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title: FOIA Declassified Document Search
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FOIA Declassified Document Search
⚠️ Demo data only. Public FOIA samples. Not exhaustive.
A read-only research tool for exploring publicly released FOIA documents using search, timelines, program comparison, and redaction analysis.
This Space is designed for journalists, researchers, students, and civic-tech experimentation.
What This Space Does
- 🔍 Search across a small demo index of public FOIA documents
- 🧭 Visualize program mentions over time
- 🧩 Compare references across programs (e.g., TENCAP vs AATIP)
- 🟥 Analyze redaction density
- 📝 Generate FOIA appeal draft language
- 📤 Export results (CSV / JSON)
Demo vs Live Data
This Space runs in Demo Mode only.
- Uses a preloaded sample index (≈10–50 docs)
- No live scraping
- No private or classified material
- No inference about undisclosed government activity
All documents are:
- Previously released
- Publicly accessible
- Used for demonstration only
Intended Use
✔ Investigative research
✔ Journalism education
✔ Transparency advocacy
✔ Civic-tech prototyping
🚫 Not intended for:
- Surveillance
- Intelligence analysis
- Speculative claims
- Operational use
Limitations
- Small dataset
- Partial coverage
- No guarantee of completeness or accuracy
- Results reflect document mentions only, not factual confirmation
Trust & Safety Notes
- No personal data
- No classified material
- No claims beyond source documents
- No automated decision-making
- Read-only interface
License
MIT License (code)
Public-domain / fair-use sources (documents)
Maintainer
Maintained by GodsDevProject
For educational and civic transparency purposes.