of resettlement.